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
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Keep. AlphaPolis is a Japanese publisher of several novel series that have been turned into anime, including
Gate and
Tsukimichi: Moonlit Fantasy. The original novel series for Gate has old over 6 million copies. (AlphaPolis were the only publisher on the list of best-selling light novel series to not have a Wikipedia page.)
The process by which the article was listed for deletion contravened points C 1, 2, 3 on the recommended process for AfDs. The article can be fixed through ordinary editing, it was recently created, and no effort was made to raise concerns before it was listed. — Preceding
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Waltpohl (
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contribs) 09:13, 28 February 2023 (UTC) — Note to closing admin:
Waltpohl (
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contribs) is the creator of the page that is the subject of this
AfD. reply
The article was moved to draftspace by
MPGuy2824 where you could have tried to fix it without risk of deletion, but instead you added two sources that don't suggest any
notability and moved it back to mainspace. ––
FormalDude(talk) 21:16, 28 February 2023 (UTC)reply
Did you nominate it for deletion as a favor to
User:MPGuy2824? I'm having trouble understanding your motivation here. --
Walt Pohl (
talk) 10:22, 1 March 2023 (UTC)reply
Delete. I agree with nominator. None of the sources listed on the page are significant, independent, reliable, and secondary as required by
WP:NCORP. I wouldn't be opposed to re-draftifying either, though.
Bensci54 (
talk) 17:59, 1 March 2023 (UTC)reply
What is wrong with the sources? Anime News Network is the main English-language news site for anime and manga. The sales charts are translations from the Oricon sales charts, which are the main bestseller list for manga. --
Walt Pohl (
talk) 21:24, 2 March 2023 (UTC)reply
I added links to news stories from Oricon and Nikkei (though the Nikkei one is partially behind a paywall).
Anyway, the sales charts are prima facie not routine announcements.--
Walt Pohl (
talk) 23:27, 2 March 2023 (UTC)reply
Thank you, that is exactly what was needed. I'll withdraw my nomination but I can't close this AfD since
Bensci54 has !voted. ––
FormalDude(talk) 03:26, 3 March 2023 (UTC)reply
I took a look at how the sourcing has improved since I last commented on this AfD, and I agree that notability has been established. I do not have any issue with closing the AfD.
Bensci54 (
talk) 17:21, 3 March 2023 (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
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