Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Savage Land


 * 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 speedy keep per WP:SK. Nomination withdrawn with no outstanding delete votes. (non-admin closure) • Gene93k (talk) 02:14, 27 October 2013 (UTC)

Savage Land

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This does not establish notability independent of Marvel Comics through the inclusion of real world information from reliable, third party sources. Most of the information is made up of plot details better suited to Wikia. There is no current assertion for future improvement of the article, so extended coverage is unnecessary. TTN (talk) 12:55, 26 October 2013 (UTC)
 * Comment Keep. I found an article at USA Today, which discusses the Savage Land in some depth, and an "top ten" style article at What Culture, which might not be a reliable source.  I don't know.  Maybe someone else can find better sources, but it looks like this might be notable.  I never really liked Ka-Zar or the Savage Land stories, so I'm kind of at a loss as to what to search for.  I did a few searches for articles comparing the setting to its obvious influences, but I didn't get anything good.  I think there's potential here, but I'm not turning up a lot of hits. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 14:21, 26 October 2013 (UTC)
 * Could it be viable as a series article? Cutting down the fictional elements to a couple paragraphs in a setting section and focusing on the real world aspect as basis for however many series seems fine (unless there aldeady is one somewhere.) If someone wants to try doing that, I'm fine withdrawing it. TTN (talk) 14:36, 26 October 2013 (UTC)
 * Ka-Zar, the most famous denizen, is basically just Tarzan with an attitude problem, and the Savage Land itself is basically just Skull Island. This is stated rather flatly by Crave Online.  Maybe I've cobbled together enough links to establish notability, but I was hoping for something more substantial.   There's a lot to say about the influences of these pulp roots, no matter how derivative the end result is.   Your idea to minimize the in-universe writing certainly has merit, and I was aiming for the same thing.  However, changing the article's scope would probably have to be established through consensus on the talk page.   Unfortunately, I think there are a lot of people who would view removal of any content as "deletionism", despite WP:PLOT and WP:INUNIVERSE.  It sounds fine to me, but I foresee problems getting any consensus.  I'm going to change my vote to "keep", but it's a very weak keep, unless someone else can dig up better sources than what I found.  I'm not even 100% convinced that What Culture is a reliable source. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 15:02, 26 October 2013 (UTC)


 * Keep Plenty of coverage in books. Warden (talk) 18:23, 26 October 2013 (UTC)
 * Withdraw - I'll withdraw this for now to see if it can be turned into something more workable. TTN (talk) 21:25, 26 October 2013 (UTC)
 * Keep - Let this page stay. It is a popular location in Marvel Comics and has been in different media appearances. Rtkat3 (talk) 8:45, October 26 2013 (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.