Deletion of Manon Batiste

Comment: typically sterile fancruft (and yes, A Nobody, I know you don't care for that word; no need to remind me). Utterly fails to respect  - aside from quoting the game itself, we have http://powet.tv/powetblog/2008/11/16/20-game-of-the-week-lost-classics-post-veteran-day-special/ a blog, http://www.realpoor.com/articles/12_Best_Female_Characters_in_Video_Games_a213_f0.html a forum, and http://www.gamepro.com/article/features/22043/medal-of-honor-week-sound-design-creating-good-sequels/ self-published http://soundtrackreview.crossanchorproductions.com/reviews/Special/michaelgiacchino.htm sites with no editorial oversight. What part of "material published in reputable peer-reviewed sources or by well-regarded academic presses" is unclear
Stance: delete
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Reliable sources (WP:RS)

Comment: as notable.  A merge discussion can take place on the article's talk page as guideline instructs. Yes, the content might benefit from trimming.... but that's a matter for cleanup through the course of normal editing, not outright deletion. I note that even though this not-so-insignificant character is the MAIN character in Medal of Honor: Underground, and not some background throw-away, she is spoken of in only one meager sentence in that entire article... despite her being in books and in multiple reliable sources http://news.google.com/archivesearch?q=%22Manon+Batiste%22&scoring=a&hl=en&ned=us&um=1&sa=N&sugg=d&as_ldate=2000/01&as_hdate=2000/12&lnav=hist0.  It should make no difference if it is a fictional character or not... no difference if you like the game or not... no difference if one likes the article or not... If a subject can be shown to meet the criteria of , the subject merits an article.  If no option is considered other than outright deletion, the project is not being well served. Time to consider acceptable compromises... and a merge that fleshes out the skeletal coverage of her in the main article is definitely worth discussiong
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:GNG)

Comment: due to improvements.  I did some searches on Google News and Google Books and was able to http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Manon_Batiste&diff=312203384&oldid=312113087 address the various criticisms of the article above.  The article is indeed a significant character who appears in multiple well-received mainstream games, including as the main character in one game who is additionally notable in the real world as being based on a historical figure.  The article is not solely plot and I am not opposed to condensing that aspect of the article to make it more balanced, but in any event, the article now contains out of universe development information and some reception information.  Looking at reviews, I expect to be able to add even more out of universe context, but just wanted to note the progress thus far.  But as we have seen the article is being addressed now in an encyclopedic manner, because significant third-party sources regarding this fascinating character do indeed exist.  If the nominator can http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Manon_Batiste&diff=312075834&oldid=311974264 live with a redirect, then per  a discussion concerning the redirect should have been discussed on the article's talk page and if the article's referenced content can be covered elsewhere then per  and Wikipedia:Merge and delete we would still at worst redirect with the edit history intact.  As there is no pressing need to redlink here and no one is really calling for that, this discussion really should be speedily closed with a merge/redirect discussion taking place on the article's talk page.  Best
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion (WP:BEFORE||WP:PRESERVE)

Comment: to ''Medal of Honor: Underground'', where 95% of the real-world relevance is duplicated yet none of the plot is. This is a classic case of one articles' worth of content being split/|forked across two articles for no good reason, and without any rhyme or reason as to what content goes where
Stance: merge
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Content forking (WP:CFORK)