Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Sparkling Generation Valkyrie Yuuki (3rd nomination)

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The result was delete‎. ✗plicit 07:20, 10 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Sparkling Generation Valkyrie Yuuki (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View log | edits since nomination)

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After twenty years, there have been basically no reliable third-party-sources written about this webcomic. It was mentioned by Web Cartoonists' Choice Awards, but notability isn't inherited. There's an interview by ComixTalk, but that seems to be a blog. After twenty years, you'd think there would be some coverage in reliable sources, that when I google the name of the webcomic, I'd get some results beyond Reddit posts, this very Wiki page, and the TVTropes article, but there aren't any except decades-old sources of questionable usability mentioning the comic in WP:PASSING. I don't see how this remotely passes WP:GNG, and I'm kind of confused how previous AfDs haven't been successful. HappyWith (talk) 04:23, 3 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

• Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Webcomics-related deletion discussions. HappyWith (talk) 04:23, 3 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete – Alas, no mention of it in my books. Looks like all we have is the WCCA win, the Comixtalk interview, and the Sequential Tart review. The only other thing listed in the article is this podcast, which doesn't come across as usable for notability. I have pretty low standards, but this is sadly not quite enough. ~Maplestrip/Mable (chat) 10:19, 5 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Relisting comment: Ineligible for soft deletion.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, ✗plicit 06:13, 10 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete I thought there might be two claims of notability in the lead paragraph, but upon further reading it turns out that "is a member of the Create a Comic Project" just means the comics were used in a "Free Public Library as an after-school program". And then "won a Web Cartoonists' Choice Awards" just means this won a web poll where "Winners of awards receive an individualized web banner". There is no significant coverage in reliable sources for any of this, and it is unbelievable that the highest achievement this has reached is "won a web banner in an online poll" and "was used in an after-school drawing program at a local library" and we have have articles on these things. I am in agreement with the editors above that this does not meet even the lowest standards and it is crazy to think, after some of the far better sourced articles I've seen deleted, that this article has existed for twenty years and three deletion discussions. It is amazing that articles this bad have existed this long. Elspea756 (talk) 06:42, 10 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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