Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Wolverine: Origins

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The result was keep. (non-admin closure) buidhe 03:15, 10 March 2020 (UTC)

Wolverine: Origins

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Unsourced article, no evidence of notability as a comic book series Cardiffbear88 (talk) 22:42, 2 March 2020 (UTC)

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Comics and animation-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 22:46, 2 March 2020 (UTC)

• Merge with Wolverine (character). --BonkHindrance (talk) 22:53, 2 March 2020 (UTC)
• Keep Wow... this is an unfortunate article... The comic should satisfy WP:NBOOK as there are multiple reviews. See Comic Book Roundup for some of them. 65 critic reviews, but even if you discount a lot of them, there are a number from different IGN and Comic Book Resources writers. [1] and [2] and [3] for example. There are sources out there, but the article needs a ton of work. Doesn't look like a very good series, though. -2pou (talk) 23:14, 2 March 2020 (UTC)
• Question: What is the notability policy that would be appropriate here? Most of the comic book series articles that I'm looking at are thinly sourced; they've usually got pre-announcements on Comic Book Resources, reviews on IGN, and solicitations from Newsarama. Is that what you're looking for here? If so, here are some links:
  • "Wolverine Origins #5 review", IGN, August 2006
  • "Discovering Wolverine's Origins: Daniel Way discusses the shocker coming in issue #5", IGN, July 2006
  • "Marvel Press Conference: Daniel Way & Wolverine: Origins", CBR.com, July 2006
  • "Preview: Wolverine Origins #1", CBR.com, March 2006

I don't think these are amazing sources, but it's on par with the vast majority of articles about Marvel titles. I don't want to point at them and say "Other Stuff Exists", but I'm trying to figure out what the guideline is, and what a good example of a well-sourced article would be. -- Toughpigs (talk) 23:30, 2 March 2020 (UTC)

Archie Meets the Punisher, Archie vs. Predator, Elmer (comics), Farmhand (comics), Invisible Republic (comics), Kill or Be Killed (comics), Lazarus (comics), Rachel Rising, Resident Alien (comics), Revival (comics), Sleepless (comics), and Ultra are a few examples of well-sourced articles about comic series. Argento Surfer (talk) 20:53, 4 March 2020 (UTC)

• Keep per available sources, WP:NEXIST, and WP:NBOOK. gidonb (talk) 05:00, 3 March 2020 (UTC)
• Keep - High quality sources about this comic book are plentiful. Argento Surfer (talk) 20:53, 4 March 2020 (UTC)
• Keep: thanks to Argento Surfer for giving me some good examples. I looked on Newspapers.com, and found a couple more reliable sources:
  • "Discover Wolverine's history in 'Origins'" by Andrew A. Smith, Honolulu Star-Bulletin (Apr 2, 2006)
  • "'Wolverine: Origins' - down memory lane" by Jerome Maida, Philadelphia Daily News (June 15, 2009)

I think that collectively these demonstrate notability. I'll put these sources on the article page in a Further reading section, so that people who want to improve the article can use them as sources. -- Toughpigs (talk) 22:54, 4 March 2020 (UTC)

• Keep per above comments since there are WP:RS to retain, per WP:PRESERVE and WP:ATD. BOZ (talk) 03:10, 5 March 2020 (UTC)
• Weak keep. Comic book series are likely to pass NBOOK, and the reviews cited here seem to support it. They are not as good as academic reviews, but for comic books, likely suffice. --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 05:33, 8 March 2020 (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.