Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Izzy Sparks

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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 delete. - Mailer Diablo 08:19, 21 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Izzy Sparks

Izzy Sparks (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs) – (View log)

Article on fictional character that has absolutely no impact on gameplay (its one of several "skins" for the players avatar), likely to never have notability and written solely in-universe; article written as a real person's bio. MASEM 12:47, 16 October 2007 (UTC)

Strong Delete. Non-notable and completely original research. As mentioned above, the only purpose of the characters in the game is like having a different "skin" for your guitar. Honestly, if you took out the OR, all you could really say is "He's the blonde guy with the codpiece". This isn't like some RPG character or even a normal videogame character...it's just the person you select to mimic the player. The characters in Guitar Hero do not have unique personalities (or any...they are just on screen to give the appearance of a band), abilities or backstory. Smashville 15:59, 16 October 2007 (UTC)
(Forgive me if this isn't the proper way to post in this disscussion, I'm relativly new)

The information aquired about the character in question is not from original research and is taken from the game's manuals and contained text. The characters do have a backing story in the game and are notable enough for wikipedia as the main articles about the game contain no information on said characters. I changed the article from a short spam-like article into one that actually contained useful details if you'll look back in the logs. -- Ragehammer

Even if it's not original research, it is a fictional article primarily written in an in-universe manner (that is, using only primary sources with no secondary sources for support) about a non-notable aspect of the Guitar Hero games. Wikipedia is not a collection of indiscriminate information. --MASEM 12:21, 17 October 2007 (UTC)
Delete - Largely based on original research (apparent in the Appearance section; "He slightly resembles David Bowie in the face" ... "It has also been presumed he was based off of Alice Cooper or the White Stripes.", etc), does not follow WP:WAF. Not enough out-of-universe context to warrant an article. Marasmusine 12:49, 17 October 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete: No obvious notability or out-of-universe context. OR throughout. Ashnard Talk Contribs 17:52, 17 October 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete: For the reasons above. --Ouzo 13:38, 19 October 2007 (UTC)


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.