Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Kubera (manhwa)

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 delete. Consensus is that there are not enough sources to be able to write a satisfactory article. Ritchie333 ^(talk) ^(cont) 12:29, 9 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Kubera (manhwa)

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Every single reference in the article is either to the comic itself, the comic author's blog, or a Wikia page. I was unable to find any significant coverage in reliable sources to establish notability (although I was limited a bit by the abilities of Google Translate for Korean sources). Ahecht (TALK
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Delete: Article essentially lacks any references. Unless they exist and can be added from reliable secondary sources, it warrants deletion for now. Orthodox2014 (talk) 16:27, 18 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Keep: The aforementioned references are now gone and have been replaced. This webtoon has a Korean fan base of 144,000+ and the English-speaking fan base continues to grow (no stats provided by Webtoons). Secondary sources are difficult to find because the author is notorious for keeping tight control over her work, and publishes under a pseudonym (as do many Korean webtoon authors). But I tried. Variegated yarn (talk) 02:29, 19 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
- The Korea Times citation doesn't even mention this webtoon. Are there other Korean sources that mention the webtoon by name? NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 13:20, 20 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Comics and animation-related deletion discussions. sst ✈ 05:27, 19 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Korea-related deletion discussions. sst ✈ 05:27, 19 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Comment: Here's a news article blog that mentions the comic among six manhwa titles. [1] AngusWOOF (bark • sniff) 20:41, 21 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, —UY Scuti ^Talk 21:00, 25 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Keep: This is just my personal preference. But why not leave this article available for those, like myself, who want to use it? JRSpriggs (talk) 22:59, 27 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. There really doesn't seem to be significant coverage in reliable sources. There's always Wikia if you want to edit the article without worrying about notability and such. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 22:45, 31 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, —UY Scuti ^Talk 17:06, 1 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Delete for now at best and draft & userfy until better as the current article is questionably solid. SwisterTwister talk 23:34, 1 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]
- Comment: How can one improve an article which does not exist? It needs to be there in order to fix it. Also being under a death sentence (Afd) inhibits people from improving the article. JRSpriggs (talk) 11:22, 2 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. 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.