Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting/Comics and animation
![]() | Points of interest related to Comics on Wikipedia: History – Portal – Category – WikiProject – Alerts – Deletions – Cleanup – Stubs – Assessment – Style – To-do |
![]() | Points of interest related to Animation on Wikipedia: History – Portal – Category – WikiProject – Alerts – Deletions – Cleanup – Stubs – Assessment – To-do |
This is a collection of discussions on the deletion of articles related to Comics and animation. It is one of many deletion lists coordinated by WikiProject Deletion sorting. Anyone can help maintain the list on this page.
- Adding a new AfD discussion
- Adding an AfD to this page does not add it to the main page at WP:AFD. Similarly, removing an AfD from this page does not remove it from the main page at WP:AFD. If you want to nominate an article for deletion, go through the process on that page before adding it to this page. To add a discussion to this page, follow these steps:
- Edit this page and add {{Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/PageName}} to the top of the list. Replace "PageName" with the relevant article name, i.e. the one on the existing AFD discussion. Also, indicate the title of the article in the edit summary as it is particularly helpful to add a link to the article in the edit summary. When you save the page, the discussion will automatically appear.
- You should also tag the AfD by adding {{subst:delsort|Comics and animation|~~~~}} to it, which will inform editors that it has been listed here. You may place this tag above or below the nomination statement or at the end of the discussion thread.
- There are a few scripts and tools that can make this easier.
- Removing a closed AfD discussion
- Closed AfD discussions are automatically removed by a bot.
- Other types of discussions
- You can also add and remove other discussions (prod, CfD, TfD etc.) related to Comics and animation. For the other XfD's, the process is the same as AfD (except {{Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/PageName}} is used for MFD and {{transclude xfd}} for the rest). For PRODs, adding a link with {{prodded}} will suffice.
- Further information
- For further information see Wikipedia's deletion policy and WP:AfD for general information about Articles for Deletion, including a list of article deletions sorted by day of nomination.

watch |
- Related deletion sorting
Comics and animation
- 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 delete. Elli (talk | contribs) 20:13, 3 May 2025 (UTC)
- Dominic Bianchi (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)
- (Find sources: Google (books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL)
I came to this article due to a new editor altering the DoB, possibly a Coi editor. I noticed it was referenced to IMDb so I removed it (and the IMDb link). I then noticed the that the only other reference was IMDb. In 2009, a verification tag was added. Per WP:BEFORE I have searched Google, newspaper and books. The only mention I could find was in the footnotes of a book, nothing in the main text. I do not believe the subject meets WP:GNG. I think this is my first AfD nomination and I wasn't sure about what other categories, if any, should be included. Knitsey (talk) 20:10, 26 April 2025 (UTC)
- Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Actors and filmmakers-related deletion discussions. Knitsey (talk) 20:10, 26 April 2025 (UTC)
- Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Idaho-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 20:38, 26 April 2025 (UTC)
- Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Television and Comics and animation. WCQuidditch ☎ ✎ 00:28, 27 April 2025 (UTC)
- Delete: Coverage in a few wiki mirrors, but nothing otherwise. This article is unsourced, and I don't find any we can use. Oaktree b (talk) 00:21, 28 April 2025 (UTC)
- Delete, Unsourced article without easily found references, notability isn't inherited just because he worked on a notable show at one point. -Samoht27 (talk) 19:28, 29 April 2025 (UTC)
- Delete Insufficient coverage by independent, reliable secondary sources to pass WP:GNG.Pharaoh of the Wizards (talk) 06:07, 3 May 2025 (UTC)
- 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.
- 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 Harbinger (comic book). asilvering (talk) 07:45, 4 May 2025 (UTC)
- Harbingers (Valiant Comics) (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)
- (Find sources: Google (books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL)
Fictional people that fail WP:GNG. WhoIsCentreLeft (talk) 16:39, 26 April 2025 (UTC)
- Note: This discussion has been included in the list of People-related deletion discussions. WhoIsCentreLeft (talk) 16:39, 26 April 2025 (UTC)
- Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Fictional elements and Comics and animation. Spiderone(Talk to Spider) 18:05, 26 April 2025 (UTC)
- Comment Definitely unsourced, but found Langsdale, S., & Coody, E. R. (2020). Monstrous Women in Comics. University Press of Mississippi. https://books.google.com/books?id=PNXaDwAAQBAJ as the first hit in Scholar, suggesting there may be more out there. Jclemens (talk) 18:28, 26 April 2025 (UTC)
- Merge with Harbinger (comic book) on the sole grounds of not having enough content not either already in or appropriate to said article. Darkfrog24 (talk) 20:44, 26 April 2025 (UTC)
- Merge with Harbinger (comic book).
- ApexParagon (talk) 03:27, 4 May 2025 (UTC)
- 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.
- 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 keep. No support for deletion beyond nominator. (non-admin closure) Dclemens1971 (talk) 01:46, 3 May 2025 (UTC)
- Amid Amidi (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)
- (Find sources: Google (books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL)
Article is a stub consisting only of a lead of two sentences, a "See also" section, and a "Further reading" section. In addition, a Google search didn't turn up much in the way of reliable third-party coverage, raising WP:BASIC concerns. The Grand Delusion(Send a message) 22:55, 25 April 2025 (UTC)
- Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Authors, Journalism, and Comics and animation. Zeibgeist (talk) 23:08, 25 April 2025 (UTC)
- Keep, as the article creator. The Grand Delusion, you appear to be dismissing § Further reading even though it contains sources that establish the subject's notability. Amidi's works Cartoon Modern and The Art of Pixar have been the subject of significant coverage in reliable magazines and journals, meaning that Amidi meets criterion 3 of the notability guideline for creative professionals. The length or content (or lack thereof) of the article is not a valid rationale for deletion, unless there's some biographies of living persons policy violation you've identified. —TechnoSquirrel69 (sigh) 23:36, 25 April 2025 (UTC)
- Keep: I checked all the Further Reading sources listed, and they all appear as in-depth significant coverage of the Cartoon Modern: Style and Design in Fifties Animation book, which may even be enough to justify a separate article per WP:NBOOKS. I also found an extra Animation World Network source reviewing the book, and two more for The Art of Pixar (1, 2). He appears to pass WP:CREATIVE as TechnoSquirrel suggests. PantheonRadiance (talk) 03:20, 29 April 2025 (UTC)
- Thanks, PantheonRadiance; I didn't include the Animation World Network sources at first since I was unsure of its reliability. The contact page seems to show they have only an editor-in-chief, who is also a co-founder, and no other editorial staff. This RSN discussion also didn't come to a strong conclusion on the site. That being said, I think it's safe to assume Fred Patten to be a subject-matter expert, so I've added that article along with the CNET one. —TechnoSquirrel69 (sigh) 22:52, 29 April 2025 (UTC)
- Keep - per above. WormEater13 (talk • contribs) 01:16, 3 May 2025 (UTC)
- 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.
- 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 delete. ♠PMC♠ (talk) 20:16, 2 May 2025 (UTC)
- Harbinger Resistance (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)
- (Find sources: Google (books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL)
Fictional organization from a comic that fails WP:GNG. I searched online and was unable to find anything. WhoIsCentreLeft (talk) 12:23, 25 April 2025 (UTC)
- Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Fictional elements and Organizations. WhoIsCentreLeft (talk) 12:23, 25 April 2025 (UTC)
- Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Comics and animation-related deletion discussions. WCQuidditch ☎ ✎ 18:53, 25 April 2025 (UTC)
- Delete As plot-cruft. While it could be pointed to Harbingers (Valiant Comics), that also seems non-notable. ᴢxᴄᴠʙɴᴍ (ᴛ) 04:33, 26 April 2025 (UTC)
- Delete - Non-notable spinout of a topic that is, itself, non-notable. Completely unsourced and fails the WP:GNG. The only viable article to use as a redirect to is also unsourced and suffers from the same notability issues. Rorshacma (talk) 15:32, 26 April 2025 (UTC)
- Delete: No reliable sources discuss this fictional organisation in a sustained way. ―Susmuffin Talk 23:34, 26 April 2025 (UTC)
- Delete per all. Largely unsourced and fails the WP:GNG. Shooterwalker (talk) 18:42, 29 April 2025 (UTC)
- Merge with Harbinger (comic book), though I imagine a line or two will cover it. Darkfrog24 (talk) 18:00, 30 April 2025 (UTC)
- 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.
- 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 redirect. (non-admin closure) Geschichte (talk) 20:26, 4 May 2025 (UTC)
- Gojo (character) (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)
- (Find sources: Google (books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL)
This article has been unsourced since 2023, all the Raj-specific sources I could find are unreliable, and people searching this are more likely looking for Satoru (which, to be fair, IS hatnoted but still). I know this because this article has gotten 433 pageviews in the past 30 days BUT the article on Satoru alone has gotten 15,160 in the past 10 User:Someone-123-321 (I contribute, Talk page so SineBot will shut up) 10:17, 21 April 2025 (UTC)
- Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Fictional elements, Comics and animation, and India. Spiderone(Talk to Spider) 14:42, 21 April 2025 (UTC)
- Redirect to Raj Comics, I think there could be a short description of the character there. Honestly that article needs work too but I can't read enough of the hindi sources to do it. Moritoriko (talk)
On second thought, if most of the views are trying to find Gojo Satoru then a redirect will only be more confusing. I am open to being convinced. Moritoriko (talk) 04:47, 22 April 2025 (UTC)- After thinking it over and looking at the pages I think the article should be renamed to Gojo (Raj Comics) and that should be redirected to Raj Comics I think the current article name is too vague as we can see at the disambiguation page where there are 3 characters (partially) named Gojo. Moritoriko (talk) 23:47, 29 April 2025 (UTC)
- It could be a redirect to the disambiguation page Gojō, where the character wasn't listed until just now. -- Reconrabbit 16:45, 25 April 2025 (UTC)
- Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Relisting comment: Redirect to where?
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Sandstein 17:24, 28 April 2025 (UTC) - Redirect to Raj Comics per above. Editors can continue the discussion outside AFD about whether there's a better target, such as a disambiguation page. The article doesn't have enough sources to met most of our policies. Shooterwalker (talk) 18:41, 29 April 2025 (UTC)
- Comment: While we have eyes on this, I would like opinions on this website as a source. Moritoriko (talk) 00:01, 30 April 2025 (UTC)
- Redirect to Raj_Comics#Characters_based_in_ancient_times. This will be better redirect to as it takes directly to the character where it is mentioned. RangersRus (talk) 13:33, 1 May 2025 (UTC)
- Redirect to Raj Comics per above.Pharaoh of the Wizards (talk) 07:25, 3 May 2025 (UTC)
- 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.
- 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 delete. ✗plicit 23:43, 27 April 2025 (UTC)
- Fadi Hakim (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)
- (Find sources: Google (books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL)
Semi-advertorialized WP:BLP of a restaurateur and filmmaker, not properly sourced as passing inclusion criteria for restaurateurs or filmmakers. As always, people are not automatically entitled to have Wikipedia articles just because they exist, and have to be shown to pass WP:GNG on third-party coverage about their activities in media and/or books -- but this is referenced entirely to primary sources such as IMDb and the self-published websites of companies he's been directly affiliated with, which are not support for notability, with not even one hit of GNG-worthy coverage about him shown at all (let alone the several hits of GNG-worthy coverage it would take to pass GNG.)
There's also a possible conflict of interest here, as the attempted notability claim hinges in part on a coffee shop while the creator's username was "JoeCoffee37". Bearcat (talk) 17:55, 20 April 2025 (UTC)
- Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Actors and filmmakers, Food and drink, and Canada. Bearcat (talk) 17:55, 20 April 2025 (UTC)
- Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Comics and animation-related deletion discussions. WCQuidditch ☎ ✎ 18:54, 20 April 2025 (UTC)
- Please see the updated page with substantial references updated. Fadi Hakim has been a major player in the Toronto restaurant scene for over 30 years and a major up and comer in the comic book publishing industry in the last 10 years. JoeCoffee37 (talk) 23:29, 21 April 2025 (UTC)
- JoeCoffee37 is only a gamertag that I have used for 20 years. I have no association with the beverage. JoeCoffee37 (talk) 23:31, 21 April 2025 (UTC)
- Comment: Why are so many of the potentially good links 404s? Am I missing something? Also IMDB is not generally considered a source that confers notability as it's a user-generated database, and not all films or film creators have inherent notability. Elsewhere the few articles I'm getting on GNews are paywalled so it's hard to see if they're just passing mentions, though they seem like chirpy advertorials in the local press. I am also curious as the main editor's history is also centred almost entirely around the subject, which doesn't dispell a CoI, even if it's a good faith one. I would be up for a merge/redirect to Lev Gleason Publications as a compromise and to preserve article history, and would not object to a possible future article if half of the upcoming ventures ever come to anything and garner significant coverage.
- However, as a professional comics cynic, it's often the case that some entrepreneur buys rights to a dormant property, says they're turning it into the next Avengers and nothing is ever, ever heard from it again - the Fantomah TV series for example seems to have been announced in 2023 and have nothing mentioned about it outside of user-generated sources. These include a Fandom Page created at the time by a user with the same name as the article creator and not a huge amount else, which seems very odd for an actual green-lighted TV series that is actually going to happen. BoomboxTestarossa (talk) 08:21, 22 April 2025 (UTC)
- Okay, Delete, possibly with prejudice. In the interest of putting off something I'm meant to be doing I had a bit of a closer look at the references. To my mind these are done in a disingenuous fashion - it has fifty refs, must be solid. But most are either 404s, user-generated or primary sources - often primary sources that do not mention the page subject.
- Now, about the dead links.
- Take This one; it's a 404, and is not indexed on the Wayback machine. There is a single hit on the site for "Fadi Hakim", a single quote at this press release. So... how did @JoeCoffee37 get the broken link when searching icv2 would have brought up the other? It's not the only one either. Same with Bleeding Cool - broken; only hit on the site is this, which again is a passing mention. So the question is how did the page creator find those links? It points to a page prepared offline some time ago, which is a weird thing for a random editor to do.
- About the other links, the vast majority are just local business homepages which do not mention the page subject at all. Given the lack of genuine web hits on the matter, the only people who know Fadi Hakim is involved with, say, Canopy Fair Trade Coffee are people close enough to Fadi Hakim to pose a conflict of interest.
- This is sort of the loop I am finding for most of the sources - coverage of them on independent websites is non-existent, suggesting only people close to the subject know what TV series they're planning or whatever.
- The Comics Alliance interview is actually quite meaty but most other sources I can find are passing mentions confirming that Fadi Hakim currently owns Lev Gleason Publications, and are not enough to justify a standalone article. That and @JoeCoffee37 not disclosing an almost certain CoI and possibly intentionally cramming 40-odd useless 'references' in are enough to make me say delete, and to watch very closely for page recreation. BoomboxTestarossa (talk) 23:54, 23 April 2025 (UTC)
- I am in the process of fixing these links and would appreciate a little time. JoeCoffee37 (talk) 00:28, 24 April 2025 (UTC)
- Delete: Fails Notability, article isn’t well written, I gave the creator some tips on his talk page but was ignored, lacks improvement and most source are dead links, some are just passing mentions, primarily sourced to "IMDb" which is considered no reliable. I’ll pass after this. Chippla ✍️ - Best Regards 00:27, 24 April 2025 (UTC)
- I am in the process of removing the IMDb links and fixing the others. I would appreciate some time. JoeCoffee37 (talk) 00:30, 24 April 2025 (UTC)
- @JoeCoffee37 stop spamming this AFD with a copy and paste response on each votes and comments dropped by editors, I gave you a feedback on user talk page, make your statement about improvement on the article’s talk rather. Chippla ✍️ - Best Regards 01:22, 24 April 2025 (UTC)
- I am in the process of removing the IMDb links and fixing the others. I would appreciate some time. JoeCoffee37 (talk) 00:30, 24 April 2025 (UTC)
- Delete: I am finding no sources showing anything more than "Hurray X Restaurant opened". This isn't helped by a number of other people sharing this name but I am reasonably sure I didn't miss any GNG worthy articles. As an aside about the CoI, I find this edit to be very suspect, an IP from Toronto (maybe) correcting a birthday with no sources, and throwing in some flowery language on top. Moritoriko (talk) 01:08, 24 April 2025 (UTC)
- 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.
- 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. ✗plicit 14:30, 5 May 2025 (UTC)
- Powtoon (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)
- (Find sources: Google (books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL)
Through a web search, it doesn't appear that this is a notable company. I've found some web articles [1][2][3], but with a quick read, I'm concerned about significant coverage (i.e., commentary, analysis, etc.) of the company's services within those sources, per WP:CORPDEPTH. Best, Bridget (talk) 01:58, 14 April 2025 (UTC)
- Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Comics and animation, Companies, Internet, Software, and United Kingdom. Bridget (talk) 01:58, 14 April 2025 (UTC)
- Note: This discussion has been included in the list of England-related deletion discussions. WCQuidditch ☎ ✎ 04:38, 14 April 2025 (UTC)
- Delete The article reads like an advertisement or product description rather than an article, which is not acceptable in Wikipedia's standards. In addition, there are just three references; one by the company's own page, an article in a technologic publication and a product review. These are not enough to consider the company to be notable. Just to be sure, I searched for more inependent sources on the company to possibly add later on, and found almost nothing beyond brief mentions. NeoGaze (talk) 15:09, 14 April 2025 (UTC)
- Comment: I don't think there's SIGCOV of the company, but I found several sources about the product: [4], [5], [6], [7]. I'm not entirely sure how to resolve that. Anerdw (talk) 17:47, 14 April 2025 (UTC)
- Keep: The first link Anerdw is an entire book evaluating the subject pedagogically and without any apparent COI. The other links Anerdw provides aren't that crazy notable, but also do very much offer significant coverage. The second link nom (Bridget) provides is a long PCMag review, and it does provide analysis (e.g.
was disheartened not to have access to snapping guides for centering and aligning
); I doubt nom's interpretation of CorpDepth anyways:Deep or significant coverage provides an overview, description, commentary, survey, study, discussion, analysis, or evaluation of the product
. Even without analysis, description would be enough under the "or". To me, CorpDepth is just something that excludes e.g. "articles" whose only independent content is routine stuff like "Company got $1 billion in founding round B, 14% of which was from famed Corpo C. Additionally, 43% of this contribution was from Corpo D, while 18% was from famed VC...." etc. Any coverage thatprovides an organization with a level of attention that extends well beyond brief mentions and routine announcements, and makes it possible to write more than a very brief, incomplete stub about the organization
should qualify for the SigCov criteria. In my experience, the precedent at AfD is that tech publications and product reviews are not disqualified form notability considerations, and such is also the opinion of the oft-cited essay WP:NSOFTWARE. Aaron Liu (talk) 04:17, 20 April 2025 (UTC) - Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Owen× ☎ 21:14, 21 April 2025 (UTC) - Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Liz Read! Talk! 23:19, 28 April 2025 (UTC)
- 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.