Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Reiko Asakawa

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The result was merge to List of Ring characters. ✗plicit 00:15, 3 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Reiko Asakawa[edit]

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Does not appear to meet WP:GNG, while there's a fair number of hits on Google Scholar and Books, the vast majority are simply from descriptions of the plot of Ring and related media, which don't confer notability. There's also a few papers, such as these two, that do give some analysis of the subject's role. I considered trying to rescue this article using these sources, but after examining them carefully, I'm of the opinion that they're only analyzing Reiko Asakawa in the context of readings of Ring and related media's views on femininity, and said content would be better included in the context of The Ring (franchise) and articles about its entries. There is no discussion of Reiko's significance in popular culture, and even the most detailed analysis, "Patriarchy and the Horror of the Monstrous Feminine: A comparative study of Ringu and The Ring", Reiko is treated primarily as a foil to Sadako Yamamura. As we fall short of GNG, redirect to The Ring (franchise) seems appropriate. _signed,Rosguill ^talk 22:44, 23 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Fictional elements-related deletion discussions. _signed,Rosguill ^talk 22:44, 23 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Literature-related deletion discussions. _signed,Rosguill ^talk 22:44, 23 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
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Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Women, Journalism, and News media. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 23:01, 23 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
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Delete - as per nom's excellent rationale. Fails WP:GNG. Onel5969 ^{TT me} 01:01, 24 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Merge to List of Ring characters as a more precise target. Would of said redirect but for some reason Reiko is not listed in the listicle so she would need to be added. Jumpytoo Talk 04:50, 24 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Merge to List of Ring characters - Along with Yoichi Asakawa. Dark knight 2149 12:26, 24 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Nom comment - no objection to the alternate proposed target, I had tried looking for List of characters in the Ring franchise when filing this nomination and somehow failed to come across List of Ring characters in the search results. _signed,Rosguill ^talk 17:02, 24 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect/Merge into List of Ring characters, no indication of notability. Cakelot1 (talk) 11:23, 27 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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