Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Diana Walter

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The result was merge to Lights Out (2016 film). Star Mississippi 15:42, 19 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Diana Walter

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Nonnotable fictional character. The character has appeared in one film only, Lights Out (2016 film). The infobox claims she also appeared in the three-minute short film Lights Out (2013 film), but the character was not given a name until the 2016 film. There is no indication of this character having any significance outside the film she appears in. (She's no Freddy, Jason, or Michael Myers!) —Mahāgaja · talk 12:43, 11 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Fictional elements-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 12:52, 11 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Women and Film. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 13:41, 11 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Comment: I've expanded this some, but I'm still somewhat undecided on whether this could stand alone or not. I'd like more reception of the character, so I'll try looking for that. ReaderofthePack(formerly Tokyogirl79) (｡◕‿◕｡) 15:44, 11 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I'd ask if the character has been referred to in other media outside of the immediate film. Is she on top 10 fictional character lists? AngusW🐶🐶F (bark • sniff) 17:16, 11 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I didn't see any when I was looking earlier. So far a lot of it has been interviews and the like. ReaderofthePack(formerly Tokyogirl79) (｡◕‿◕｡) 18:51, 11 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Doesn't seem to be any - I did a more vague search and when the film is mentioned in lists of this type it's about the film as opposed to the character. If the sequel had come out then I think that there would be a higher chance of the character appearing in such lists but the sequel seems to have gone into development hell. ReaderofthePack(formerly Tokyogirl79) (｡◕‿◕｡) 18:55, 11 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
There's this. It's not a top ten list exactly, but it does refer to the villains listed as iconic. ReaderofthePack(formerly Tokyogirl79) (｡◕‿◕｡) 19:11, 11 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Merge based on my own search engine test which does not seem to indicate that the fictional character warrants their own standalone article. I think there are two reasons to have standalone articles, one being that the character was standout in coverage (Anton Chigurh comes to mind), or the other being that so much is written about a particular character that it warrants being a sub-article of the film article. An example of that would be Long Duk Dong; he wasn't particularly standout at the time, but retrospective coverage have assessed the character critically. Here, I'm not finding Diana to be that kind of standout character or to have substantial enough content to warrant their own article. Also, if this article happens to be kept, I think Diana (Lights Out) would be the better article title since "Walter" doesn't seem used by many sources. Erik (talk | contrib) ^{(ping me)} 00:47, 12 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Merge. There is a reception section but it seems too superficial to warrant a stand-alone article. _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 08:31, 13 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Merge. I haven't been able to find anything to show that this character is notable on their own. There are a handful of sources released in the years following the film's release, but not really anything that would firmly show that the character is considered to be independently notable. Mostly they're tongue in cheek, like saying Starlight from The Boys could instantly defeat her. (Which I mean, would absolutely be the case given her powers.) Anything that's in here could be merged into the respective sections on the film and short articles. I'd recommend redirecting with history to the main film article - although I would also recommend a name change per Erik's suggestion. ReaderofthePack(formerly Tokyogirl79) (｡◕‿◕｡) 12:41, 14 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Merge Notability is solely WP:INHERITED from the film. MrsSnoozyTurtle 07:50, 19 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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