Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of Mega Man Battle Network characters

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 no consensus. Spartaz ^Humbug! 12:05, 20 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

List of Mega Man Battle Network characters

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Fancruft. Mr. Guye (talk) 10:20, 30 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Merge into Mega Man Battle Network and trim heavily - Some information about the characters can and should be found in the franchise article. ☺ · Salvidrim! · ✉ 15:05, 30 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of video game-related deletion discussions. (G·N·B·S·RS·Talk) • Gene93k (talk) 01:22, 31 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Anime and manga-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 01:22, 31 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Fictional elements-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 01:22, 31 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Merge (and trim) - per Salvidrim. Sergecross73 msg me 01:36, 31 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Delete The merge target Mega Man Battle Network is also fully un-sourced and likely fails WP:GNG. I do not see any notability in the sources used in the characters article and so what is there to merge? - Knowledgekid87 (talk) 02:06, 1 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

You're just looking at a poorly written "series" page, Knowledgekid87 - The individual games are definitely notable. The first game in the series is a 60 source GA, for example. Sergecross73 msg me 03:10, 1 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I think information like that should be sourced as well then, the information can be merged over while the AfD is in process btw. - Knowledgekid87 (talk) 03:12, 1 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Indeed, it should be sourced, not arguing with you on that. Sergecross73 msg me 03:19, 1 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I believe that it's highly unlikely that there are not enough sources to establish the notability of the Battle Network series since it is a spinoff of the well known Megaman series. I am not saying that notability is guaranteed though I think it's far more likely that the article is simply badly written and it should not be too hard to fix up.--69.157.252.247 (talk) 03:52, 1 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Keep There are six notable games, plus an anime and manga and a board game, that use these characters. Even ones also found in the main series, are notably different here in this alternate series. They need their own list article, it too much to shove in each of the existing articles for the series. Dream Focus 06:54, 1 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Merge the more important characters (based on their coverage in reliable sources, not anyone's personal opinion) to Mega Man Battle Network. Reads as endless (unencyclopedic and unsourced) video game trivia right now. Wikipedia is not an indiscriminate collection of information. The vast majority of the terms in the article had no or next to no coverage in a WP:VG/RS search and are therefore best elaborated in a place outside Wikipedia (i.e., megaman.wikia.com). czar ♔ 16:45, 6 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Jenks24 (talk) 11:02, 11 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. 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.