Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of Rewrite characters

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The result was redirect to Rewrite (visual novel). Whether to merge anything remains up to editors. Sandstein 08:15, 14 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

List of Rewrite characters[edit]

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These series characters, as a set, are not independently notable from the main series, as shown through their lack of significant coverage from reliable, independent sources. (?) A merge or redirect to the parent article's character section should suffice. The parent article is a GA and sufficiently covers the characters. czar 01:12, 6 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Anime and manga-related deletion discussions. czar 01:13, 6 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Video games-related deletion discussions. czar 01:13, 6 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Fictional elements-related deletion discussions. czar 01:13, 6 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Lists-related deletion discussions. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 03:47, 6 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Merge a list of characters to the parent article. I generally disagree with Czar's reasoning that we cannot split off sections of articles unless the section would meet the notability guidelines on its own, as to me that seems like it unnecessarily hinders our ability to present the information in the format that is most readable (see Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of Air characters for context). However, I also think a short sourced list could be merged to the main article, so there isn't really a need to keep this separate. I think that for characters, a list presents the information in a way that is easier to understand that just having prose. I think in particular the voice actors for the characters are important to include, are currently mostly missing from the main article, and are simpler to present when the information is in list format (just because the main article is a good article doesn't mean it has all the important information . . . some may have been left out specifically because it was in sub-articles like this one). I therefore don't think that the list should simply be deleted, but instead content should be merged. Calathan (talk) 18:40, 6 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect, not convincing for its own article. SwisterTwister talk 06:29, 8 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Merge and trim to parent article. Shorten supporting characters list to dictionary definition style. AngusWOOF (bark • sniff) 03:00, 10 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]
- Aside from a few supporting characters (maybe 4 or 5), most of them are not that notable for inclusion in the main article, and trying to merge the majority of the content in this article into the main article would just destabilize it anyway.--十八 04:48, 10 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect to Rewrite. A merge could work, but the information would need to be highly trimmed and some of the minor characters would need to be removed. ZettaComposer (talk) 11:57, 10 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect. Not notable by itself, lot of rehashing of plot. soetermans. ^{↑↑↓↓←→←→ B A TALK} 16:08, 10 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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