Wikipedia talk:Articles for deletion/Ygorl

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== Raw count analysis ==
* Delete
**Straight delete
# Undead warrior (8 edits) <nominator>
# Eusebeus
# Gavin.collins (8 edits)
# EEMIV (3 edits)
** or merge
# Percy Snoodle (5 edits)
* Keep
* Straight keep
# Quasirandom  	
# Robbstrd
# BOZ (8 edits)
# Poisonink/ 75.134.169.84
# Shemeska (3 edits)  
** Or merge to Slaad
# Casliber 2 edits
# Webwarlock (3 edits) 
# Hobit (4 edits)
# Le Grand Roi des Citrouilles (7 edits)
* Merge
** To Slaad
# ArglebargleIV
# Craw-daddy (3 edits)
# Freederick  
# Ig8887
# Jfire  
* Non-participatory
# SineBot - doing that whole sinebot thing
# Smcmillan (2 edits) - reverted self
# Pb30 - delsort 	 
== Valid keep arguments ==
* a valid third-party source has been provided
* Wikipedia:Five pillars: notability to a real-world audience, plenty of refereces, consistent with a "specialized encyclopedia" concerning fictional topics with importance in the real world.
== Discounted keep arguments ==
* history behind the character
* character appears in some game
* keep, out of spite
* appeared in more than just one fictional medium and was voiced by a notable actor
* around for a long time and developed by a notable author
** notability is not inherited
== Valid Delete Arguments ==
* Fails to meet WP:NOTABILITY
* No valid third-party sources
* orginal research
* No assertion of real-world notability per WP:FICT
* in-universe perspective absent information on development and critical response
== Discounted Delete Arguments ==
* just describing another game character, just a character
** demonstrates bias against this type of subject
* stock character
** A stock character is one which relies heavily on cultural types or stereotypes for their personality, manner of speech, and other characteristics.
* WP:NOT#PLOT
** article is not essentially a plot summary
* WP:WEASEL
** maintenance issue, not deletion criteria
* WP:WAF
** this is a writing-style guide, no deletion criteria here
* possibly dubious claims
** WP:SOFIXIT
* copyright violation (some of the language sounds like it's straight from a scholarly source)
** If it sounds good it must be a copyvio?  What about try to find the scholarly source and cite it?
* to be a valid third party source, it must discuss real-world history or impact
** no such requirement exists
 
== Summary ==
The Merge !votes outnumbered the keep and delete !votes combined.  Merge outcome seems likely to address all valid concerns.  Ergo: Merge JERRY talk contribs 08:11, 2 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Closing administrator's rationale 

message: The Merge !votes outnumbered the keep and delete !votes combined.  Merge outcome seems likely to address all valid concerns.  Ergo: Merge JERRY talk contribs 08:11, 2 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Summary 

message: Jerry, thank you for your rational and well thought out comments.  I have completed the merge and redirect to Slaad.  That article is also up for AfD but I feel it fails to meet the criteria for many of the same reasons you have listed here.  Web Warlock (talk) 21:34, 2 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Merge and Redirect