Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/King Dedede

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The result was merge‎ to Characters of the Kirby series. Changing the Merge target article as the one suggested in the discussion is a Redirect page. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 23:19, 24 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

King Dedede[edit]

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Like Meta Knight, I also haven't seen any sources that discuss about King Dedede other than this [1]? Reception sec are full of trivial sources that has been used. GreenishPickle! (🔔) 12:31, 17 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Video games-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 13:58, 17 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Merge to List of Kirby characters per nom. No prejudice towards recreation if notability can be clearly proven. ᴢxᴄᴠʙɴᴍ (ᴛ) 14:18, 17 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Fictional elements-related deletion discussions. WCQuidditch ☎ ✎ 15:56, 17 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Merge I was about to boldy do it in all honesty today til I saw this was done. It's a shame too because DeDeDe's one of gaming's oldest villains and one with some actual changes to his approach over time. At most though I've found were GameRant articles discussing how often his design has been changed.--Kung Fu Man (talk) 18:35, 17 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Merge to List of Kirby characters The sources in the short reception are just not enough to satisfy notability and sadly there seems to be nothing else of any significance. Fieryninja (talk) 18:42, 17 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Weak Merge I'm genuinely surprised by how little Dedede has. He seems like he would have more, given he's an iconic antagonist who's gone who tons of character development over the years, but unfortunately I just can't find many sources discussing him in depth, and what's currently there is pretty weak. I will note I did find some stuff while searching that may be worth adding in the merger.

See what went into getting King Dedede swole and how he looks without his coat in new Star Allies art - Nintendo WireNintendo Wire

HAL 'agonized' over King Dedede's design in Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe | GoNintendo

Some developmental info on the character's design in Star Allies in Return to Dream Land Deluxe, which is always a good note to have (Admittedly, the Star Allies source is weaker, but it exists)

I also found some TheGamer articles that may be useful given they do have some commentary on him. Obviously not enough to save the article, but they exist.

The Best Kirby Villains Of All Time (thegamer.com)

Video Game Villains Too Cute To Be Evil (thegamer.com)

I also went and did a Scholar check. The sources I had access to didn't really support much, but there were some I couldn't access that did mention him. There might be something there, but I don't think it'll be enough to salvage the article.

In any case, I absolutely believe this should be recreated in the future should sources come up, and if anyone finds sources during their BEFORE, I'd be happy to change my vote, but sadly I'm going to have to go with a merge on this one. Pokelego999 (talk) 20:56, 17 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Merge per nom with the presumption that it can be re-created if more coverage is written in the future. I had actually been looking at improving this article after Kirby showed up in the GA list, but a search about half a month ago did not turn up anything substantial enough for Reception. A check on Scholar and Gbooks did not find anything substantial, but there is a slim chance that something useful might show up in a print magazine considering this character has been around for a long time. But at the moment, it looks like there just is not enough significant coverage. The Night Watch (talk) 20:37, 19 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Merge I belive that eventualy this will pass WP:GNG so I think its best to WP:PRESERVE the page.Questions? four Olifanofmrtennant (she/her) 05:21, 21 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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