Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/New Moomin

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 keep. JohnCD (talk) 19:16, 23 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

New Moomin[edit]

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A proposed deletion of this article was averted with an edit summary stating that this series passes RPRGM, but RPRGM is an essay, not a guideline. The relevant guideline is the general notability guideline, and with only two reliable, secondary sources that together provide very little information with which to populate the article, this television series fails that guideline. I have not been successful in finding any more reliable, secondary sources for this article. Neelix (talk) 18:17, 15 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Snow Keep per encyclopedic sources, one of the sources is a well-known encyclopedia, and that should be sufficient to suggest that the subject is eligible for Wikipedia. The anime is also included in other Japanese encyclopedias, such as 漫画家・アニメ作家人名事典 and 日本映画人名事典. Let's add a notable director, a notable production company, a notable staff of animators. It is also noteworthy that at the time it was the cover-subject of Japanese magazines[1], sign that additional off-line printed sources surely exist. Cavarrone (talk) 18:51, 15 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Comment Since according to the article it's a remake of the 1969 series, a merge with Moomin (1969 TV series) could work if there aren't enough sources to satisfy people. --Colapeninsula (talk) 23:19, 15 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Japan-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 15:25, 16 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Television-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 15:25, 16 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Keep Seems to be a notable enough show. This was different than the previous series, so I'm against merging it. Keep it as its own separate article. Since it was never released in English, finding English sources might be hard. But if those who can read Japanese say sources in that language are fine, so be it. Dream Focus 00:10, 19 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. It's virtually never right to simply delete a TV adaptation/spinoff of an independently notable work; the options are merger to the parent work or retaining the spinout article, and that's not an AFD issues. Hullaballoo Wolfowitz (talk) 19:33, 22 April 2012 (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.