Deletion of Cortana

Comment: I know a game guide when I see it (I assume that is what the nominator means when citing #INDISCRIMINATE) - this is not one. At worst, it is a story spoiler. I can't imagine why there are any notability concerns. We are talking about the main supporting character of a multi-award winning game with sales of nearly 15 million, not some individual generic soldier in a mediocre FPS with a few hundred thousand sales. And as
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not (WP:NOT)

Comment: First of all, current lack of sourcing is NOT a reason to delete an article. I would also like to point out that per policy, items such as the Halo novels are intrisically self-referencing (I.E. they ARE a notable, verifiable source in and of themselves). The only qualifier is whether or not the work passes , and any who would like to dispute the notability of the Halo series may feel free to try. Also, per Wikipedia:Notability (fiction) it should be noted that major characters in works spanning multiple titles often get their own articles, such as Harry Potter (character) and Anakin Skywalker. Any information which could be merged would be needlessly repeated multiple times across a variety of articles including both the games and the novels. With all of that said, I would like to point out that this article '''does''' need a lot of work and most of the information here does enter the realm of fancruft. I would change my own vote to a firm '''Keep''' if the article could be better cited and made more encyclopedic
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:NOTE)

Comment: The first line of  is as follows: '''''Major characters''' (and places, concepts, etc.) in a work of fiction should be covered within the article on that work of fiction. If an Wikipedia:Manual of Style (writing about fiction)|encyclopedic treatment of such a character causes the article on the work itself to become long, then that character can be given a separate article.'' I suppose we can conclude that Cortana is a "major character" - even though the dialogue is quite sparse and that she is NEVER seen in actual gameplay (only in cutscenes, right?). Comparing her to Han Solo, star wars hero spanning three successful feature films and the subject of many many comics, is quite wrong though. But rest assured, I will come to him too - and Jean-Luc Picard mentioned above.The Wikipedia:Manual of Style (writing about fiction) discusses how an article on said ''major character'' should be treated. It makes some points I'd like to raise here
Stance: comment
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:FICT)

Comment: Well, that's officially the greatest point brought up so far in this discussion. ,  and  are all silly rules, let's ignore them
Stance: comment
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:N||WP:RS||WP:V)

Comment: unreferenced, unverifiable, and not notable. "A topic is notable" - per  - "if it has been the subject of multiple, non-trivial published works from sources that are reliable and independent of the subject itself and each other." This has not; Gimmetrow's "references" are simply namechecks, not even trivial. Nothing to merge, but could be redirected per Gassyguy
Stance: delete
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:N)

Comment: As I suppose you have read above, I will not go on in great length as to why she is not notable - or, rather, not notable enough for an own article. But basically, it lies in the requirement of non-trivial third-party sources discussing the subject in question as specified in the "primary notability criterion" of  (and , to some extent). As it has been proven (see discussions above) that an article on Cortana can't go beyond plot summary (or ), I think she would be better off included in the List of Halo series characters, and that article to be severely trimmed (as suggested on that article's talk page, yielding no results
Stance: comment
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:N||WP:FICT||WP:OR)