Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Soap MacTavish

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. 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.

The result was redirect‎ to Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 07:53, 8 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Soap MacTavish

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Article shows no evidence of SIGCOV and cited reception does not provide notability for the character either. Cited sources are quick mentions at best, including one from TheGamer. It does have a previous AFD here, but was speedy closed due to poor nomination rationale. Kung Fu Man (talk) 21:08, 31 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Redirect per nom. Fails WP:GNG. GlatorNator (ᴛ) 21:10, 31 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Video games-related deletion discussions. --Kung Fu Man (talk) 21:11, 31 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Fictional Elements-related deletion discussions. --Kung Fu Man (talk) 21:11, 31 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Delete or redirect to a suitable Call of Duty article, such as the first Modern Warfare game, or the franchise article. A quick source review, the first two are about the voice actor with only a passing mention. Source 3 is dead but primary anyway, no need to dig. Source 4 is "he's released for CoD Mobile" and nothing else. 5 and 6 are retail stores, shouldn't even exist. Source 7 name drops Soap among a list of other characters including in a F2P mobile game. Source 8 is another retail/primary source. Source 9 is a repeat of source 5, release announcement with a name drop only. Source 10, ah yes, Guinness. Literally says nothing but listing him with 50 other characters. This also wasn't an official anything from Guinness, it was an online poll so fails WP:USERG. Source 11, wow, this far before Valnet appears? Source 12, Complex, which is as bad as Valnet, and doesn't really say anything. Source 13 is the most indepth source thus far and it's still really just 3 paragraphs describing the in-game events of CoD 4. Source 14 is a bit closer, but charlieintel is a weak source to me. A somewhat lengthy article about what fans are saying of Soap in a new game, basically regurgitating social media posts. -- ferret (talk) 21:15, 31 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect per ferret's source breakdown. Sergecross73 msg me 21:32, 31 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect What reception there is is very flacky and without any development jnfo, this can be covered in the char list. --Masem (t) 22:29, 31 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]
There currently is no character list, but that's a separate consideration. -- ferret (talk) 22:35, 31 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect Per others - does not qualify for standalone notability. ᴢxᴄᴠʙɴᴍ (ᴛ) 23:33, 31 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Delete or redirect Andre🚐 03:27, 1 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Merge. Inclusion in several listicles (and heading one of them) doesn't seem sufficient to meet GNG, but some content here should be preserved through a merge. Certainly no need to delete this, soft deletion through redirecting, with some merge, would be best. --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 13:03, 1 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Relisting comment: Clear consensus to Redirect but no consensus on the target article. When you voice support for a Redirect or Merge in an AFD, please be specific on where you want an article to be Redirected or Merged to by supplying a link to the target page.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 23:57, 7 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Liz The related Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ghost (Call of Duty) should be followed, which redirected to Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. Both characters are from the same games. -- ferret (talk) 00:18, 8 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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.