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While the article was declined at AFC, the creator continued to do an end run around the article creation process and publish it anyway, so I have to nominate it for deletion as I do not believe it passes
WP:GNG. The reception is very
WP:REFBOMBed and relies heavily on listicles. Wikipedia is not FANDOM and articles should show some basic evidence of significant coverage in reliable sources. I should also note the
WP:NOTHERE style behavior on the part of the article creator, particularly "Little or no interest in working collaboratively", in ignoring the issues with the article and continuing to publish it without approval.
ᴢxᴄᴠʙɴᴍ (
ᴛ)
12:27, 14 September 2022 (UTC)reply
Redirect' to
Pokémon X and Y, where the character originated from. The nomination is correct in that this article is very heavily
WP:REFBOMBed. Many of the sources are not from reliable sources, or either only briefly mention the character in general reviews of the game or anime, or don't mention the character at all. When all of these copious amounts of inappropriate references are removed, there is not actually much left, and those mostly fall into the realm of episode/plot summaries for the anime. Her role in the anime is already sufficiently covered at
List of Pokémon anime characters and her role in the game is already covered at
Pokémon X and Y, and there is nothing that would indicate that the topic needs to be split out into a separate article.
Rorshacma (
talk)
14:51, 14 September 2022 (UTC)reply
Screen Rant is seen as reliable for entertainment-related articles that are not BLP and CBR is situational, with the author being an editor on the site and had created over 100 articles. I think both of these should be fine.
(Oinkers42) (
talk)
03:14, 17 September 2022 (UTC)reply
Restore Redirect In-depth secondary reliable coverage is not here. GNG isn't met. The article is full of linkbomb and fluff, such as a lengthy sentence about Gamespot's review of the game that barely refers to the character. Numerous unreliable sources are present, a third the reception uses primary sources, and there's a heavy reliance on Comicbook.com and Valnet properties (CBR, Screenrant, Gamerant), churnalism sites that hold a "situational source" label at best. Even if they were reliable, there is a lot of misuse, such as multiple sources about a specific episode being used. The sources cover the episode and it's events, which of course requires mentioning the character, but does not represent in-depth analysis of the character. If the misused Gamespot review, CBR/Comicbook/Screenrant/Gamerant, and Primary/unreliable sources were removed from reception, there would be one source left, SoraNews. Surprise, that source is about the kiss episode and how Ash is 10 years old and barely mentions Serena. --
ferret (
talk)
02:36, 17 September 2022 (UTC)reply
Restore redirect. Ferret's source assessment is on the money. It should be codified that these outlets are insufficient for notability, if they should even be cited at all, rather than repeating the same story at every video game fictional character AfD. czar19:13, 17 September 2022 (UTC)reply
Merge. While I concur that sources fail
WP:SIGCOV and occasionally,
WP:RS, I think the reception section has some value and would prefer to see it merged to one of the targets mentioned earlier. The creator may not fully understand some aspects of current Wikipedia standards (like SIGCOV) but their work is nonetheless a net positive, if resued responsibly. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus|
reply here14:39, 21 September 2022 (UTC)reply
Redirect/merge: I agree with the assessment of the sources, and this issue has come up perennially at
WP:VG/RS. No one, including myself, has been able to really codify the best advice on how to handle lower quality sources, or journalism that's largely driven by social media such as this
[5]. It's not that these subjects shouldn't be covered, but that a full article based on these sources becomes nearly pointless, as a
WP:COATRACK of random news clippings that mention the subject. I've tried to get some discussions going on how to handle this kind of "journalism", but I think we are still some ways off from a concrete proposal. Sometimes I think we should deprecate CBR/Comicbook/Screenrant/Gamerant as reliable sources, but I believe a proportional solution will be more nuanced than that. In the meantime, I see a frequent consensus that this kind of sourcing isn't appropriate for a Wikipedia article.
Shooterwalker (
talk)
14:41, 21 September 2022 (UTC)reply
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