Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Synth Rider


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The result was redirect to The Rise of the Synths. Consensus not to have a standalone; plausible search term though so redirecting. &spades;PMC&spades; (talk) 23:19, 6 April 2021 (UTC)

Synth Rider

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Fails WP:GNG. Article is for a fictional character that appears in a obscure film. Sources do not indicate notability.  LJF2019    talk   08:49, 30 March 2021 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Fictional elements-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 08:52, 30 March 2021 (UTC)


 * Delete Lacks WP:SIGCOV Chirota (talk) 10:48, 30 March 2021 (UTC)
 * Delete. Not notable, no real coverage, just a character in a documentary. AdoTang (talk) 14:36, 31 March 2021 (UTC)
 * Delete. Fails WP:NFICTION/GNG. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus&#124; reply here 06:01, 1 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Keep. this character has it's importance in the pop-culture aspects of the 80s subculture and mainstream adoption (as part of the synthwave movement).

The film is an indie film but not obscure or unknown and has been covered in press like The Guardian (including the character). I've added those, Is that enough or should I find something else?

According the their IMDB, it has been showcased at A-Festival like International Film Festival of Rotterdam and BAFICI (Argentina), and pre-sold to Spanish broadcaster Movistar.

The term #synthrider was adopted by the synthwave and retrowave community (which is a niche community but a largely worldwide subculture) and it started to popup in 2016-2017 in artists and electronic retro fans alike. Are the links to the hasthtags relevant?

Also, "Synth riders" was a term adopted later from a company making a video game, associated to the 80s retro subculture. That's why it seems relevant to point where the term actually comes from.Lckid77 (talk) 08:49, 2 April 2021 (UTC)


 * Delete/Redirect to The Rise of the Synths - Minor fictional character without sufficient coverage in reliable sources to justify an independent article, separate from the film it originated from. Only a couple of the references currently in the article are from reliable sources, and those are all on the movie as a whole, either just briefly mentioning the character, or not even talking about it at all.  It could be a reasonable redirect to the main article on the movie, though, where the character, as well as the small bits of sourced information, are already discussed.  Rorshacma (talk) 15:25, 6 April 2021 (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.