Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/William Afton

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 Five Nights at Freddy's#Characters. Randykitty (talk) 13:39, 4 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

William Afton[edit]

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Another case of WP:NOTPLOT, the refs in the reception section are all brief mentions, when the character is mentioned at all. Does not meet WP:GNG. Redirect was challenged. Onel5969 ^{TT me} 13:12, 25 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Fictional elements and Video games. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 13:14, 25 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect A great deal of trivial coverage, article fails WP:NOTPLOT and WP:NOTINDISCRIMINATE. ᴢxᴄᴠʙɴᴍ (ᴛ) 18:32, 25 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Tons of reliable, notable, independent coverage, with character to be played by Matthew Lillard in upcoming film. Page needs to be updated with more though (which does exist). 89.19.88.74 (talk) 14:04, 26 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect to Five Nights at Freddy's#Characters: There is no critical commentary on this character in reliable sources to justify a whole article. Just because an actor will play him in a film doesn’t automatically make the character notable, especially if it’s still in production. This isn’t a Fandom site that so many seem to forget. Also fancy seeing the IP in the 89. range here.Mike Allen 15:11, 26 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Redirect for now, but keep alive the possibility of restoring its article if and when the movie comes out AND more independent RS's come out. My position lies mostly with ZXC and Mike Allen, but the topic has potential in the future if more RS's come out. InvadingInvader (userpage, talk) 00:50, 27 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Redirect, but consider the fact that the franchise is coming out with a movie soon, and William Afton will be an important character in the movie. I understand that that in itself is not alone to qualify this article to stay. It does not meet WP:GNG and WP:NOTPLOT , there's no actual need for a whole wikipedia page for William Afton, even if the lore behind him is excruciatingly long and complicated. His subsection in wikipedia's FNAF article should be enough and a lot of this information can simply be added there. As a FNAF fan myself, I would love it if there was a million different articles that talk in detail about the lore of each FNAF character, but that violates wikipedia's WP:NOTPLOT, and that's what wiki fandom is for. Rickandmorty4ever (talk) 01:20, 28 February 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.