Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Companions of the Hall (2nd nomination)


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The result was keep. (non-admin closure)  Anarchyte  ( work  &#124;  talk )   07:37, 18 September 2016 (UTC)

Companions of the Hall
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This group of fictional characters do not have the sort of third-party reliable sources required to meet WP:GNG. What references there are are not independent from the creator(s), are superficial or from unreliable sources. Additionally, the article is mostly an in-universe set of biographies, in violation of WP:WAF, and what can be written about the characters out-of-universe seems limited to listing the works in which they appear. Appropriate mention of the characters can be made in the articles about the works or their author, but this content is not needed for that.  Sandstein  07:24, 11 September 2016 (UTC)
 * Keep This is a summary style parent of multiple notable fictional characters, which span many books and game components. This specific collection of characters is mentioned by this name in reviews, , ; interviews , ; and are one of the topics covered in an RPG-focused dissertation, . Jclemens (talk) 08:45, 11 September 2016 (UTC)
 * To specifically address the nomination statement, WP:WAF is a style guideline, not an inclusion guideline. If a style guideline is not adhered to, then the obvious implication is that the problem in question can be fixed through regular editing. Jclemens (talk) 09:16, 11 September 2016 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Fictional elements-related deletion discussions. Jclemens (talk) 09:18, 11 September 2016 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Games-related deletion discussions. Jclemens (talk) 09:18, 11 September 2016 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Video games-related deletion discussions. Jclemens (talk) 09:18, 11 September 2016 (UTC)


 * Keep per Jclemens's sources. Meets WP:GNG per WP:NEXIST.  AfD is not cleanup... I agree the article currently is non-encyclopedic, but the subject matter is, and there is salvageable text from which to work into a good article here, so WP:TNT is definitely unwarranted. Fieari (talk) 00:35, 12 September 2016 (UTC)
 * Keep per the above responses, and failing that a merge to List of Forgotten Realms characters would make more sense than outright deletion. BOZ (talk) 00:53, 12 September 2016 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Science fiction-related deletion discussions. Necrothesp (talk) 14:57, 12 September 2016 (UTC)


 * Keep per Jclemens's sources. Aoba47 (talk) 21:03, 12 September 2016 (UTC)


 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.