Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ling Xiaoyu

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The result was merge‎ to Characters of the Tekken series or List of Tekken characters, both of which are viable options for this article. Star Mississippi 01:12, 4 February 2024 (UTC)

Ling Xiaoyu

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Look, I'm not opposed to using lists in articles. If they can say something tangible and of substance, they're worth citing. But that isn't the case here: the article overall is refbombed, with the vast majority of these being short references that aren't saying anything before quickly moving onto the next subject. Couple that with some review quips, and its definitely a mountain out of a molehill situation. It has all the hallmarks of Niemti's wikipedia work. Kung Fu Man (talk) 03:22, 27 January 2024 (UTC)

• Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Fictional elements and Video games. Kung Fu Man (talk) 03:22, 27 January 2024 (UTC)
• Merge to List of Tekken characters, does not seem to have standalone notability or serious significant coverage. ᴢxᴄᴠʙɴᴍ (ᴛ) 04:34, 27 January 2024 (UTC)

Merge to Characters of the Tekken series. There's a reference or two here that could be nice, but the bulk of this article is basically as nom describes. There's nothing substantial really being said about the character here, especially given how minor a lot of the commentary is. Has one ever considered Magneton? Pokelego999 (talk) 04:48, 27 January 2024 (UTC)

• Keep I find this a notable character with multiple reviews and featured in multiple popularity rankings [1] [2] [3] [4]. Even if the reviews are not in-depth analysis on one character alone, they are definitely not passing mentions of just the names either, and demonstrate much more popularity than the average among those 80+ characters listed in the 'List of Tekken characters' article. It is also well-referenced and by itself consistently garnered an average of 4000+ monthly views for the past 8 years. [5]. And if we need real-life influence, this character seems to be popular for cosplay activity as well, examples [6] [7]. --PeaceNT (talk) 21:05, 27 January 2024 (UTC)

@User:PeaceNT Regarding the last two, there's no indication from that article she's a popular subject of cosplay, just that one highschooler commenting on her briefly for the whole article. The second is a professional shoot for a Tekken commercial, and also doesn't highlight her specifically.

Now as for the rest

• The Redbull list has...two sentences about her gameplay.
• There's no indication Dread Central is a reliable source, the article is by someone called "Foywonder", I can't find a staff page, and the article is dictating the events of the film?
• PSU is probably the one source with any discussion and it's barely saying anything...
• The MSN list is a listicle that is not saying anything. "They ranked her 20th out of gaming's hottest women" means nothing.

No offense, but if this is the best it illustrates my point in spades.--Kung Fu Man (talk) 21:16, 27 January 2024 (UTC)

• Merge There's already evidence that the character isn't notable after an editor above tried to do some BEFORE, but gathered only trivia sources. GreenishPickle! (🔔) 22:31, 27 January 2024 (UTC)

Merge per all. Does not reach WP:SIGCOV but some of this can be preserved at the list. Shooterwalker (talk) 18:33, 28 January 2024 (UTC)

• Merge with the Tekken crowd. Just the usual meaningless listicle and fan-poll parade in reception with only the GamesRadar citation being of any significance. Definitely all the trappings of a Niemti article, but today sizable behind-the-scenes and cosplay (ugh) content does not notability make. sixtynine ^{• whaddya want? •} 20:05, 30 January 2024 (UTC)

Keep This is a notable character in the franchise and i believe there is a lot of information about her that is needed for a separate article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Batud1991 (talk • contribs) 00:34, 2 February 2024 (UTC)

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