Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Raccoon City (3rd 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   redirect to Resident Evil. Scott Mac 15:02, 28 July 2010 (UTC)

Raccoon City
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Notability (fiction): Lack of reliable third-party publications. Although the previous AfD discussions mentioned that sources likely exist, they were not provided later and a search did not turn up any either (googled "raccoon city" "resident evil" "setting" -review -wiki -wikipedia -"is a fictional city for the"). The entirety of the overview and the Hive sections as well as the first paragraph of the appearances section are plot summaries of the games and movies. The second paragraph of the appearances section is the only original aspect, but it is also mentioned under production in the film articles. Prime Blue (talk) 12:53, 20 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Games-related deletion discussions.  —Prime Blue (talk) 12:53, 20 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Fictional elements-related deletion discussions.  —Prime Blue (talk) 12:53, 20 July 2010 (UTC)


 * Delete - Zero real-world notability or references. Being name-dropped within a larger review of the game or movie doesn't cut it.  The previous AfD runs suffers from awful keep rationales ("This fictional city transcends the original game media"), banned inclusionists (Le Grande Roi...), and indef-blocked non-admin closers.  Liberty City (Grand Theft Auto), a "if we delete this then we have to delete that" from AfD #2, may need to be evaluated as well. Tarc (talk) 13:58, 20 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep&mdash;It has notability as the setting for two feature films, a series of computer games and the associated RE books. There are plenty of reliable references available. I suggest trimming out the unsourced entries and cutting this down to a stub, if necessary.&mdash;RJH (talk) 19:10, 20 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Then by all means, you should point out these reliable sources if there are so many available. I could not find any. Prime Blue (talk) 19:42, 20 July 2010 (UTC)


 * Delete or Redirect: On the current list of references we have two primary sources (official game guide and the DVD of one of the films), one Sci Fi Weekly dead link, and two others. The first, about 130 words, discusses a would-be game creator making a Left 4 Dead campaign based on R.C. The second, a New York Times piece, while more substantial merely grazes the topic of R.C. So, unless some better sources can be found (I couldn't find any), I say delete or redirect to Resident Evil. TheTito   Discuss  21:01, 20 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Redirect to the Resident Evil franchise article. It is the primary setting for the first few games, and first two movies. or Merge all locations to a List of Resident Evil locations, as exists for other fictional universes. 76.66.193.119 (talk) 02:52, 21 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Redirect to the Resident Evil series page to retain article history, the city's name was repeatedly used in the games and in other media to refer to Resident Evil so a redirect should be in place. Raccoon City is an unremarkable fictional city where remarkable things happened, and then it got blown up, the lack of secondary sources covering it in detail is no surprise. Someoneanother 10:40, 25 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Redirect, it will be a clean solution. Abductive  (reasoning) 10:21, 28 July 2010 (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.