Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Freddy Fazbear

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 to Five Nights at Freddy's#Characters. Eddie891 ^Talk _Work 22:56, 25 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Freddy Fazbear

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While there are mentions of this character, this Five Night at Freddy's character lacks real world notability. This would belong at a Wikia but doesn't meet our criteria for an independent article. Attempts to redirect appropriately have repeatedly been reverted. Barkeep49 (talk) 18:31, 18 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Video games-related deletion discussions. Barkeep49 (talk) 18:31, 18 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Redirect and protect. Don't see much else to do here. Invalid ^OS _talk 01:11, 19 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect per nom. No evidence that the character is independently notable from the games themselves. DocFreeman24 (talk) 03:48, 19 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect to Five Nights at Freddy's#Characters. Not enough in-depth coverage from independent, reliable sources to pass WP:GNG. Onel5969 ^{TT me} 12:56, 19 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect to Five Nights at Freddy's#Characters per Onel5969. Namcokid 47 ^(Contribs) 00:28, 20 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Keep We have a page for Monika from DDLC. How exactly is she more notable than Freddy Fazbear? In addition, we have articles for various Mario enemies, such as Hammer Bro and Chain Chomp. Again, how exactly do they warrant articles on Wikipedia, but Freddy doesn't? Freddy is the namesake character in a popular series of games, I'd say that was more notable than the main antagonist of one visual novel that was popular for a brief amount of time. User:ThisIsSparta2007 22:15, 21 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Checkuser note: ThisIsSparta2007 and HaruhiSuzumiyaIsAGod below are confirmed sockpuppets of each other; please see Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/HaruhiSuzumiyaIsAGod. Mz7 (talk) 06:43, 25 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect to Five Nights at Freddy's#Characters, it's frustrating, because this character almost certainly has had the cultural impact to deserve an article, but the media is woefully lacking in its coverage of things seen as "for kids", and as a result I could not find any SIGCOV of this character specifically that wasn't in-universe information, meaning he fails WP:GNG. Devonian Wombat (talk) 22:21, 21 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
- Nothing "deserves" an article. The character has made no cultural impact outside appearing in a series of games that is waning in popularity. Namcokid47 ^(Contribs) 23:51, 21 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  - One could say pretty much the same thing about Master Chief (Halo). That is besides my point, and it stands regardless of your gotcha lines. Devonian Wombat (talk) 04:19, 22 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    - In addition to this, DDLC has been waning in popularity since 2018, yet we have the Monika (Doki Doki Literature Club!) page. What impact has she made outside of appearing in one game that is waning in popularity? HaruhiSuzumiyaIsAGod (talk) 17:07, 22 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect as per nom. A lot of the info is just about reskins or would fit better on other pages. Plus, using a bunch of citations to specific game levels rather than notable, third-party sources casts a lot of doubt on this character's notability. MSG17 (talk) 00:25, 23 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Comment This article was un-redirected by a sockpuppet who has now been blocked following checkuser. -- ferret (talk) 16:44, 23 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Once we get the consensus it's not notable it becomes easy to ask for page protection against the repeated attempts to recreate. Best, Barkeep49 (talk) 18:05, 23 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect mainly because of poor sourcing, with no bias against recreating an article. Video games as primary sources are very iffy. Elliot321 (talk | contribs) 08:49, 24 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect due to a lack of sources. Not opposed to expanding and eventually re-creating it if the sources support it. Shooterwalker (talk) 15:07, 24 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect per Elliot321 and talk with no prejudice of article recreation once better sources are found. Opposed to any suggestion of salting, the character is noteworthy and recognizable. Haleth (talk) 18:44, 24 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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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.