Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mibu Kyoshiro

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 merge to Characters of Samurai Deeper Kyo. Done. Neıl ☎ 13:19, 21 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Mibu Kyoshiro[edit]

This is a character that does not have real world information to establish notability. It is currently covered in the character list, and there is no current assertion for improvement. TTN (talk) 15:48, 10 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Fictional characters-related deletions. —Quasirandom (talk) 15:57, 10 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Anime and manga-related deletions. —Quasirandom (talk) 16:00, 10 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Merge per the guidelines in WP:FICT into the parent article, Characters of Samurai Deeper Kyo, it was split from. I cannot find evidence this character has acheived independent notability, and given he ranked 10th in popularity among characters just in the series, suspect he never will. —Quasirandom (talk) 16:05, 10 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Merge into Characters of Samurai Deeper Kyo per WP:FICT, with any crufty stuff removed. Collectonian (talk) 17:50, 10 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Keep No real world info? Then what the hell are these? His medicine box as a DVD box Phone Straps http://www.cartoonpassion.com/smdekyophstf.html playable character in a SDK game http://www.neoseeker.com/Games/Products/PSX/samurai_kyo/ And in the GBA game http://www.gamespot.com/gba/action/samuraideeperkyo/index.html Appearing as the main character in the anime http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=1133 get your facts straight. Hell Pyro (talk) 21:49, 10 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

There's a difference between presence in multiple media and satisfying Wikipedia:Notability (fiction). To be notable, and thus have his own article, this character must have been the subject of significant, critical commentary; therefore, if reliable, verifiable sources have written on this character, whether his conception, development, presence in multiple media, their thoughts on his presence in certain media, and so on and such forth, then the article on the character can be maintained. Merely being in multiple media does not automatically provide notability, rather it provides the inclination that it is more likely that the character is notable. Find such sources and all the editors present would be happy to retain the current article. Cheers, Sephiroth BCR ^(Converse) 01:07, 11 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Merge into Characters of Samurai Deeper Kyo per WP:FICT, naturally cutting the majority of the extraneous plot details and superfluous in-universe details. Sephiroth BCR ^(Converse) 01:08, 11 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I do remember Kyoshiro being in a crossover with GetBackers and in a parody of Samurai Deeper Kyo. Same for Kyo as well.

Here's the Getbacker crossover:

http://s12.photobucket.com/albums/a228/powerpac/Kyo%20Scans/GB%20Cross-over/

And here's the parody, Samurai High:

http://s12.photobucket.com/albums/a228/powerpac/Kyo%20Scans/Samurai%20High/ http://s12.photobucket.com/albums/a228/powerpac/Kyo%20Scans/Samurai%20High%20-%20The%20Exam/ http://s12.photobucket.com/albums/a228/powerpac/Kyo%20Scans/Samurai%20High%20-%20The%20Exam%202/ If that's not enough I'll find more. Hell Pyro (talk) 02:41, 11 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Delete per nom and WP:NOT#GUIDE/WP:GAMECRUFT. --Jack Merridew 11:44, 11 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

You do realize this is a comic book character, not a game character, right? Those guidelines don't apply. —Quasirandom (talk) 15:19, 11 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

opps! stricken and i'll recuse. --Jack Merridew 12:05, 16 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Comics and animation-related deletions. -- Hiding T 10:29, 13 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Merge per merge arguments already made, and offer the opinion that maybe we need to establish a separate Articles for Merging debating area. Hiding T 10:53, 13 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Merge as per Quasirandom. Edward321 (talk) 03:48, 16 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Raw amount of information makes merge unreasonable. And until larger discussions about this type of an article finish, I'd say keep. Agree with Hiding on larger issue. Hobit (talk) 09:11, 16 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - no or minor references to this character. Bearian (talk) 19:40, 20 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Merge and redirect to Characters of Samurai Deeper Kyo - there is no real world information covered by reliable sources to justify the keeping of this article. However, the redirect is useful and shouldn't be deleted. — Dihydrogen Monoxide 22:24, 20 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Merge/redirect - Per Dihydrogen Monoxide Tiptoety (talk) 22:28, 20 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. Here's why: This is one of two main characters in this magna show, and we went through an AFD for the other main character just last week (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Demon_Eyes_Kyo)and the result was keep (not a WP:OTHERSTUFFEXISTS argument, just a contextual one). Guroadrunner (talk) 10:54, 21 December 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.