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The result was delete. Malcolmxl5 (talk) 03:18, 15 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Attack on Titan: Smoke Signal of Fight Back[edit]

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Article about a web series, whose only stated claim of notability is that it exists and whose only cited source is its own self-published website. As always, every web series does not get an automatic free pass over WP:NMEDIA, but requires reliable source coverage about it in media independent of itself for an article to become earned. Bearcat (talk) 07:57, 25 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep for now. This Japanese anime is a popular one and in time, the article will expand and citation will improve. Ernestchuajiasheng (talk) 12:15, 26 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

It's not enough to just say something was popular — anybody could simply say that about anything, because it's a generic and unquantifiable adjective. We need reliable sources that actually support concrete evidence of popularity before we can accept it as notable. Bearcat (talk) 18:37, 27 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Internet-related deletion discussions. CThomas³ (talk) 19:51, 26 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete no sources no evidence of notability. At least I cannot find any reliable source referring to this series and thought of AfDing it too. –Ammarpad (talk) 05:04, 2 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete: Lacks notability, with no reliable sources, and because Wikipedia is not a means of promotion nor a crystal ball to support "This Japanese anime is a popular one and in time, the article will expand and citation will improve.". The criteria for inclusion on Wikipedia does not include "create the article and one day it might be referenced with reliable sources" but in fact states " If no reliable sources can be found on a topic, Wikipedia should not have an article on it.". Please refer to one of the the "Five Pillars" regarding neutrality, verifiability, citing sources, and identifying reliable sources. Otr500 (talk) 11:27, 9 December 2017 (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.