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The result was delete and redirect to Grand Theft Auto V. Salvio 13:14, 8 August 2020 (UTC)
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The notability here is entirely inherited, both from Grand Theft Auto V and Trevor Philips. The "Character design" section (almost entirely copied from Development of Grand Theft Auto V) consists of seven sources: four about the game, and three about Trevor, all with peripheral mentions of Michael. The "Reception" section has one useful quote from a game review, but the two others are simply about his relationship with—or comparison to—Trevor (one of which literally comes from a review of Trevor). All other sources are primary, and the majority of the article is just a plot description. Besides a brief analysis in a book chapter, there is not enough commentary on Michael to justify a separate article. The character is not independently notable. See also the AfD for the characters list. – Rhain ☔ 05:05, 31 July 2020 (UTC)
- Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Fictional elements-related deletion discussions. – Rhain ☔ 05:05, 31 July 2020 (UTC)
- Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Video games-related deletion discussions. – Rhain ☔ 05:05, 31 July 2020 (UTC)
- Delete per nom. IceWelder [ ✉] 07:10, 31 July 2020 (UTC)
- Delete. WP:NOTINHERITED. Rhain has excellently gone through the sources and I agree. soetermans. ↑↑↓↓←→←→ B A TALK 09:20, 31 July 2020 (UTC)
- Delete per nom. About 2/3 of the sources are from the game itself, which is a big red flag. The rest are mostly trivial coverage. Spicy ( talk) 21:00, 31 July 2020 (UTC)
- Redirect to Grand Theft Auto V as this is a plausible search term and would be more beneficial than outright deletion. Aoba47 ( talk) 23:34, 2 August 2020 (UTC)
- Delete per nom-- most of the actual sources here are about Trevor, *not* about Michael, and notability is inherited. Nomader ( talk) 14:53, 7 August 2020 (UTC)
- Delete per nom. Only passing mentions in sources at best, with nothing significant to write an article that meets the WP:GNG. Jontesta ( talk) 19:19, 7 August 2020 (UTC)
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