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The result was merge to List of Mortal Kombat characters. Salvio giuliano 19:08, 2 April 2023 (UTC)
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One of my favorites back in the day but unfortunately no longer meets notability. He hasn't been playable in twelve years, and there's next to no third-party coverage of him other than the same old "worst MK character!" rigamarole. Like the other AfDs, merge to List of Mortal Kombat characters. sixtynine • whaddya want? • 17:30, 26 March 2023 (UTC)
- Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Video games-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU (T) 20:15, 26 March 2023 (UTC)
- Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Fictional elements-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU (T) 20:15, 26 March 2023 (UTC)
- Merge with List of Mortal Kombat characters: Doesn't show independent notability. Lee Vilenski ( talk • contribs) 21:08, 26 March 2023 (UTC)
- Merge To List of Mortal Kombat characters, an unnecessary split from the parent list. ᴢxᴄᴠʙɴᴍ ( ᴛ) 04:35, 27 March 2023 (UTC)
- Weak merge: To List of Mortal Kombat characters. One of the few AFDs for Mortal Kombat characters I can get behind. And on one I personally created 11 years ago, no less. Maybe he would have had a chance if he was playable in MKX or MK11, particularly if he was DLC, but he wasn't. The coverage he has at Anime News Network is pretty good (which was since removed from the article, for some reason), and I'm not completely anti-listicle like some editors are, but I'm not seeing much in these listicles. So that's only one good source. That said, I have no prejudice towards reaction should more coverage on him pops up in the future. MoonJet ( talk) 05:35, 27 March 2023 (UTC)
- Merge with
List of Mortal Kombat characters While this is a good article, the subject isn't notable enough. Also, could you list some of the "other AfDs" you're referring to?
GoldenBootWizard276 (
talk)
00:48, 28 March 2023 (UTC)
- Hi. Over the past five months we’ve had a bit of a fire sale with MK characters who no longer meet notability requirements for individual articles, mostly due to lack of significant coverage or few playable appearances. So far it’s Motaro, Sheeva, Cyrax, Sektor, Rain, Skarlet, Sindel, and just recently Baraka, Shinnok, Kabal, and Smoke. Jade may join the crowd soon as she is currently up for AfD. sixtynine • whaddya want? • 03:47, 28 March 2023 (UTC)
- Merge The sourcing doesn't meet notability, but there is an obvious merge target to preserve some information. Shooterwalker ( talk) 01:43, 29 March 2023 (UTC)
- Merge I am not a fan of the constant nominations of MK characters recently, and I'm not even a MK fan, but they just are not notable. At all. I just wish the nominations were spaced out more.
QuicoleJR (
talk)
14:05, 31 March 2023 (UTC)
- After this and
Jade, I think we’ll be done for awhile.
sixtynine
• whaddya want? •
17:20, 31 March 2023 (UTC)
- After the
Goro AfD, which is the last minor character at the afd right now. Giving more time for
Quan Chi and
Noob Saibot article to be improve.
GlatorNator (
talk)
22:50, 31 March 2023 (UTC)
- @
GlatorNator: I do suggest a Noob Saibot and Quan Chi AfD. Saibot has one good piece of significant coverage (the Polygon piece), but that alone is not sufficient for
WP:GNG. Quan Chi doesn't seem to have any.
ᴢxᴄᴠʙɴᴍ (
ᴛ)
05:32, 1 April 2023 (UTC)
- I wouldn't be nominating MK articles for awhile. Don't want any potential drama like on
Beemer69 talkpage. But, I hope you will. Only if you can.
GlatorNator (
talk)
09:39, 1 April 2023 (UTC)
- Ultimately all arguments in favor of keeping are emotionally motivated. These articles were all split in the past by fans, when that really shouldn't have been done. This isn't about having a vendetta about some series and anyone who says so is unfamiliar with Wikipedia policy. But I will gladly do so if you don't wish to have too much attention. ᴢxᴄᴠʙɴᴍ ( ᴛ) 12:44, 1 April 2023 (UTC)
- I wouldn't be nominating MK articles for awhile. Don't want any potential drama like on
Beemer69 talkpage. But, I hope you will. Only if you can.
GlatorNator (
talk)
09:39, 1 April 2023 (UTC)
- @
GlatorNator: I do suggest a Noob Saibot and Quan Chi AfD. Saibot has one good piece of significant coverage (the Polygon piece), but that alone is not sufficient for
WP:GNG. Quan Chi doesn't seem to have any.
ᴢxᴄᴠʙɴᴍ (
ᴛ)
05:32, 1 April 2023 (UTC)
- After the
Goro AfD, which is the last minor character at the afd right now. Giving more time for
Quan Chi and
Noob Saibot article to be improve.
GlatorNator (
talk)
22:50, 31 March 2023 (UTC)
- After this and
Jade, I think we’ll be done for awhile.
sixtynine
• whaddya want? •
17:20, 31 March 2023 (UTC)
- Merge to List of Mortal Kombat characters. Hansen Sebastian Talk 17:13, 1 April 2023 (UTC)
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