Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/CUTExGUY

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 keep. Needs cleanup and additional references, but DE references=OK (non-admin closure) (talk→ Bwilkins / BMW ←track) 19:30, 7 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

CUTExGUY[edit]

Unnotable manga series. Completely fails WP:N with no significant coverage in reliable, third-party sources, no licensing, and no ANN entry. Nothing to merge to author's article as it already has the year/title. -- AnmaFinotera (talk · contribs) 22:00, 2 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Anime and manga-related deletion discussions. -- -- AnmaFinotera (talk · contribs) 22:01, 2 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Actually, ANN entry. Also, licensed in German, so German review sources should also be checked. —Quasirandom (talk) 22:09, 2 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Weird...when I searched it came back no results. Odd...-- AnmaFinotera (talk · contribs) 22:11, 2 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I'm betting it's because that's a times sign (×) and not the letter x. —Quasirandom (talk) 22:18, 2 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

So, a quick search in German finds this PDF of a magazine issue (autotranslation), which includes a review of the German volume 3. My German's a bit rusty, but they look like a reliable source -- a legitamate online magazine that reviews novels and DVDs as well as manga. Will look for more later. —Quasirandom (talk) 22:29, 2 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Searching in general for this series is wonky because of the whole times/x thing -- gotta search on both spellings, with and without spaces between. Oy. —Quasirandom (talk) 22:45, 2 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Review by AnimePro, the German equivalent of ANN. Also, it sells well -- for ex, volume 4 reached #8 on the Germany manga sales chart. —Quasirandom (talk) 00:58, 3 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

So, the above were found without digging very hard. The series has gotten not much notice in English, but even without sifting through the other German hits, I'm convinced that the series passes WP:BK based on coverage in other languages. Keep and clean up, including incorporate German reception info. —Quasirandom (talk) 01:01, 3 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

~bows to superior German google-fu~ -- AnmaFinotera (talk · contribs) 01:10, 3 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I've got no excuse for my German being as rusty as it is. This is good practice. (I've now picked out that that earlier volumes sold well, but not as well as volume 4. Still, a definite hit, competing with all the usual shounen blockbusters.) —Quasirandom (talk) 01:17, 3 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I thought Anime News Network and other sites like it were invalid as references, since anyone can upload whatever information they want. And the German site is a blog isn't it? It isn't printed anywhere, since they don't sell subscriptions. Dream Focus (talk) 11:55, 3 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

ANN is a reliable source (see the project page for the specifics on what parts can and can't be used but short answer is News and Reviews are considered completely usable, and core bits of the encyclopedia which are not user edited. ANN is industry recognized and a notable anime website. No idea on whether that site is a blog or really RS since I don't read German, but not being printed and not selling subscriptions is irrelevant. There are several RS newspapers and magazines that are purely online media. I know you don't care about those "silly" policies and guidelines, but if you read WP:RS it discusses the criteria for what is and what is not RS. -- AnmaFinotera (talk · contribs) 13:58, 3 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Also, the editable parts of the encylopedia are vetted by a staff member, you can't simply change things on a whim - it has to be processed and checked where possible. I looked into it recently as some of their episode titles will need changing as official english language titles are released by people like Toei as previously unsubtitled shows get released on crunchyroll (Galaxy Express 999 and Space Pirate Captain Harlock spring to mind ) Dandy Sephy (talk) 04:11, 4 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Keep Given the two German reviews found by Quasirandom. While I really can't fully evaluate the reliability of the reviews, I rather side with caution. --Farix (Talk) 23:45, 6 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

There are more reviews in the German g-hits, but I haven't had the time (darn that pesky real life thing) to evaluate their reliability so haven't brought them up here. I'm pretty sure some will be, though, amid the usual blog & forum posts. —Quasirandom (talk) 00:34, 7 February 2009 (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.