Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Sailor Ranko

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The result was delete. Cirt (talk) 06:17, 19 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Sailor Ranko[edit]

Non-notable fanfiction with no evidence that it can pass Wikipedia:Notability or that its writer/creator is notable either. There are no reliable sources independent of the work or its creator. Was originally prodded, but the prod was disputed under claims that the fanfic is popular. --Farix (Talk) 01:08, 14 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I'm on the thin line for this one -- if the popularity of fukufic could be substantiated with a source more reliable than TV-Tropes, and if this series could be verified as the longest-running series of the genre, then you could make an argument of it passing WP:BK #3. (And there's an insane amount of fics with this premise, really.) Until all this is substantiated, however, the notability is not verified. If sources can be found by the end of this AfD, I'll say weak keep, but in default of them, delete for now, without prejudice for recreation if the sources are found later. —Quasirandom (talk) 03:49, 14 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

comment Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence. Therefore, it will need more evidence then someone claiming it to be "the first." But so far, there hasn't been any evidence whatsoever from a reliable source to back up anything in the article. --Farix (Talk) 04:06, 14 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - Wikipedia is not an outlet for fan fiction. Jonny2x4 (talk) 06:34, 14 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - no reliable sources to establish notability, WP:FICT.--Boffob (talk) 13:04, 14 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - Its popularity does not matter, unless it causes significant coverage by independent sources. Sources the article fails to provide. -- Goodraise (talk) 15:56, 14 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - with no reputable sources for this, we can't write a useful encyclopedia article. --Dragonfiend (talk) 16:33, 14 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Delete the only secondary source here is TVTropes, which is in itself a wiki and only describes what a "fukufic" is. JuJube (talk) 11:39, 15 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. We're starting to see some light snow here, too. Fan-fiction is not our specialty; shop it to fanfiction.net or DeviantArt or a forum, please. Raymie Humbert (TrackerTV) (receiver, archives) 18:59, 15 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Webcomics-related deletion discussions. -- Raven1977 (talk) 21:45, 16 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Internet-related deletion discussions. -- Raven1977 (talk) 21:45, 16 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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