Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of video game franchises with LGBT characters

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This list is mostly duplicative of List of video games with LGBT characters. I don't see the need for a separate article to group into franchises, especially since this list breaks down by games anyway. Just scanning through this list, it seems most of these characters only appear in one game anyway, and are not recurring franchise characters. In that sense, it's better to treat on a game-by-game basis than a franchise basis. If a character truly does reappear across a franchise (e.g. Poison (Final Fight)), then maybe there can be a separate section in the existing article. TarkusAB^talk/contrib 21:36, 10 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

• Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Video games-related deletion discussions. TarkusAB^talk/contrib 21:36, 10 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]
• Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Sexuality and gender-related deletion discussions. TarkusAB^talk/contrib 21:36, 10 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]
• Comment My initial reasoning was to create this list for franchises, and then gradually reintroduce the games from it back to the original article. However, the games would be added within a given decade like the "Stand-alone list", rather than having two or more games from the same franchise grouped together. Personally I found the entire "Franchise" structure quite problematic, especially when it came to franchises where multiple games hame 2 or more LGBT characters appearing across many of installments. I mean, within a given franchise, a queer character could appear across 3 games and have a vastly different portrayal in each of those games; especially for games with romance options. --PanagiotisZois (talk) 21:50, 10 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]
• Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Lists-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 08:38, 11 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]
• Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Fictional elements-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 08:38, 11 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]
• Redirect or Merge into List of video games with LGBT characters. While noting individual games for their inclusion of LGBT characters can be critically relevant, especially if that character is a major one, I fail to see the necessity to denote entire franchises as such. It has no relevance to a typical audience and also increases the likelihood that people will include NPCs and bit part characters who are largely irrelevant besides some passing line showing they are LGBT._{ZXCVBNM (TALK)} 10:01, 11 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]
• Undo split. Merge back to main article [1] It should've been left in the main article, no valid reason to separate it like this. Dream Focus 12:28, 11 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]
• Re-Merge into List of video games with LGBT characters. The concerns expressed by editors above are very valid. There seems to be no reason to make a meaningful distinction between franchises and individual video games save for the possibility of a character in multiple video games being listed on the page more than once, but I am not really certain if that is a problem and if a problem if it warrants its own page to remediate. I would argue it does not. TartarTorte 13:49, 11 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]
• Redirect to
  List of video game franchises with LGBT characters: These lists are identical. ―Susmuffin ^Talk 00:48, 12 January 2022 (UTC)[reply
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• Merge/redirect - there is no reason for a separate article on this per
  WP:CFORK. Having two articles doubles the amount of maintenance that has to be done. Crossroads ^-talk- 06:01, 12 January 2022 (UTC)[reply
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• Merge/redirect, seems like a fork. Good intentions would be better used to improve the original list. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 17:47, 12 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]
• Merge/redirect due to
  WP:FORK. MrsSnoozyTurtle 22:11, 14 January 2022 (UTC)[reply
  ]
• Merge/redirect' to List of video games with LGBT characters, unnecessary fork.  Spy-cicle💥  ^Talk? 20:53, 15 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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