Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Fastball Special (2nd nomination)

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The result was delete. A Train^talk 19:55, 31 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Fastball Special

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Wikipedia isn't TVTropes and the previous AfD for this article was laughable. This is a non notable fighting move that is largely just filled with example cruft. _{ZXCVBNM (TALK)} 11:35, 24 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Redirect (to Wolverine (character), where it is mentioned), or else weak delete. The 2007 AFD is obviously a product of it's time and the arguments there can be safely ignored. As far as sources go, if there were more available like this article at Comic Book Resources, I might be arguing for retention. But... there simply aren't. This entry in Geektionary: From Anime to Zettabyte, An A to Z Guide to All Things Geek falls very far short of what's needed to establish notability (and the fact that they couldn't be bothered to correctly alphabetize their entries is irksome). And from there, we're down to a handful of reference in video game periodicals (all of which I have available only in snippet view): [1][2][3] (at least one of those is a non-X-Men context). I don't think there's enough substantial coverage there, before getting into the weeds about what constitutes "independent" sourcing of this concept. But I could imagine being convinced otherwise if there's another really solid RS source or two that I overlooked... Squeamish Ossifrage (talk) 15:18, 24 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Fictional elements-related deletion discussions. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 09:04, 25 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - non-notable Argento Surfer (talk) 13:58, 29 May 2018 (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.