Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Vampire (Stephen King)

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The result was delete. MBisanz ^talk 02:42, 31 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Vampire (Stephen King)[edit]

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Non-notable topic TTN (talk) 18:13, 23 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Fictional elements-related deletion discussions. TTN (talk) 18:13, 23 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Comment - Not only is this nothing but completely in-universe summaries sourced only to the works of fiction themselves, but a whole lot of this is WP:SYNTH and WP:ORIGINALRESEARCH, with some of it actually not even being correct. I have not yet looked to see if there are any actual legitimate, secondary sources that discuss vampires in King's works as a whole (as opposed to just on individual vampires like Kurt Barlow) in more than just terms of plot summary that would give the topic notability, but even if there are, the vast bulk of the current article needs to be removed and completely re-written. Rorshacma (talk) 19:12, 23 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Weak Delete - After actually looking for sources, I haven't found enough on the topic that would support an article. There are plenty of sources on individual works of King's that feature vampires (largely Salem's Lot and American Vampire), but I have only found one actually decent source that discusses the concept of vampires in his work as a whole, that also features in-depth analysis that goes beyond plot summary, which is here. While it, alone, is a great source, its the only one I was able to find. Others, like this one, looked promising at first, as it seemed to have a whole essay on the subject, but then actually reading the essay itself revealed that its about vampires in fiction in general, barely mentions Stephen King's work, and when it does, only talks about Salem's Lot. So, in the end, there was only the one, good source, that talks about Stephen King's use of vampires as a whole, which is not enough. All the other sources are discussions about individual books or stories on their own, so combining them to support this article would just be WP:SYNTH. Rorshacma (talk) 19:50, 23 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Delete WP:SYNTH, WP:OR fancruft._{ZXCVBNM (TALK)} 19:29, 23 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Delete: a SYNTHy topic based purely on original research. Drmies (talk) 20:13, 23 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Delete as WP:OR.4meter4 (talk) 21:51, 30 October 2019 (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.