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 no consensus. Redirect still possible as an editorial decision. W.marsh 15:36, 20 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Unsourced and non-notable neologism Chunky Rice 12:48, 11 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Weak Delete I found and added the only ref which shows up in Proquest, which is a review of the film Blade. Lacks multiple independent and reliable refs to show the neologism has sufficient usage and notability. Edison 14:31, 11 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect to Blade. 132.205.44.134 22:06, 11 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - The article is pretty clear on what it means. In most fictional settings in which vampires are present, daylight is deadly to them. Yet there are always characters able to negate this rule. he term is not a "neologism" in the strictest term. it was Created by Marvel comics. Should me delete "mutant" because of it's use in Marvel comics? Also, the articvle is sorceable. Comic issue numbers, films, television series and videogames all count as sources. If I could pinpoint the first issue of "Blade" where he was called the "Daywalker", then that would be on source right there. Also, you have to account for the fact that the term has worked it's way into pop cultrue. See it's reference in South Park for that. Should we delete "D'oh" too? I think this page is saveable, even with the ridiculous stipulations put on it by wikipedia. (Animedude 01:06, 12 May 2007 (UTC))[reply]
Redirect to Blade (film). Non-notable neologism with no real currency outside the Marvel universe. Another alternative would be a disambiguation page pointing to Blade and to dhampir. But almost all of this is WP:OR and fails WP:FICT. --Dhartung | Talk 06:24, 12 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Comment Not all daywalkers are dhampir. Also, the term has been used outside of the marvel universe, as refwerenced on the page. How is it original research at all? (Animedude 21:35, 15 May 2007 (UTC))[reply]
Weak keep - Animedude makes an interesting case above, but if no more reputable citations are added, I would not object if it were deleted. Smee 09:52, 16 May 2007 (UTC).[reply]
Delete Unless significant references outside of the Blade movie and comics can be found, I say it needs to go. Slavlin 15:38, 17 May 2007 (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.