Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Izuru Kamukura

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The result was delete and redirect to List of Danganronpa characters. Daniel (talk) 02:34, 24 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Izuru Kamukura

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I have looked for sources for this character (both of his names, including in Japanese), and do not believe the subject meets the general notability guideline: the only mentions in reliable sources are in articles about the media he's from, such as reviews briefly mentioning the protagonist's name, and cast announcements.

Worse, some sources cited do not even mention the character, despite being used to support facts about the character, such as this Kotaku review or this Anime News Network piece. The article purports that the character is one of the most popular characters in the series, with a citation to this GamerRevolution list of the "best Danganronpa characters"... except the list does not have an entry for Hajime/Izuru, and only mentions him incidentally in an entry for another character.

I don't want to accuse the person who wrote this article of intentionally using sources that don't support what the article claims they do to make the subject look more notable... but this is not looking great. Normally I would suggest merging, but considering this use of sources I don't think that's feasible, and would prefer to delete and redirect to List of Danganronpa characters.--Alexandra^IDV 07:55, 16 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Video games-related deletion discussions. Alexandra^IDV 08:03, 16 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Anime and manga-related deletion discussions. --Alexandra^IDV 08:05, 16 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Keep; I have added better references mentioning the character to support the article and will add more over the next few days. Verablanc01 (talk) 14:00, 16 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Redirect to List of Danganronpa characters. Not nearly enough in-depth coverage to pass WP:GNG. Onel5969 ^{TT me} 14:05, 16 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect to List of Danganronpa characters. Article was created by a sockpuppet that has a long history of creating pages for non-notable characters. They've claimed that they'd find better sources soon, but they've since been blocked and their additions don't constitute any significant or in-depth coverage, they're all just passing mentions in articles for other games. Nearly all sources here don't talk about the character itself, so it fails WP:GNG for sure. Namcokid 47 ^(Contribs) 23:59, 21 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect to List of Danganronpa characters, per above. Link20XX (talk) 00:52, 22 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect to List of Danganronpa characters#Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair, per nom. IanTEB (talk) 20:29, 23 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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