Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bankelal

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The result was no consensus. We can't keep relisting this forever. We have 2 to keep, and 2 to merge, with the original nominator not expressing an opinion, we have several new refs being added by some of the keep !voters. Closing as no consensus. ST47 (talk) 21:51, 26 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Bankelal

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PROD rationale was "Non-notable character article with little to no chance of being sourced." But I'm taking this to AFD for input on a merge or redirect.

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• Merge basic Real world info to Raj Comics. Most info not worth saving. --Killer Moff- ill advisedly sticking his nose in since 2011 (talk) 12:13, 2 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Comment - the above was written before the new sources added. I don't have the skills to properly judge the new sources. The article is in dire need of clean up, but AfD is not clean up. From the info currently presented in the article, I still believe a merge might be the best option, but I wouldn't oppose a refund for something more substantive and encyclopedic. --Killer Moff- ill advisedly sticking his nose in since 2011 (talk) 10:57, 5 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep
  News 18 etc) that mention it as one of the popular Indian comic characters, which are enough for me to !vote keep here. Here are some of the sources along with translation.--DBigXrayᗙ 15:24, 2 September 2019 (UTC)[reply
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• Bankelal among the four superheroes whose animated movies are set to be released.[1]
• Bankelal among the four widely sold comics in India.^[2]
• Bankelal seen among the list of popular comics.^[3][4]
• Significant coverage on a comic related site.^[5]
• listed among the 11 most memorable comics character of India.^[6]
• Among the top 10 comics without which the summers were incomplete.^[7]--DBigXrayᗙ 15:24, 2 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep. I added new refs and cleaned out some of the most egregious directory information that I don't think belonged. (But even so:
  WP:NOTCLEANUP.) There are other references that discuss this topic, like [1], [2], [3], but they're scholarly articles behind a paywall, so I haven't been able to use them to source any statements rn. Ford MF (talk) 22:13, 6 September 2019 (UTC)[reply
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• Comment. I am not sure if the character is notable, but the comic book series he features in may be, based on the sources presented (that I can read). Maybe this could be rewritten to be about the comic series rather than a fictional character? --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 10:23, 18 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

User:Piotrus The series that he features in is called Bankelal series. If you are referring to the comics publisher then that would be Raj Comics. If you have found that the comic book series he features in is notable then IMHO that is another positive opinion to keep this article. --DBigXrayᗙ 11:57, 22 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

At this point it's more of a technicality - character =/= comic book series. One of those topics is likely notable, but I don't think both are, and from what I see the series may be more notable than the character, which would suggest a need to rewrite the article a bit. --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 10:21, 23 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Improving the article or renaming/rewriting it should be discussed on the article talk page and not on the AfD page. per

WP:AFDISNOTCLEANUP. The question right now is should Wikipedia contain an article on this and the answer is yes. --DBigXrayᗙ 08:02, 24 September 2019 (UTC)[reply

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• Merge to Raj Comics. it looks to me like the sources are not so much about the character Bankelal, but more largely about the comic books the character is in. It's sourced, but the sources are not really about Bankelal as the main subject. Some of the websites look like they may be promotional and not independent of the subject. Fails
  WP:SIGCOV in my opinion.4meter4 (talk) 16:42, 26 September 2019 (UTC)[reply
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