Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of Ratchet & Clank characters

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The result was merge to Ratchet & Clank#Characters. Mz7 (talk) 04:58, 15 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

List of Ratchet & Clank characters[edit]

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A long, long list of characters from a video game series, written completely in-universe. While there are some characters that have their own articles (Ratchet (Ratchet & Clank), Clank (Ratchet & Clank), Captain Qwark and Doctor Nefarious), as a whole, these characters aren't notable. After the main characters, the ones listed barely get any mentions in the WP:VG/RS custom Google search engine. The "major character" Talwyn Apogee for instance is only mentioned in VentureBeat's online quiz "Puzzler: Match the celebrity voices to the video game and GameRadar's "Red and Green characters: Santa's year-round helpers". Salvage what is usable, delete and redirect to Ratchet & Clank#Characters. soetermans. ^{↑↑↓↓←→←→ B A TALK} 14:56, 7 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Fictional elements-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 15:02, 7 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Video games-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 15:02, 7 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Lists-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 15:02, 7 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Merge and redirect per nom. Not much more to add, Soeterman's statement is extensive. WP:LISTN doesn't seem met, with zero sourcing that is talking about Ratchet & Clank characters as a group. If you purge out the in-universe information and characters with no sourcing, there's not enough content to warrant a split from the main article. -- ferret (talk) 15:10, 7 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Merge and redirect and when I say merge, massively trim back to just the series' recurring characters like Captain Quark, and incorporate into the series article "Character" section, which can be expanded. There is some material that seems to be recoverable here so deletion outright is not appropriate, but definitely this page has to be redirected. --Masem (t) 15:33, 7 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Merge and redirect per Masem. TheAwesome Hwyh 17:29, 7 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Merge and redirect as above. Little to no reliable sourcing discussing characters as a group. Nwlaw63 (talk) 17:41, 7 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Merge and redirect per Masem. There isn't enough third party sourcing for this to meet the WP:GNG. But there might be some hope for this primary content in the context of another notable article, if it's trimmed down and summarized to the most important characters. Jontesta (talk) 19:38, 7 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Merge and redirect - per Masem. Videogameplayer99 (talk) 00:29, 15 August 2020 (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.