Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Five Nights at Freddy's Character's

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 merge to Five Nights at Freddy's. (non-admin closure) Natg 19 (talk) 01:59, 19 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Five Nights at Freddy's Character's

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Redundant to Five Nights at Freddy's, the few extra details aren't encyclopedic, and not a plausible redirect due to the title saying "Character's" instead of "characters" Jackmcbarn (talk) 21:37, 5 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Video games-related deletion discussions. Jinkinson talk to me 22:58, 5 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Fictional elements-related deletion discussions. Jinkinson talk to me 22:58, 5 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Merge to Five Nights at Freddy's, perhaps in a new section (Plot > Characters). Article title error seems to be just a mishanded typo and editor has expressed need of help in moving (in the article text). Can we move an article while under AfD BTW? 野狼院ひさし _{Hisashi Yarouin} 01:38, 6 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, but it makes a little mess czar ♔ 15:52, 11 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Trim and Merge into Five Nights at Freddy's. Character information is fine unsourced, if I recall correctly, as long as it's kept to a minimum, but there's still some gamecruft that should be taken out. And no, moving articles that are AfD nominated isn't a good thing, probably because of the redirect confusion it'd cause. Supernerd11 _{Firemind ^_^ Pokedex} 05:27, 6 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Delete / Merge as non-notable, along with the fact that there isn't much to the game that would ever warrant a separate article for character coverage. A merge could be done, but I'm not sure if anything is worth keeping; Five Nights at Freddy's already has a (comparatively) complete gameplay description, while the article in question is unsourced and provides details that I think are too excessive for an encyclopedia (gamecruft, as Supernerd mentioned). A quick listing of the characters and their appearances wouldn't be bad, though. ~SuperHamster Talk Contribs 08:43, 6 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. These characters do not have enough significant coverage individually or together to warrant their own article, and I think even their own section. All of the content on the page or available in a WP:VG/RS custom Google search is video game trivia and not worthy of inclusion in an encyclopedia article. I don't think this is a worthwhile redirect, but in the off-chance that there is a strong case made for merge, the article should be retitled List of Five Nights at Freddy's characters, though I do think the article should be deleted in lieu of all that. czar ♔ 15:52, 11 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, NorthAmerica¹⁰⁰⁰ 02:47, 13 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Merge. There is definite merit in including some of the information in the overall page for the game (although leave out the creepiness rating), but there's not really a need for a separate article at this point in time since there aren't many characters in the game at this point in time. If there are a substantial amount of new characters in the other games in the series (there will be at least one sequel, apparently), then we can always create a list page. However I do have to say that the former article title (Five Nights at Freddy's Character's) doesn't fit any of the naming conventions and is grammatically incorrect, so it'd have to be deleted. Tokyogirl79 (｡◕‿◕｡) 07:52, 13 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Merge. No point in having a separate one, though the information on the nominated article would be good for the main Freddy's page.--ip.address.conflict (talk) 14:57, 13 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Merge Important and relevant info for the game, but not enough to merit a separate article. Lump it all back into the game article. BloodmoonIvy (talk) 15:17, 13 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Comment: This will need to be pretty constantly watched wherever it goes, as this seems prone to people adding fan speculation and rumors, and the like. Plus they've been keen on adding gender to the mascots, which is somewhat silly since they're animatronics and until it is revealed that the characters are the ghosts or something of various people, they cannot have gender. It'll need constant maintenance to make sure that it's not turned into a fan wikia or rumor mill. Tokyogirl79 (｡◕‿◕｡) 05:31, 17 November 2014 (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.