The result was no consensus, thus a default to keep.
This was a very close call, and some explanation of the rationale is in order and will hopefully be useful going forward. A simple tallying of the !votes shows 10 in favor of deletion and 8 in favor of keeping—a fairly even split as was the case with the first AfD, but with more folks in the delete camp this time around. Obviously what ultimately matters though are the arguments behind the votes. The key issue here is whether this character (who is clearly of some importance in a very notable fictional universe) is notable per WP:FICT. More specifically, the question is whether the character can be discussed using reliable sources to the point where a "real-world context" is established. Delete voters argue that there are no reliable sources since most of the coverage is on fan sites. Many of the keep voters did not engage directly with the question of sourcing, though a couple of users suggested rather marginal sources. The delete arguments here are quite strong, but there do appear to be a handful of (less than ideal) sources (for example this one) that provide a small amount of real-world context.
This article is teetering on the edge of deletion, but I don't see a robust enough consensus for that at this point—particularly given the heavy allowance we seem to have made for Star Wars-related material and the extent to which this article is referenced in other SW articles on Wikipedia (per LtNOWIS). The article remains deeply problematic though in that much of its content is plot summary. Stubbing this down or possibly merging the content elsewhere are options to consider. If sufficient progress is not made in the months ahead in terms of dealing with the sourcing and WP:PLOT issues, then a third trip to RfA would be completely appropriate. Keep voters who insist there is more third-party reliable coverage out there should work with some alacrity to bring such sources into the article. In a sense this close could be considered a final reprieve—if little progress is made on this article in the upcoming months then the third time might indeed prove to be the charm for those seeking deletion. If there is a future AfD on this article, it might be useful to consider Jacen Solo and perhaps other similar articles at the same time.--Bigtimepeace | talk | contribs 07:58, 28 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Still no references, not even for the primary sources, let alone any reliable third-party secondary sources. Actual improvements since the last AfD in January have practically not happened. The people who voted to keep the article have not done any work on it. To this day, there is no assertion of notability, and I have yet to see an explanation on why this article needs to be split from the parent article in the first place; which in turn reflects another, even more serious problem: namely that the creation of this article was done due to a complete lack of effort to write from a real-world perspective. The persistently insufficient style of this article merely follows from that initial flaw. This happens when people count on eventualism to make things better. Eventualism in Star Wars articles means: eventually someone will come along and make the article even more in-universe. At best. Dorftrottel (talk) 20:05, April 21, 2008 20:05, 21 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]