Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Shugen Byakuryū Rubikura


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The result was   redirect to Ryūsuke Mita. –MuZemike 01:15, 7 July 2010 (UTC)

Shugen Byakuryū Rubikura
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Again a Disputed PROD, fellowed by a Disputed REDIRECT. I concluded that only AfD can settle it. This series and its sequel Senkoka Rubikura fail both to pass the General Notability Guideline and Book Specific Guideline. In both case, i found no evidence of notability and no licensor outside Japan. There is no English scanlation of this series & its sequel. I concluded that this series & its sequel should be Deleted. Below the factoïds:
 * The only source for both articles isn't RS and return Error 404. Articles are virtually unsourced save that i found a Square-Enix ref.
 * No evidence of notability found in both case
 * No licensor outside Japan found
 * Scanlation in English is at level 0 for this series and its sequel. Whatever both series are subjects of interest within the fandom isn't even a question

Side note: Having separated article for one series and its sequel is contravention of MOS-ANIME which prefers to have one article covering both the series, its sequel(s) and adaptation(s) KrebMarkt 13:55, 29 June 2010 (UTC)

I am also nominating the following related pages for the very same reason mentioned above Contested PROD & REDIRECT, Fail GNG & WP:BK, No licensor & scanlation. :
 * The sequel of Shugen Byakuryū Rubikura


 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Anime and manga-related deletion discussions. --KrebMarkt 14:10, 29 June 2010 (UTC)


 * Comment: I suspect that's not so much a sequel as a continuation under another title when the serialization switched magazines (much like Aqua and Aria). But that's neither here nor there. *off to hunt for snarks sources* —Quasirandom (talk) 17:31, 29 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Yea, the famous Square Soft x Enix merger. I rarely found a so dead series in term of Google search results such as those two. --KrebMarkt 21:03, 29 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Agreed, about the lack of g-hits. One of the most forgotten series of that size and age I've tried to search for traces of notability. —Quasirandom (talk) 22:22, 29 June 2010 (UTC)
 * I'm coming up with nothing on the sources front -- seems to have sunk without comment even more thoroughly than your typical 6-volume shonen series. No evidence it passes WP:BK = redirect both to the notable author, Ryūsuke Mita, as part of his oeuvre. —Quasirandom (talk) 19:57, 29 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Redirect back to Ryūsuke Mita and trout, or even an extended block, for disruptive behavior. The IP editor has been informed several times to provide third-party sources instead of mass deprodding/mass restoring articles with no third-party source and insisting on AfD for obvious mergers/redirects, but has so far refused to cooperate or even discuss the matter. —Farix (t &#124; c) 17:42, 3 July 2010 (UTC)
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