Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of minor Mortal Kombat characters

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 no consensus. No consensus to delete here. As to whether to keep as an independent list or merge to the main character list, that's an editorial decision that doesn't require continuation of this AfD. TravellingCari 18:50, 19 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

List of minor Mortal Kombat characters

Only one subject on the entire page has any links to any sufficient amount of notability, and that can be covered better in the parent game article. The rest are a collection of minor and mainly one-shot characters in the series. Kung Fu Man (talk) 02:33, 15 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of video game related deletions. Kung Fu Man (talk) 02:39, 15 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Lists-related deletion discussions. —Cliff smith ^talk 03:44, 15 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Delete I usually don't object to character lists, but these are really minor, including things like unnamed guards and even fan characters who don't appear in the games at all! Andrew Lenahan - Starblind 14:29, 15 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. The characters are minor (that indeed is the point). However, collectively there is enough information here, on what was a landmark in video games. The information is useful and reliably sourced. It needs some cleanup, but no reason to delete. Mostlyharmless (talk) 01:29, 16 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Delete I mean... come on, look at it. o_o JuJube (talk) 04:20, 16 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. Non-notable trivial information. RobJ1981 (talk) 04:44, 16 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Merge to List of characters in the Mortal Kombat series 70.51.9.124 (talk) 05:15, 16 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Finish him! errr. delete or redirect to List of characters in the Mortal Kombat series. This should probably be the fate of most List of minor characters in XYZ series, but that is a case by case matter. Protonk (talk) 14:52, 16 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Keep There is some relevancy to this article (including the "fakes" section, as they were well-publicized when initially released), and I've removed characters who had minute roles or never actually appeared in the games at all. Beemer69 ^chitchat 20:42, 16 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Keep It needs pruning, not deleting. EVula // talk // ☯ // 21:07, 16 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Delete — excessive undue weight given to these minor characters in the form of superfluous plot summary. That or merge into the character list. No need to cover excessively minor characters. sephiroth bcr ^(converse) 21:08, 16 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Keep and discuss merging on the talk page & I do not care much about the result. Whether to have one list of two for the characters here really seems a trivial question--the real problem is providing sufficient suitable information. WP:NOT PLOT does not specify what counts as superfluous, and, needless to say, neither does WEIGHT. The citing of these guidelines gives me the impression that the real question is about how much content to include, a question that does not really belong here either, though I have definite opinions about that--it should be enough for a person unfamiliar with the game to understand the role & significance of a character.DGG (talk) 23:32, 16 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Merge to List of Mortal Kombat characters. I, too, am not very fond of users trying to dance around WP:N by making "minor characters" lists when they find that the main list consensus says that minor characters only get a trivial mention at best due to lack of verifiability. It gets obvious when such lists contain mostly original research and are either poorly referenced or completely unreferenced altogether. MuZemike (talk) 00:25, 17 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Keep: All it needs is a bit of work. RobWill80 (talk) 00:30, 17 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Keep as per DGG. Edward321 (talk) 00:53, 17 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Merge as a small table in List of characters in the Mortal Kombat series. Take care of giving them the appropriate WEIGHT and not just copy the descriptions in the List. Then delete the List with the minor characters. It's an unlikely search material. -- Magioladitis (talk) 00:41, 18 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Keep per EVula and DGG. S. Luke (talk) 03:58, 18 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Delete or Merge as to me minor means not notable, and if it isnt notable doesnt belong on wikipedia. Salavat (talk) 18:30, 18 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

They would certainly be non-notable on their own, but their is plenty of precedent for keeping character lists composed mainly or entirely of minor characters. Mostlyharmless (talk) 02:02, 19 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Merge to List of characters in the Mortal Kombat series, which doesn't exclude minor chars. maxsch (talk) 23:16, 18 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Delete None of the "keep" arguments have shown how this article can realistically meet our WP:N and WP:V requirements if no real reliable third-party sources exist on this topic. A trivial mention in one reliable third-party source that one character got cut doesn't let dozens of characters piggyback their way to inclusion. Randomran (talk) 15:47, 19 September 2008 (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.