The result was No Consensus (list has been removed). CitiCat ♫ 03:09, 27 July 2007 (UTC) reply
Delete. This is like all those "List of heroes" or "List of villains" that were deleted a while back. Its pretty much a list of various characters, and not all of them fit the description and a lot of it could be fitted as WP:POV. For example someone (before I edited it) listed Sandman as an antivillain, but only in his movie form. Why not in his comic form? As it is it just seems a dumping ground for people to list their favorite characters.
I suppose, that if this article could be categorized and sourced like List of fictional anti-heroes, I might retract my deletion but I don't see that happening. CyberGhostface 01:27, 20 July 2007 (UTC) reply
"Anti-villain" may be a useful term (I happen to think it is) that is being used by a good number of people. However, there seems to be a lack of sources (electronic or print) of either the scholarly or popular type with which we can document the use of the term. Further, amongst those using this term right now, there seems to be a lack of consensus as to what exactly an anti-villain is. This can be seen by looking over the list in the current Wikipedia article or reading through some of the forum posts a Google search will bring up.
Unless someone can come up with solid sources (whether they be in a comic book fan magazine or scholarly journal) that can document this term, it needs to be deleted. So far as I understand, Wikipedia is not in the business of helping to define new terms. So once again, my vote is delete for now. If use of this term continues and makes its way into a documentable source, I have no doubt we'll see this term back on Wikipedia in a year or two. Fixer1234 08:48, 20 July 2007 (UTC) reply
The result was No Consensus (list has been removed). CitiCat ♫ 03:09, 27 July 2007 (UTC) reply
Delete. This is like all those "List of heroes" or "List of villains" that were deleted a while back. Its pretty much a list of various characters, and not all of them fit the description and a lot of it could be fitted as WP:POV. For example someone (before I edited it) listed Sandman as an antivillain, but only in his movie form. Why not in his comic form? As it is it just seems a dumping ground for people to list their favorite characters.
I suppose, that if this article could be categorized and sourced like List of fictional anti-heroes, I might retract my deletion but I don't see that happening. CyberGhostface 01:27, 20 July 2007 (UTC) reply
"Anti-villain" may be a useful term (I happen to think it is) that is being used by a good number of people. However, there seems to be a lack of sources (electronic or print) of either the scholarly or popular type with which we can document the use of the term. Further, amongst those using this term right now, there seems to be a lack of consensus as to what exactly an anti-villain is. This can be seen by looking over the list in the current Wikipedia article or reading through some of the forum posts a Google search will bring up.
Unless someone can come up with solid sources (whether they be in a comic book fan magazine or scholarly journal) that can document this term, it needs to be deleted. So far as I understand, Wikipedia is not in the business of helping to define new terms. So once again, my vote is delete for now. If use of this term continues and makes its way into a documentable source, I have no doubt we'll see this term back on Wikipedia in a year or two. Fixer1234 08:48, 20 July 2007 (UTC) reply