Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Knock Out (Transformers: Prime)

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The result was redirect‎ to Transformers: Prime#Cast and characters. – Joe (talk) 07:06, 31 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Knock Out (Transformers: Prime)

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Article is laking any WP:SIGCOV. It relies mostly on primary and CBR sources. Most are either listicles, rankings and passing mentions. WP:BEFORE shows nothing but full of trivial CBR sources. GlatorNator (ᴛ) 13:04, 22 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Delete Nothing but trivial mentions from CBR. QuicoleJR (talk) 13:11, 22 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Fictional elements-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 13:42, 22 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Very weak keep. This suggests some serious commentary, once we get through the first half of the reception, which indeed is very listicle-ish. That said, this is like the only decent source I am seeing right now. Do ping me if more is found, particularly something academic would be nice. --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 13:54, 22 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]
CBR is a content farm, they write about literally everything and actively look for the most obscure characters. A character appearing there does not indicate wider notoriety, just SEO optimization to get pageviews. If I had a nickel for everyone who breathlessly pointed to CBR/ScreenRant/GameRant as proof that <insert really minor character> is obviously notable. ᴢxᴄᴠʙɴᴍ (ᴛ) 14:29, 22 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]
It's an independent reliable source that covers this, and many other topics, in non-trivial detail. Notability != special, notability == we have enough to write a decent article about it. Your non-policy-based objection is non-encyclopedic. Jclemens (talk) 22:05, 22 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]
@Zxcvbnm IMHO, CBR seems to have varying levels of content, from listicles and garbage that might as well be ChatGPT generated to decent pieces (like the one I linked). _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 04:59, 23 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Science fiction and fantasy, Television, and Sexuality and gender. _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 13:55, 22 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect to Transformers: Prime#Cast and characters, where he's mentioned. No indication of standalone notability at all. ᴢxᴄᴠʙɴᴍ (ᴛ) 14:31, 22 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Redirect “very weak keep” is as good as delete, and redirects are cheap Dronebogus (talk) 11:01, 28 May 2023 (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.