Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Shantae (character)

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The result was merge to Shantae. (non-admin closure) Left guide (talk) 13:12, 23 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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This is going to probably annoy some people, but hear me out; Shantae, as a video game series, is heavily discussed. Shantae as a *character* does not seem to be, after a heavy WP:BEFORE. The main problem is there's no way to separate the two, and outside of a MoeGamer article we can't use and a ComicBook.com source, this was the strongest source I could find, and even that is saying she has a huge fan following and not much in terms of commentary.

This isn't saying Shantae isn't an important character, just one that isn't discussed readily outside of her series. Most of what's said is from interviews with the dev team and coming from them themselves. Kung Fu Man (talk) 13:44, 16 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Fictional elements and Video games. Kung Fu Man (talk) 13:44, 16 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete: per nom. Would be open to merging with the series article and/or userfying as an ATD. It's a shame, as although I'm not familiar with the series she seems like an interesting character. Gommeh 📖   🎮 16:26, 16 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Merge with the Shantae series article: Unless there is substantial independent coverage available elsewhere, the character should be incorporated into its respective series article, with a dedicated section. I attempted to find additional sources specifically about the character, but the ones I found are strongly tied to the Shantae series itself, for example, this one. [1] Therefore, merging the character's information into the series article seems like the most appropriate decision. Kazama16 (talk) 18:44, 16 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Merge - Definitely not something I want since I'm a fan of the series, but well again, the issue with main characters' (especially titular ones) articles are that most of their sources have to do more with the whole series than that character so. plantCOAL 18:53, 16 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• Merge to Shantae. No apparent standalone notability at all. ᴢxᴄᴠʙɴᴍ (ᴛ) 20:06, 16 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Merge with Shantae: The sourcing does not establish Shantae as independently notable of her franchise. However, some more of the background on her creation and development could be merged to the series article. MidnightMayhem (talk) 20:15, 16 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Merge. As much as she feels like she should be notable, I can't find any evidence that she is. - Cukie Gherkin (talk) 16:00, 21 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Merge per all. Doesn't pass WP:N. Shooterwalker (talk) 18:37, 21 November 2025 (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.