Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of PaRappa the Rapper characters

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 delete. Kurykh (talk) 02:39, 17 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

List of PaRappa the Rapper characters[edit]

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The characters of this series are adequately covered within the plot sections of their respective articles. The sources (see video game reliable sources custom Google search) do not cover the characters as independently notable from the games, and everything that needs to be said about the characters fits within the scope of these existing articles. The article has been redirected several times over the last year but is reinstated without any attempt to find secondary sources for its contents. The topic lacks significant coverage in multiple reliable, independent sources (?) and is not needed as a redirect to the main game. czar 01:28, 9 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Fictional elements-related deletion discussions. czar 01:28, 9 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Video games-related deletion discussions. czar 01:28, 9 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Against: The whole point of character articles in the first place is to avoid redundancy in having to introduce the characters in every single piece of media (this series in particular covering three video games and two anime series). At the very least, it's more neccessary than individual articles for each of the soundtracks. Wonchop (talk) 22:45, 10 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Right now, it's almost entirely in-universe fictional content, sourced to the instruction manuals of the games. You're right in the fact that it shouldn't be in the parent articles, but wrong in thinking there's a defense in there for keeping it in a stand-alone article. I don't have a stance yet since I haven't researched it yet, but I already know that if it's kept, it won't be due to rationales like this... Sergecross73 msg me 01:49, 13 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Delete'. Lacks proper independent coverage by reliable sources. Gameguide material. soetermans. ^{↑↑↓↓←→←→ B A TALK} 22:34, 13 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - Actually, contrary to the nominator's statement, sourcing for the article has significantly improved since the article was first redirected. However, my impression was always that the PaRappa cast are not notable outside of the individual games, and I see nothing here to really indicate otherwise.--Martin IIIa (talk) 13:48, 14 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I mean, as far as citing factoids, maybe, but not in the realm of sourcing to indicate notability. 7 of 10 of the sources currently present are still first party (The game manuals, the company's Twitter, and the PlayStation Blog.) Only one of the remaining three (Anime News Network) is found at all on the exhaustive WP:VG reliable source list at all. Sergecross73 msg me 14:45, 14 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Delete per my comments below. Nothing indicates the characters specifically are notable. If someone worked really hard and really dug for sources, I wonder if maybe it could be possible to write an article about Parappa himself - he's a bit more of an iconic "90's PlayStation" character who has appeared in a number of games. But not these other 50-odd rando background characters. Sergecross73 msg me 14:45, 14 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Delete unless someone finds some good sources about the characters (I find this unlikely, but would be glad to be proven wrong). There's just nothing that indicates notability, let alone independent notability.--IDV^talk 08:44, 16 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per above comments. I am intrigued by the suggestion to write an article about Parappa himself as that would be interesting to see, but I agree with the above comments about this list's deletion. Aoba47 (talk) 14:47, 16 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - Agree with above reasoning. CAPTAIN RAJU (✉) 21:09, 16 March 2017 (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.