Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of Final Fantasy characters

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. 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.

The result was no consensus. - Mailer Diablo 14:18, 18 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

List of Final Fantasy characters

The article is completely redundant. It doesn't contain any information that isn't available in other Final Fantasy character lists, and doesn't make it much easier to access. Any improvement would be redundant. --TheEmulatorGuy 19:39, 13 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - Per nom. Obviously, I would suggest merging relevant material into the respective existing character lists for each game. Axem Titanium 00:21, 14 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Japan-related deletions. -- TheFarix (Talk) 01:12, 14 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been added to the list of anime & manga deletions. TheFarix (Talk) 01:12, 14 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been added to the list of CVG deletions. RandyWang (^{chat me up}/_{fix me up}) 09:06, 14 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Delete per nom. Andrew Levine 09:18, 14 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Keep or turn into disambig At this point, it allows for a quick overview of all the characters in all of the Final Fantasy games, useful if you want to see what characters were in one game but not another. I would support a disambiguation page with links to each of the lists, but removing the whole list only to replace it with a "this page has been deleted" page wouldn't be very helpful. Captainktainer * Talk 09:20, 14 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
- I beg to differ. Try as I might, I cannot see how this page could be used to see which characters were in one game and not another; the lists for each game are formatted differently, for one thing. — Haeleth Talk 15:21, 16 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Keep per. Captainktainer. Havok (T/C/c) 11:01, 14 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Keep per Captaintainer, good point about making disambig page to help people find a specific list. --zero faults ^{|sockpuppets|} 14:59, 14 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per nom--Peephole 16:21, 14 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been added to the list of Final Fantasy deletions. PresN 16:30, 14 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. This list is too broad to allow for useful commentary, and too spotty for it to be useful for navigation. - A Man In Bl♟ck (conspire | past ops) 16:34, 14 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Keep as per Captainktainer. --Ariad o ss 18:36, 14 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
~~Turn into a disambiguation page for the character lists of each individual title~~
Delete — Turn it into a redirect to Category:Final Fantasy characters instead. It's just way too broad to be of use to anyone, and is pretty much redundant of the individual titles' character list pages. I can't see what it can do in this capacity that wouldn't be served as well, or better, by turning it into a ~~disambiguation page for the focused articles. Ryu Kaze 19:34, 14 August 2006 (UTC)~~ redirect to the category page instead. Ryu Kaze 20:01, 17 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Comment: A disambigutation page is unnecessary. It is unlikely anyone would type in 'List of Final Fantasy characters'. Simply delete the page and change all links to this page to the correct category.
- Ah, good idea. Ryu Kaze 20:01, 17 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Turn into a disambiguation page per above. — Deckill e r 19:37, 14 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
STRONG DELETE and provide links to the category of "final fantasy characters" instead. — Deckill e r 02:22, 15 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. Redundant, and no one in their right mind would punch in "List of Final Fantasy characters" into that search bar. As an alternative, feel free to dump this on my Wiki. Just remember, if you're the dumper, it needs to be de-Wikipediafied, summons need to be removed, and I'd like the names arranged nicely in alphabetical order. Sir Crazyswordsman 03:51, 15 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. Per nom. Final Fantasy locations have followed similar steps (the link in the template goes to the category, while List of Final Fantasy locations is actually a list for one game) --TheEmulatorGuy 04:20, 15 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
- Wait...you are the nom o.O — Deckill e r 04:31, 15 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  - ~~Yeah, I just felt like saying that.~~ I wanted to make an extra point without editing the original message. --TheEmulatorGuy 06:48, 15 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
KeepUseful per Captainktainer . :) Dlohcierekim 16:12, 15 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Keep: As the list only lists characters and does not describe them, I don't see the problem with maintaining it. Dread Lord CyberSkull ✎☠ 08:06, 16 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Keep per above, it is useful as a sort of DAB and as a list of lists. Though I wouldn't mind it being cleaned up significantly. --SevereTireDamage 11:53, 16 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Delete, useless for comparitive purposes since the lists are presented sequentially and formatted differently; useless for disambiguation purposes since the title is not one anyone will type in, and anyone who knows enough to search for "List of Final Fantasy characters" is hardly going to need a special page to hint that the list of Final Fantasy VII characters might be located at List of Final Fantasy VII characters. I don't see what this article does at all, and I don't see how deleting it will remove any information from the encyclopedia: so seriously, what's the point of keeping it? It's just one more page that will need updating as new titles appear. — Haeleth Talk 15:21, 16 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. I normally support the inclusion of Final Fantasy material, but the character lists can be handled in each game's main article, and highly important characters have their own articles anyways. There is no need to have a redundant list. --Targetter ^{(Lock On)} 01:52, 17 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
- I will note that there doesn't seem to be a clear consensus so far. --Targetter ^{(Lock On)} 01:53, 17 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - but only use for documenting the characters in Final Fantasy I as per List of Final Fantasy II characters, List of Final Fantasy III characters et al. --JiFish(^Talk/_Contrib) 11:31, 17 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Comment: If the article is not deleted, I would be happy to use it for this. --TheEmulatorGuy 22:24, 17 August 2006 (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.