Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of Final Fantasy cast members (2nd nomination)


 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. 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.

The result was   merge. I'm going to follow the suggestions presented by User:Kariteh and drop the tables into their respective articles. Since the history needs to stay visible to satisfy licensing requirements, I'm going to redirect the article under discussion to Final Fantasy (series) for the time being--feel free to change it in the future if a more appropriate target is found. -- jonny - m t  01:58, 7 May 2008 (UTC)

List of Final Fantasy cast members
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Unorganized list of names. The notable information is already present in other, relevant articles (as shown by the out-of-date merge tags), so this article is redundant and unnecessary. Kariteh (talk) 14:45, 28 April 2008 (UTC)


 * Note: This debate has been added to the list of video game deletions. Kariteh (talk) 14:54, 28 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Merge where appropriate to respective articles,Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within, Characters of Final Fantasy X and X-2, Final Fantasy: Unlimited, Final Fantasy VII Advent Children. Though much of the content is duplicative - and already covered in the individual articles. AtaruMoroboshi (talk) 15:21, 28 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete - And have this information in the various articles from where they come. Judgesurreal777 (talk) 18:42, 28 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete Ijanderson977 (talk) 21:07, 28 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Comment I wish people would read the full page history before placing on AFD so at least the nomination contains full disclosure. In any case, this article was created as the result of a CFD nomination back in 2007. The consensus was to listify Category:Final Fantasy cast members rather than delete it. Do with it as you wish. RedWolf (talk) 00:16, 29 April 2008 (UTC)
 * I wonder how you can know whether people read or didn't read the page history. There are links everywhere from history pages to talk pages and this AFD page here, so people could easily have read them. Anyway, the cast members are already listed in the articles mentioned on the merge tags (the same articles AtaruMoroboshi mentioned here). There are multiple "target" articles so the page can't be turned into a simple redirect, so that's why it should probably be deleted. But it's only the page that should be deleted; the information itself is not deleted nor lost. Kariteh (talk) 07:42, 29 April 2008 (UTC)
 * My point was that the article was created as the result of a CFD decision. RedWolf (talk) 17:28, 29 April 2008 (UTC)


 * Delete or merge Not really notable, and redundant with other articles that would be a more suitable place for this information. Randomran (talk) 21:16, 3 May 2008 (UTC)


 * Keep or merge this notable and discriminate list with Final Fantasy (series), because this list concerns one of the most enduring and popular video game systems in video game history and so it is likely that readers will be interested in this kind of information, even if some find it obscure. Sincerely, --  Le Grand Roi des Citrouilles  Tally-ho! 02:54, 4 May 2008 (UTC)
 * There is no connection between FF:The Spirits Within, FFX/X-2, FF: Unlimited, etc. in terms of cast members, because the voices actors were different for each installment. Therefore this list is not discriminate, and there is no reason to lump together all these separate productions in a common list, whether it is in a distinct article or as a section of Final Fantasy (series). As for your other points (popularity of the series and usefulness of the list), please read WP:INHERITED and WP:ITSUSEFUL as these are irrelevant. Kariteh (talk) 08:53, 4 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete Notable information has been merged to their proper articles. No mainspace articles link to it, either. I would say redirect, but there isn't one good article to redirect to, as the list encompasses a wide variety of Final Fantasy games and movies -- probably all the better reason to delete it.  Kamek  (Koopa wizard!) 19:01, 6 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Merge the more notable names and roles. No use for having a seperate list, and we certainly don't have List of the Simpsons cast members. I kno about WP:OTHERCRAPEXISTS, but the concensus is to not have articles like these. Editorofthewikireview my edits here! 19:18, 6 May 2008 (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.