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The result was merge to Sonic the Hedgehog 2#Reception. I'm not sure that this is the best Merge target article but it was the only one identified by participants. Liz Read! Talk! 01:24, 2 June 2025 (UTC)
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I was made aware of this article when I was notified it linked to an article of mine. I find it to be non-notable, with only The Mary Sue article and the ComingSoon.net interview as sources for establishing notability (probably for the former, as it doesn't dive into fan works much). The Washington Post article doesn't provide WP:SIGNIFICANT coverage in my view. The Anthem Magazine interview does cover the relationship between the characters in the stories, but not the fan ship, and the Toronto Star article barely covers the relationship itself, as does the the IGN article. The Kotaku article cannot be used at all due to Kotaku articles written since 2023 having been declared unreliable. The rest of the sources are WP:VALNET sources, which cannot be used to establish notability. Google News searches for "stobotnik", "stone x robotnik", and "robotnik x stone" only brought up some of the prior sources, Valnet sources, and an interview that doesn't cover the fan ship (from reading the automatically-generated transcript). ❤︎PrincessPandaWiki (talk | contribs) 17:18, 18 May 2025 (UTC)
- Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Film and Internet. ❤︎PrincessPandaWiki (talk | contribs) 17:18, 18 May 2025 (UTC)
- Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Fictional elements and Sexuality and gender. WCQuidditch ☎ ✎ 04:31, 19 May 2025 (UTC)
- Delete or redirect if a suitable target is found. Setting aside the reliability of sources (sad to learn Kotaku went to the dogs, didn't know...), I don't see how WP:SIGCOV is met. Not a single cited source uses "Stobotnik" in it's heading. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 08:14, 19 May 2025 (UTC)
- Delete or redirect per Piotrus. This doesn't meet WP:SIGCOV without more sources that directly cover the topic in detail. I'm open to redirects, per WP:ATD. Shooterwalker (talk) 23:10, 22 May 2025 (UTC)
- Merge to, hmm, I guess Sonic the Hedgehog 2#Reception. Even the nomination acknowledges that there is treatment in reliable secondary sources. If these are considered too little coverage to establish stand-alone notability, WP:ATD-M and WP:GNG's
If a topic does not meet these criteria but still has some verifiable facts, it might nonetheless be useful to discuss it within another article
apply. A pure redirect would of limited use, as the topic to my knowledge is not yet discussed elsewhere. Daranios (talk) 15:38, 25 May 2025 (UTC)
- P.S. Thanks to the nominator for spelling out the results of her WP:BEFORE search. That often does not happen in a deletion nomination but is very helpful. Daranios (talk) 15:42, 25 May 2025 (UTC)
- Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, asilvering (talk) 01:57, 26 May 2025 (UTC)
- Merge Significant coverage can indicate an cultural trend is presumably notable, but when the trend itself is not defined by the term used, is so shallow and inextricably tied to a broader property, then no coverage really justifies an article. On merging - why not? It's not like there's much here to merge anyway. It should be easy to import a single sentence - Fan reactions to the evolving relationship between Agent Stone and Dr. Robotnik were favorable, prompting the creation of shipping and fanfiction that was acknowledged by Majdoub and Carrey. I wouldn't suggest this really merits any more than that. Otherwise, delete. ＶＲＸＣＥＳ (talk) 11:57, 28 May 2025 (UTC)
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