Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Dhampir

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The result of the debate was KEEP. -Splash 00:51, 31 August 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Dhampir

This sounds like a made-up theory. I've never heard of the word "Dhampir" in real life before. If there aren't any serious sources, this article should be deleted. --84.154.180.20 17:35, 25 August 2005 (UTC)

• Keep seems notable, having hits on Yahoo! [1] and a dic. definition. I also disagree that the article should be deleted bcause "[he has] has never heard of the word "Dhampir" in real life." D. J. Bracey (talk) Image:St. Petersburg, Florida seal.png 17:43, 25 August 2005 (UTC)
• Keep used heavily in vampire role playing games (i.e.Vampire: The Masquerade)HoratioVitero 18:11, 25 August 2005 (UTC)
  • Note that every one of this user's edits, save for one minor edit to Bible, is to VfD.

So it's a fictional term? The article makes "dhampir" look like a term that exists outside of role playing games.--84.154.180.20 18:12, 25 August 2005 (UTC)

actually, it is a folkloric term, just like it says in the text of the article. As far as making it look like a non-rpg term, check out the vampire page, makes it seem like you'll see them walking down the street some night and no one is complaining about thatHoratioVitero 18:22, 25 August 2005 (UTC)

Actually, if the vampire article does give that impression then it should be modified to make it more clear. That isn;t the impression I get from the page, but then I've been working on that page for a long time and rather dizzy from all the major changes on it recently and may not see it as it now is. DreamGuy 18:31, August 25, 2005 (UTC)

Comment: Vampire looks fine to me--"Vampires are mythical or folkloric creatures..." is the lead sentence. Meelar (talk) 21:42, August 25, 2005 (UTC)

Dhampir is more than an RPG term. Isn't Vampire Hunter D a dhampir? Zoe 20:35, August 25, 2005 (UTC)

Yeah. I think Blade (comics) is technically one, too. -HX 04:08, 26 August 2005 (UTC)

• Keep - Article could use a lot of improvement, with less fiction and more real world info and sources for verifiability added, but it's an actual foklore term cited in several nonfiction books. DreamGuy 18:31, August 25, 2005 (UTC)

Can you name a nonfiction book where this term is used? --84.154.192.168 18:07, 26 August 2005 (UTC)

Matthew Bunson's The Vampire Encyclopedia mentions the term as being in real world Romany folklore and being practiced up until modern times. Bunson says the last reported dhampir ceremony was reportedly staged by Kosovo gypsies in 1959. DreamGuy 18:43, August 26, 2005 (UTC)

• Strong keep. A relatively obscure but apparently genuine folkloric term that's become more widespread after being used in roleplaying games and anime. If I remember right, it was used as a title of a fantasy novel by Scott Baker about 25 years ago (as "Dhampire"), and then on a comic book series or graphic novel before "breaking out." Monicasdude 18:40, 25 August 2005 (UTC)

• Keep. I'd stake my reputation on it. Alf the Impaler 19:41, 25 August 2005 (UTC)
• Ze chil-tren of ze night, zey zing Keep zo byoo-ti-vully. Tonywalton  | Talk 20:09, 25 August 2005 (UTC)
• Keep Word is mentioned in the Encyclopedia Mythica entry on vampires: [2]. Seems real to me. Of course, the article could always do with sources. --Etacar11 20:13, 25 August 2005 (UTC)
• Keep, very notable fictional term. Zoe 20:35, August 25, 2005 (UTC)
• Keep and cleanup. The section "The Harsh Reality" seems to imply that these creatures exist and have health problems. It could also do with verifiable sources. Capitalistroadster 00:10, 26 August 2005 (UTC)
• Strong keep and cleanup. Better yet, split into two sections: one on the original folklore, another on contemporary gaming, anime and misc pop culture. A few proper sources wouldn´t kill anyone, either.

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