Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Kamen Rider ZO

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 keep. (non-admin closure) HurricaneFan 25 00:16, 29 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Kamen Rider ZO

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Of the only three secondary sources currently cited in this article, two make no reference to the film in question but only to a character in the film, and the third is simply a list of film titles. A search for reliable, secondary sources reveals an insufficient amount of significant coverage. This article fails Wikipedia's notability guidelines for films. Neelix (talk) 22:06, 21 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Keep: This was a film released nationally in Japan and made its way stateside by means of a Sega CD video game, and it should frankly not matter that the film's protagonist is the subject of the sources in question. The fact of the matter is that some aspect of the film has appeared in reliable sources in the past 3 years, because finding sources regarding the film itself from 1993 is nigh impossible. Due to the age of the film, we must rely on the other criteria set forth by WP:MOVIE to determine the notability, and the fact that its main character is still prevalent in the Japanese media should be enough to show that the film in its original form is notable. I found reliable sources that relate to the film. Why the hell are they not suitable just because they don't happen to directly be about the film, but the film's main character?—Ryulong (竜龙) 22:23, 21 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
- Note: I have found more references, including one that describes the creation of the story of the film as well as the design of its protagonist.—Ryulong (竜龙) 23:17, 21 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Japan-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 22:46, 21 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Film-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 22:46, 21 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Keep: I agree with Ryulong here.Fractyl (talk) 00:00, 22 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Keep per Ryulong. Alessandra Napolitano (talk) 01:24, 22 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Nominator's concerns have been easily adressed through regular editing to show a meeting of WP:GNG and WP:NF. Kudos to User:Ryulong. Schmidt, ^{MICHAEL Q.} 07:08, 22 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Keep per Ryulong's rationale. As said above, "the fact that its main character is still prevalent in the Japanese media should be enough to show that the film in its original form is notable".--Cavarrone (talk) 10:55, 28 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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