Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of characters in The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time

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 keep per WP:SNOW. Daniel Case 05:19, 19 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

List of characters in The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time

List of a bunch of characters from a single game. Most are unnotable and most are unsourceable. DurinsBane87 20:21, 17 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. Definitely notable to anyone interested in Zelda-related materials. If you just want sources this is far from "unsourceable." Sources can be added via the official Zelda site, Zelda information sites and even some game guidebooks; I have a few I could use as sources myself. It's also definitely not just a "list," as there's quite a bit of information here on each character, all of whom have major roles in the story and most of whom appear in multiple games in the series, thansk to the focus on OOT-era characters in Majora's Mask and The Minish Cap. --Bishop2 20:31, 17 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Three or four of them have been in other games, and in Majora's mask they werent the same characters, just the same models. We don't have lists for every "major" character from other video games. God of War has similar one shot characters with one or two purposes, but there's not a seperate article for them. Just because a character is notable in the game itself doesn't mean that it's notable in the overall world of video games. I doubt Ocarina of time would have been any less succesful if, say, Fado, didn't exist. She barely showed up in the game, and had maybe like 5 lines of dialoge. DurinsBane87 21:22, 17 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Keep per WP:FICT having similar content, but trim a lot. I don't understand how something like Runescape gods can be kept and this not. Andre (talk) 21:33, 17 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - The article is in need of clean up and sources, but I think it makes a good support article to the main The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. (Guyinblack25 22:18, 17 July 2007 (UTC))[reply]
Keep - As far as I can tell, OoT characters were pretty recognized in the gaming world (maybe not as much as FFVII, but still...), and notable games are allowed to have a "list of characters" thing, unless characters are a miniscule part of the game itself - this game is character driven, so no. Besides, deleting the article would mean we would have to put the main characters in their own articles (since quite a few aren't recurring), which would actually worsen any notability problems this one has. Also, it is pretty source-able, since news articles and the official sites talked about the characters - we could use them.KrytenKoro 22:29, 17 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Speedy Keep. Notable characters from a game oft considered "Best Ever". Useight 23:07, 17 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep This could be cleaned up a bit - it seems that some of the lesser known characters have their own articles which seems over the top. However I would still keep this. Nicko (Talk•Contribs) 23:33, 17 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Snowball keep and close. I'm no gamer, but I agree with the reasoning above. Zelda is a character-driven game, so a list of the characters is valid in my opinion. Article needs cleanup and sources (outside my league, sorry), but I think it's good enough to stay. Ten Pound Hammer • ^{(((Broken clamshells • Otter chirps)))} 02:23, 18 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
keep easily notable, and can definitely be sourced to primary sources, as well as secondary sources like game guides, reviews, etc. — brighterorange (talk) 02:33, 18 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. One of the few list pages which isn't just the characters names. Notable. Fin ©™ 10:28, 18 July 2007 (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.