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Nonnotable fictional character. The character has appeared in one film only, Lights Out (2016 film). The infobox claims she also appeared in the three-minute short film Lights Out (2013 film), but the character was not given a name until the 2016 film. There is no indication of this character having any significance outside the film she appears in. (She's no Freddy, Jason, or Michael Myers!) —
Mahāgaja ·
talk12:43, 11 March 2022 (UTC)reply
Comment: I've expanded this some, but I'm still somewhat undecided on whether this could stand alone or not. I'd like more reception of the character, so I'll try looking for that.
ReaderofthePack(formerly Tokyogirl79)
(。◕‿◕。)15:44, 11 March 2022 (UTC)reply
Doesn't seem to be any - I did a more vague search and when the film is mentioned in lists of this type it's about the film as opposed to the character. If the sequel had come out then I think that there would be a higher chance of the character appearing in such lists but the sequel seems to have gone into development hell.
ReaderofthePack(formerly Tokyogirl79)
(。◕‿◕。)18:55, 11 March 2022 (UTC)reply
Merge based on my own
search engine test which does not seem to indicate that the fictional character warrants their own standalone article. I think there are two reasons to have standalone articles, one being that the character was standout in coverage (
Anton Chigurh comes to mind), or the other being that so much is written about a particular character that it warrants being a sub-article of the film article. An example of that would be
Long Duk Dong; he wasn't particularly standout at the time, but retrospective coverage have assessed the character critically. Here, I'm not finding Diana to be that kind of standout character or to have substantial enough content to warrant their own article. Also, if this article happens to be kept, I think
Diana (Lights Out) would be the better article title since "Walter" doesn't seem used by many sources.
Erik (
talk |
contrib) (
ping me)00:47, 12 March 2022 (UTC)reply
Merge. I haven't been able to find anything to show that this character is notable on their own. There are a handful of sources released in the years following the film's release, but not really anything that would firmly show that the character is considered to be independently notable. Mostly they're tongue in cheek, like saying Starlight from The Boys could instantly defeat her. (Which I mean, would absolutely be the case given her powers.) Anything that's in here could be merged into the respective sections on the film and short articles. I'd recommend redirecting with history to the main film article - although I would also recommend a name change per
Erik's suggestion.
ReaderofthePack(formerly Tokyogirl79)
(。◕‿◕。)12:41, 14 March 2022 (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.
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.
Nonnotable fictional character. The character has appeared in one film only, Lights Out (2016 film). The infobox claims she also appeared in the three-minute short film Lights Out (2013 film), but the character was not given a name until the 2016 film. There is no indication of this character having any significance outside the film she appears in. (She's no Freddy, Jason, or Michael Myers!) —
Mahāgaja ·
talk12:43, 11 March 2022 (UTC)reply
Comment: I've expanded this some, but I'm still somewhat undecided on whether this could stand alone or not. I'd like more reception of the character, so I'll try looking for that.
ReaderofthePack(formerly Tokyogirl79)
(。◕‿◕。)15:44, 11 March 2022 (UTC)reply
Doesn't seem to be any - I did a more vague search and when the film is mentioned in lists of this type it's about the film as opposed to the character. If the sequel had come out then I think that there would be a higher chance of the character appearing in such lists but the sequel seems to have gone into development hell.
ReaderofthePack(formerly Tokyogirl79)
(。◕‿◕。)18:55, 11 March 2022 (UTC)reply
Merge based on my own
search engine test which does not seem to indicate that the fictional character warrants their own standalone article. I think there are two reasons to have standalone articles, one being that the character was standout in coverage (
Anton Chigurh comes to mind), or the other being that so much is written about a particular character that it warrants being a sub-article of the film article. An example of that would be
Long Duk Dong; he wasn't particularly standout at the time, but retrospective coverage have assessed the character critically. Here, I'm not finding Diana to be that kind of standout character or to have substantial enough content to warrant their own article. Also, if this article happens to be kept, I think
Diana (Lights Out) would be the better article title since "Walter" doesn't seem used by many sources.
Erik (
talk |
contrib) (
ping me)00:47, 12 March 2022 (UTC)reply
Merge. I haven't been able to find anything to show that this character is notable on their own. There are a handful of sources released in the years following the film's release, but not really anything that would firmly show that the character is considered to be independently notable. Mostly they're tongue in cheek, like saying Starlight from The Boys could instantly defeat her. (Which I mean, would absolutely be the case given her powers.) Anything that's in here could be merged into the respective sections on the film and short articles. I'd recommend redirecting with history to the main film article - although I would also recommend a name change per
Erik's suggestion.
ReaderofthePack(formerly Tokyogirl79)
(。◕‿◕。)12:41, 14 March 2022 (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.