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The result was delete.
Malcolmxl5 (
talk) 00:56, 13 February 2016 (UTC)reply
A long list of characters from a video game series currently consisting of two entries. Its only references is a GameRankings review that does not say anything substantial about any of these characters. Not notable.
Soetermans.
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C 15:20, 5 February 2016 (UTC)reply
Mercenaries (series)#Characters currently just has a link to this list. Whether the solution is to improve this stand-alone list, or to trim it down and merge it to the series article, clearly this is a matter to be solved through discussion and editing, not through AFD. postdlf (talk) 16:15, 5 February 2016 (UTC)reply
Why trim it down and incorporating it into the Mercenaries main article, when there's nothing there to keep? With not a single source listed, how are these characters notable in the first place? A quick Google search does not bring up any
reliable sources that mention them. No development, no reception, no "greatest characters" list. A list of non-notable characters fails
WP:VG/MOS. --
Soetermans.
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C 16:48, 5 February 2016 (UTC)reply
Case in point: a list of characters in a
Marvel video game is also deemed inappropriate. Even when these characters actually do have articles, from a video game point of view, listing characters does not say anything substantial about their gameplay. The article on
List of The Last of Us characters for instance has all the things why mentioning these characters in the first place is important. --
Soetermans.
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C 16:54, 5 February 2016 (UTC)reply
Characters don't have to merit their own standalone articles to be summarized in a list, and certainly not to be described in a section within a larger article. Though on top of the primary sources themselves (the video games and their accompanying manuals), any notable video game necessarily has reviews, third-party game guides, etc. Did you think the content in this list was just made up by a vandal? postdlf (talk) 18:37, 5 February 2016 (UTC)reply
Delete, no secondary sources establishing notability of the concept "characters in Mercenaries".
Axem Titanium (
talk) 14:09, 8 February 2016 (UTC)reply
Delete as this is unlikely solidly notable for an article.
SwisterTwistertalk 06:25, 10 February 2016 (UTC)reply
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