Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of Fist of the North Star characters


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The result was Keep. --Tikiwont 11:13, 13 November 2007 (UTC)

List of Fist of the North Star characters

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Subject lacks real world notability and cannot pass the secondary source requirement of WP:FICT. Also is solely in universe plot information (failing WP:NOT#PLOT) Pilotbob 05:44, 8 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep This is a permissible content fork of a list that would overwhelm the main article, in the same vein as Characters of Lost and List of characters in Heroes. There is no reason to delete it. It has problems that need addressing, but AFD is not cleanup and the carbon-copy rationale used does not show any attempt to actually review the material. — Someguy0830 (T | C) 08:42, 8 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete as there are no primary or secondary sources to justify this plot summary which has no real world context or analysis. Basically this is a list of fictional characters that have no notability outside of the North Star canon. --Gavin Collins 11:55, 8 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep as a list article, it's overly verbose, but I think trimming and sourcing is more worthwhile than creating individual articles. Frankly, I'm not sure why this needed to be AfDed rather than simply discussed on the talk page or directly improved. Lack of sourcing is easily fixed, and I don't think anyone is suggesting that the article represents OR so much as simply lacking sources. -Harmil 12:53, 8 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep as an appropriate supporting article for Fist of the North Star per WP:SUMMARY. Pinball22 14:54, 8 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep per Pinball 22, Someguy0830 and Harmil. This used to be a sub-section of Fist of the North Star, but was splitted from the main article due to the fact that made things too big. Even now, the article is getting too large. Jonny2x4 20:49, 8 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Anime and manga-related deletions.   —Quasirandom 00:34, 9 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep WP:FICT permits for a series article of this type in the event it outgrows the main article. The article does need copyediting, reformatting, and reorganization. The characters do need to be reevaluated based on their significants to the series. --Farix (Talk) 03:49, 9 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Abstain I would like to switch my vote to abstain at this time due to this investigation WP:ANI. Pilotbob
 * Keep A character list for one of the 100 most popular anime series makes sense. It, at the very least, helps to serve as a redirect target for character articles. -Harmil 21:34, 10 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep - satisfies treatment of characters as per WP:FICT. Cleanup is in order, but that is not a cause for deletion. Sephiroth BCR  ( Converse ) 05:15, 11 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep. Totally sensible article to have. --Gwern (contribs) 19:55 11 November 2007 (GMT)


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