Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Zombie Dog (character)


 * 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 no consensus. Editors could not agree if if the topic had sufficient notability for a stand-alone article. Of course, merging or renaming (for an article refocus) is always an option, and should be considered and or discussed before another AfD. – sgeureka t•c 08:41, 24 December 2019 (UTC)

Zombie Dog (character)

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I don't want to WP:BITE (no pun intended) the newcomers, but I'm not really sure how this article got through Articles for Creation. It is a relatively minor enemy type in the Resident Evil series, and lacks significant coverage in reliable sources and therefore fails WP:GNG. All of the RS listed only have short mentions. We don't even have a list of minor enemies in Resident Evil and this is even more minor than that. ZXCVBNM (TALK) 18:40, 16 December 2019 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Fictional elements-related deletion discussions. ZXCVBNM (TALK) 18:40, 16 December 2019 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Video games-related deletion discussions. ZXCVBNM (TALK) 18:41, 16 December 2019 (UTC)


 * Delete - Passing mentions and listicles do not establish notability. TTN (talk) 18:43, 16 December 2019 (UTC)
 * Delete per TTN. Hyperbolick (talk) 19:07, 16 December 2019 (UTC)
 * Delete This is a minor enemy in the Resident Evil franchise. Furthermore, there have been many different depictions of zombified dogs in fiction. &#8213; Susmuffin Talk 21:09, 16 December 2019 (UTC)
 * Weak Keep Found one more article that focuses on the dogs in the game, in addition to two that are substantial that are already in the article. The new one. First decent one already in article. Second decent one. It was my understanding that there needs to be three decent articles to justify keeping something on here. The dog scene in Resident Evil 1 is probably the single most notorious jump scare in gaming history, so I feel like theres a place on Wikipedia for what caused that. The article as it is now has some pretty blatant errors however. If it ends up not getting deleted, then I volunteer to rewrite it. Bluedude588 (talk) 22:11, 16 December 2019 (UTC)
 * The jumpscare in RE1 is more in the context of RE1's level design and how it sets up scares, the dog that jumps in is not particularly special in itself. Therefore, it should be mentioned in the RE1 article, not here.ZXCVBNM (TALK) 00:23, 17 December 2019 (UTC)


 * Soft delete, merge and redirect to List of Resident Evil characters. In particular the reception section is valuable, I don't think it is sufficient for a stand-alone article (rankings and ONEEVENT meme mention), but it should be PRESERVED. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus&#124; reply here 06:05, 17 December 2019 (UTC)
 * KEEP Sources found by Bluedude588 prove this meets the general notability guidelines.  D r e a m Focus  13:58, 18 December 2019 (UTC)
 * Keep Given that has already found sources that indicate notability, and has volunteered to improve the article after the AFD, I believe it should be kept. If the efforts to expand the article prove insufficient, we can always revisited the discussion to delete later... — Hunter Kahn 18:15, 22 December 2019 (UTC)
 * Keep as a creator. Many reliable sources are presents and those are literally not passing mention, especially to the reception. with Bluedude help, it will definitely be notable. 114.69.117.249 (talk) 22:39, 22 December 2019 (UTC)
 * Comment The problem with the sources is that they are all about a single moment from RE1, the dog scene. So much so that it would probably be better to write an article about Resident Evil dog scene than the dogs themselves. But we all know that's undue weight and it would be better off mentioned in the Reception section of Resident Evil (video game). There is no way the article could be improved that would remove this extremely narrow focus.ZXCVBNM (TALK) 02:15, 23 December 2019 (UTC)
 * Delete - the sources aren't really in-depth about this character, and show zero real world notability. Onel 5969  TT me 19:42, 23 December 2019 (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.