Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Tanya (Mortal Kombat)


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The result was merge to List of Mortal Kombat characters. Neil N  talk to me 17:00, 15 April 2017 (UTC)

Tanya (Mortal Kombat)

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No indication of character notability. Was a redirect, which was undone, with the following rationales: "The redirected page was already in use" (which makes no sense), and "Articles migration banned in the new look of the page. Cannot redirect to the characters list". Not every fictional character is notable, and this one doesn't pass WP:GNG, as coverage appears to all be in the WP:ROUTINE range.  Onel 5969  TT me 17:36, 9 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Games-related deletion discussions.   CAPTAIN RAJU  (✉)   20:55, 9 April 2017 (UTC)


 * Redirect back to List of Mortal Kombat characters. She is a relatively minor character in the franchise, and doesn't have enough reliable sources discussing her in any in depth way.  Searches just bring up the standard results for a fighting game character: announcements of her appearance in a game, move lists, videos showcasing her attacks, etc.  There has been nothing that I've found that actually talks about her much beyond this.  64.183.45.226 (talk) 16:23, 10 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Comment Talk:Mortal Kombat contained a merge-from tag that was misplaced (causing a Category error) so I moved it to the article. I was going to add a merge-to tag to Tanya (Mortal Kombat) but I see it's under discussion here. I have therefore removed the merge-from tag from Talk:Mortal Kombat without prejudice.  Shhhnotsoloud (talk) 09:10, 11 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Merge relevant information and redirect per IP editor. Tanya's still a bit too new as a character. She might be one of the more popular ones, but as far as I'm aware, she's one of the few new ones people hate from MK4. For fictional character articles, all notability stems from a section describing the mainstream's reaction to the character's existence, which of course all the classic MK characters have but Tanya currently does not. It could happen, but I don't know that anyone in the gaming press have offered enough commentary on Tanya - say, by ranking her on lists of characters very often - to warrant an article that is not just about her as a character but as a pop culture phenomenon. Everyone knows who Scorpion, Sub-Zero, Kitana, and Mileena are, and that's because people have cared long enough to keep them visible. Tanya might not be hated, she might even have a huge fanbase, but I don't know that she has made an impression the way the others have. Ask anyone who the most iconic characters from this franchise are and I guarantee you Tanya isn't going to be one of them. Ask a random guy on the street, ask a hardcore fan. Maybe she can have that, someday, but I do not believe it is this day. Zeke, the Mad Horrorist  (Speak quickly) (Follow my trail) 05:30, 13 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Merge back; yep, no sudden increase in notability to justify an article being created now. &mdash;  O Fortuna   semper crescis, aut decrescis  06:19, 13 April 2017 (UTC)


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