Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Paul Phoenix (Tekken)

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The result was merge‎ to List of Tekken characters. ✗plicit 23:45, 4 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Paul Phoenix (Tekken)

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Just like what happen to Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jun Kazama. Most of it are just routine trailer coverage. Most of them are trivial, talking about his hair on Tekken 8 and its announcement. This source can be also unhelpful [1] while this one is quite useful [2]. Meanwhile, this source [3] is a passing mention at the end "I hope Paul Phoenix is a central character in the next series, Tekken 8." Others are mostly build up listicles. Thus, Failing WP:GNG since its not enough. GlatorNator (ᴛ) 23:33, 27 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Fictional elements-related deletion discussions. GlatorNator (ᴛ) 23:33, 27 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Video games-related deletion discussions. GlatorNator (ᴛ) 23:33, 27 April 2023 (UTC) [reply]
Weak keep This is unusual for me, but this character appears notable from the sources in the article. However, it is weak because there is just barely enough. QuicoleJR (talk) 15:18, 28 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
I re-analyzed the sources, and realized that I counted some obviously bad ones. Weak merge, but I'm open to having my mind changed. QuicoleJR (talk) 15:22, 28 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Merge I could simply not find a single piece of WP:SIGCOV anywhere, even in old gaming magazines. Mostly they are just a small snarky mention of "heh, tall hairdo". It's not indicative of standalone notability of any sort. ᴢxᴄᴠʙɴᴍ (ᴛ) 04:02, 29 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Merge to List of Tekken characters. This one is particularly aggravating. Paul has been in the games since day one but all anyone talks about is his hair. Any serious coverage of him found is from nonviable sources, while any legit site that has a headline about his Tekken 8 gameplay has barely a paragraph dedicated to it. It almost seems like a copout to vote for merging yet another fighting character, but there's really no other choice here. sixtynine ^{• whaddya want? •} 04:11, 29 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Yeah, Paul Phoenix is another character that should have the coverage, but doesn't seem to. But I'm over these AFDs, so I'm going to refrain from !voting, unless it's a keep for me, but I just can't find much reason to keep this one. I'll look a little more to see if I can find anything, because there has to be something. Just wow. MoonJet (talk) 09:02, 29 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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