Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Vaan (Final Fantasy)

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. I see a consensus to Keep this article. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 05:26, 10 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Vaan (Final Fantasy)[edit]

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Just like other GA article Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Soma Cruz, despite being a GA, the sourcing standards have increased and the article clearly lacking WP:SIGCOV. It contains mostly about the game itself and were mostly passing mentions for Vaan (at reception section). Again, GA criteria have no bearing on notability. One source [1] appears to be talking Vaan but might be trivia. GlatorNator (ᴛ) 02:20, 3 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Merge to Characters of Final Fantasy XII#Vaan. Basically all of his reception is pulled from reviews rather than talking directly about Vaan as a character. Due to the trivial coverage, he is best discussed as part of a group of characters. ᴢxᴄᴠʙɴᴍ (ᴛ) 04:07, 3 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Fictional elements and Video games. ––FormalDude (talk) 07:55, 3 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Weak keep. The article presently has issues, but from minor searching, I've found some sources, including this: [2] - Cukie Gherkin (talk) 10:56, 3 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - Reception is not the only possible source of SIGCOV. Outlets reporting on development info is an indication that the outlet considers that information noteworthy. Axem Titanium (talk) 18:06, 3 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Interviews from developers are primary. They do not in fact count towards WP:GNG. ᴢxᴄᴠʙɴᴍ (ᴛ) 05:02, 4 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Interviews are not inherently primary sources, I made this point to you in a previous AfD. - Cukie Gherkin (talk) 15:26, 4 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Nm I'm a moron - Cukie Gherkin (talk) 17:24, 4 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. I disagree that the sources cited only contain passing mentions about the character. If so, there would have been insufficient content to write a good article about this character, which is not the case here. Axem Titanium made a good point about development info, as did Cukie Gherkin about the nature of interviews. Haleth (talk) 15:00, 7 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Withdraw I think it now passes, barely. So, I decided to withdraw instead. GlatorNator (ᴛ) 15:39, 7 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Again, please refrain from withdrawing if there is still dissent. See WP:SUPERVOTE in the "withdrawal supervote" section. As the page states, "it denies the result of a basis in the consensus of other involved editors." Withdrawals should be limited to WP:SNOW keep situations and when there is very clearly demonstrated evidence of notability that no one disagrees with. ᴢxᴄᴠʙɴᴍ (ᴛ) 12:23, 8 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Striked, I feel now that the discussion should be continued to gather more info and possibly kore sources. GlatorNator (ᴛ) 12:29, 8 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Keep per consensus & other comments - sufficient sources exist. SnowFire (talk) 02:49, 10 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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