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The result was keep. (non-admin closure) Atlantic306 (talk) 20:29, 4 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Armand (The Vampire Chronicles) (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View log | edits since nomination)

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This article has many problems that have not been addressed, at least since 2009. The article is primarily written in an in-universe style and does not have many citations to sources outside of the novels themselves. A Google Scholar search turns up one article analyzing the character and another about vampire fiction in general, while Google and Google Books turn up almost nothing that is not fan pages or the novels the character originates from. This suggests that this article does not meet verifiability guidelines, and I would say that this is fancruft. The subject of the article is also already in the article List of The Vampire Chronicles characters, so I do not think this article is needed. The portion of this article not about the character in the books is also sorely lacking, containing only the portrayals of the character in film and theater. Roniius^{talk to me} 17:35, 19 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

• Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Fictional elements, Science fiction and fantasy, Literature, and Film. Roniius^{talk to me} 17:35, 19 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
• Weak keep - The fact that there's a novel that literally has his name in the title suggests that he may be notable enough for his own article, but if Google et al. aren't turning up any good sources, then...well, that's why this is a weak keep. DonIago (talk) 20:51, 19 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
• Redirect to List of The Vampire Chronicles characters. My version of DonIago's weak keep, basically. The nom has accurately described the state of the article, so unless someone pulls a WP:HEY on it in a hurry, redirecting is best. -- asilvering (talk) 15:06, 20 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Star Mississippi 01:57, 27 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep, a major character in a well-known series. Randy Kryn (talk) 13:43, 1 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep, he has his own book "The Vampire Armand", is one of the main characters of several of Anne Rice Vampire Chronicles books, is one of the main characters in the movie "Interview with a vampire" and the "Lestat" Musical. He is referenced in literature. I found quite a few books dealing with this character when looking at google books, here are 3 of them: 1, 2, 3, 4 and there are a lot more books that are discussing this character if you search for armand vampire chronicles or armand anne rice. --Dynara23 (talk) 18:57, 3 June 2022 (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.