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The result was delete. . - Philippe 02:29, 24 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Abridged (anime)

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An article about comedic fandubs of anime. While we've deleted article individual series of this type (Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Naruto: the abridged series‎ and the countless variations of Yu-Gi-Oh! The Abridged Series), this article is about the concept of a whole. Unfortunately, it still doesn't meet the notability and verifiability guidelines. By "not notable", this means that the idea of an "abridged series" has yet to be covered in-depth by a newspaper, magazine, scholarly journal, peer-reviewed thesis or other reliable, fact-checked sources. Google hits, YouTube views, or number of people on blogs or forums talking about it are not reliable sources. A search through EbscoHost found absoltely nothing for "abridged series" or "abridged anime", and the idea (as far as I know) has yet to be covered in a newspaper, magazine or other fact-checked sources. The "references" on this page are just a link to the homepage of Yu-Gi-Oh! The Abridged Series and a entry on that series in a Yu-Gi-Oh! wiki, neither of which fit into the reliable source defition. Note that we've also deleted an article on this type of series before; see Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Abridged Series. Ultimately, this idea, while I'm sure is funny to quite a lot of people, doesn't meet our verifiability and notability guidelines. NeoChaosX (talk, walk) 23:27, 18 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. Term "abridged" is not notable or known for anime fans. Wikipedia is not place for original research. Zero Kitsune (talk) 03:35, 19 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Delete, nothing but pure OR and borderline advertisement for their copyvio stuff. AnmaFinotera (talk) 04:14, 19 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Anime and manga-related deletion discussions. —Quasirandom (talk) 04:05, 19 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Delete the concept has fame on the Internet, but nowhere else; while it might have merit in the Internet phenomena article, until there are reliable sources to be found on the topic, it has no place here at the moment. JuJube (talk) 06:23, 19 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per JuJube, and due to the lack of reliable sources, and out of annoyance at the amount of stupid vandalism this business has caused at Keith Howard. Stifle (talk) 14:09, 19 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect/Merge. This is a perfectly legitimate topic to have an article on (the above comments notwithstanding...), however, it is already covered in the Fan edit article. --Gwern (contribs) 17:06 19 April 2008 (GMT)
- Comment Yes, hence why I mentioned fandub in the nomination. The general idea of fans editing a series is a notable idea, but this particular niche of it certainly isn't. NeoChaosX (talk, walk) 18:19, 19 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect/Merge per Gwern. Just a side note. There is actually an anual Anime Abridged contest at the big anime convention in Baltimore every year.Divinediscourse (talk) 19:03, 19 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect or Merge per Gwern. Interesting about the contest -- that does suggest it's worth keeping a redirect behind as a plausible search term. —Quasirandom (talk) 18:31, 20 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - pure original research. Until reliable sources independent of the topic comment on it, it doesn't warrant an article. It is a plausible search item though, so a redirect might be a good idea. Sephiroth BCR ^(Converse) 00:14, 24 April 2008 (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.