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The result was merge‎ to List of Tekken characters. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 23:37, 24 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Craig Marduk (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View log | [since nomination])

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He has received no commentary, no WP:sigcov, but full of listicles for ex. "At 8 feet tall, with a chest like a beer keg, Marduk is a man's man – a hairy, barroom brawler." Failing WP:GNG. GlatorNator (ᴛ) 23:50, 17 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

• Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Fictional elements-related deletion discussions. GlatorNator (ᴛ) 23:50, 17 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Video games-related deletion discussions. GlatorNator (ᴛ) 23:50, 17 April 2023 (UTC) [reply]
• Merge to List of Tekken characters - every single source concerns the characters as a group, with small amounts of coverage individually, so there is no indication he passes WP:GNG. Sources elsewhere are only trivial mentions in announcements. ᴢxᴄᴠʙɴᴍ (ᴛ) 02:17, 18 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• Merge: Well, here's one I can get behind. In sources I've searched for per WP:BEFORE, I'm not seeing much, beyond what's already cited in the article. That being said, I think it's time to give these AFDs a rest for a while, GlatorNator. I know I'm not alone with this mindset. MoonJet (talk) 03:38, 18 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

  umm, maybe no. An admin like Sergecross73 made a comment like this [1]. Stating that nominations are acceptable "especially if many have been closed as merge/redirect". So far with dozens of character articles were nom'ed only Reptile did survived. Again, that's your opinion. GlatorNator (ᴛ) 04:26, 18 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

  Like, optimally, it would have been great to bundle them as a group nomination, but then it risks something like Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Warcraft character articles where it ends in an utter disaster and trainwreck. So I think nominating individually is fine even if some people are interpreting it as spamming the process. So far there has been little in the way of sources presented that might suggest the AfDs are off the mark somehow. ᴢxᴄᴠʙɴᴍ (ᴛ) 06:18, 18 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

  Yes, while I have some concerns about the declining quality of some of these nominations (not this one) you're unlikely to be declared disruptive or anything of the sort of they keep largely closing as merge/delete, which most still are. Sergecross73 msg me 13:18, 18 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

• Merge The sources are discussing everyone in Tekken, not just him. QuicoleJR (talk) 13:31, 19 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• Merge per above.

  Kazama16 (talk) 11:38, 22 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

• Merge to List of Tekken characters. Fails WP:GNG as a character. The person who loves reading (talk) 04:25, 24 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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