Deletion of Big Bad (3rd nomination)

Comment: Many of the above keep !votes are based on |the Heymann Standard, but they seem to assume, without any regard for the ongoing discussion in this AFD itself, that the newly added content is an improvement and didn't actually make the article's problems ''worse''. The opening sentence of StrayBolt's newly added "On other television series" section is texbtbook OR, and anyone saying that the article should now be kept because it includes unsourced (or dubiously sourced) policy-violating material should probably have their !votes disregarded accordingly
Stance: comment
Cited policy: Wikipedia:The Heymann Standard (WP:HEY)

Comment: Have added sources with explanation and analysis. Have even seen 2 college theses (not PhD) on the subject. Many popular RS websites use it without mentioning Buffy. Passes . It is not a synonym of antagonist. An antagonist is not necessarily a Big Bad
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:GNG)

Comment: per . Seems to pass GNG
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:The Heymann Standard (WP:HEY)

Comment: per improvement during AfD. Thank you Straybolt. Regarding  claims, see also: Antihero, Low-life, Black sheep
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Wikipedia is not a dictionary (WP:NOTDICT)

Comment: Per Andrew Davidson. This term as defined in the bare-bones  article we have at present is synonymous (read: redundant) with antagonist, which is the only context I've ever heard it used in and the only sense defined in our article
Stance: merge
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Wikipedia is not a dictionary (WP:DICDEF)

Comment: Per  and per nom. A pure dicdef mixed with fancruft. I love TVTropes, but Wikipedia is not TVTropes
Stance: delete
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Wikipedia is not a dictionary (WP:NOTDICT)

Comment: I think the improvements made to this article since the AFD are quite impressive and help establish sufficient |notability to warrant it be kept
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:N)

Comment: The new additions don't convince me, they feel very much like . The articles use the term "Big Bads" but don't actually discuss the term
Stance: comment
Cited policy: Wikipedia:No original research (WP:SYNTH)