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List of Mortal Kombat characters. I also hate to sound repetitive because no doubt he was a badass in the early days of the series, but nowadays he’s fallen through the cracks and the lack of non-listicle reception shows that, as does the Kotaku source (the Polygon one is merely BTS fluff). You can’t really fall farther from grace than a lousy OC killing you in the movie.
sixtynine• whaddya want? •00:59, 1 April 2023 (UTC)reply
Strong keep: This is the MK character AFD nomination I probably disagree with the most so far, besides Reptile. We have three good sources I've added to Goro recently in the article, regarding his roles in the movies, with critical analyses and background on the character. Also, the document that I recently found from a search that is in a different language, called "Uma análise da indumentária em Mortal Kombat: histórico e evolução" has at least a full page on him. A source like
this might also be of some use. This is not some obscure character that has only been in like two games like Mavado or Darrius, which have next to no coverage that we are talking about here. They are "minor" characters, not Goro. We are talking about a popular character that has been around since day one, so I would be shocked if even more coverage, besides the sources recently uncovered, don't exist. You can argue the split was "unnecessary," but I can just as well that merging it is completely unnecessary. In fact, it's not even a "split" at all, because checking the history, it was never merged into the list of MK characters articles at all.
MoonJet (
talk)
04:31, 1 April 2023 (UTC)reply
How are these sources I've added to the article and on here "trivial?" They are critical and important analyses on his roles in the films. Anything but trivial. My other arguments are not
WP:OTHERSTUFF, because Mavado and Darrius do not have they're own articles, nor have they ever had one in the past 15+ years. I'm merely pointing out that they are much less likely to get coverage than someone like Goro. I was also merely correctly someone that the article was split off when it never was. Not that it's part of my argument for keeping the article.
MoonJet (
talk)
23:04, 1 April 2023 (UTC)reply
I'm actually somewhat surprised Goro was never merged at all, but my point stands, article age is not exactly a rationale. He has never stood on his own as a notable article and throwing out trivial coverage will not change that. Demonstrate numerous pieces of significant coverage.
ᴢxᴄᴠʙɴᴍ (
ᴛ)
12:48, 1 April 2023 (UTC)reply
Alright. Here's some I've uncovered so far:
The document "Uma análise da indumentária em Mortal Kombat: histórico e evolução" has a full page on him.
The second link has no "critical analyses" at all and is just a promotional piece about filming the character, while the status of Goro's animatronic head is more trivia than usable content.
That is true, at least from the sources I've seen so far. However, that doesn't matter. "In-depth material" is in-depth material, whether pertains to Goro from the games or the movies. The article is about Goro as a character. Not just a video game character, but a multi-media character. If anything, his role in the movies should help his notability, since it shows he has more importance outside just the games.
MoonJet (
talk)
14:21, 2 April 2023 (UTC)reply
An MK fan collecting an MK movie prop and housing it in the the MK franchise headquarters doesn't constitute significant coverage of the character. That is indeed the definition of trivial, so you're basically contradicting yourself here. If the collector and/or location were more notable, then yes. Years ago I put in the Ermac article that his Annihilation costume was sold at auction, then later had to remove it because it was deemed trivial. The same applies in this instance even if you replaced Goro with a higher-profile character like Sub-Zero or Scorpion.
sixtynine• whaddya want? •22:14, 6 April 2023 (UTC)reply
Keep The sources are more than enough to establish notability. Plenty of significant coverage provided above and in the article.
QuicoleJR (
talk)
21:35, 6 April 2023 (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
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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.
Merge to
List of Mortal Kombat characters. I also hate to sound repetitive because no doubt he was a badass in the early days of the series, but nowadays he’s fallen through the cracks and the lack of non-listicle reception shows that, as does the Kotaku source (the Polygon one is merely BTS fluff). You can’t really fall farther from grace than a lousy OC killing you in the movie.
sixtynine• whaddya want? •00:59, 1 April 2023 (UTC)reply
Strong keep: This is the MK character AFD nomination I probably disagree with the most so far, besides Reptile. We have three good sources I've added to Goro recently in the article, regarding his roles in the movies, with critical analyses and background on the character. Also, the document that I recently found from a search that is in a different language, called "Uma análise da indumentária em Mortal Kombat: histórico e evolução" has at least a full page on him. A source like
this might also be of some use. This is not some obscure character that has only been in like two games like Mavado or Darrius, which have next to no coverage that we are talking about here. They are "minor" characters, not Goro. We are talking about a popular character that has been around since day one, so I would be shocked if even more coverage, besides the sources recently uncovered, don't exist. You can argue the split was "unnecessary," but I can just as well that merging it is completely unnecessary. In fact, it's not even a "split" at all, because checking the history, it was never merged into the list of MK characters articles at all.
MoonJet (
talk)
04:31, 1 April 2023 (UTC)reply
How are these sources I've added to the article and on here "trivial?" They are critical and important analyses on his roles in the films. Anything but trivial. My other arguments are not
WP:OTHERSTUFF, because Mavado and Darrius do not have they're own articles, nor have they ever had one in the past 15+ years. I'm merely pointing out that they are much less likely to get coverage than someone like Goro. I was also merely correctly someone that the article was split off when it never was. Not that it's part of my argument for keeping the article.
MoonJet (
talk)
23:04, 1 April 2023 (UTC)reply
I'm actually somewhat surprised Goro was never merged at all, but my point stands, article age is not exactly a rationale. He has never stood on his own as a notable article and throwing out trivial coverage will not change that. Demonstrate numerous pieces of significant coverage.
ᴢxᴄᴠʙɴᴍ (
ᴛ)
12:48, 1 April 2023 (UTC)reply
Alright. Here's some I've uncovered so far:
The document "Uma análise da indumentária em Mortal Kombat: histórico e evolução" has a full page on him.
The second link has no "critical analyses" at all and is just a promotional piece about filming the character, while the status of Goro's animatronic head is more trivia than usable content.
That is true, at least from the sources I've seen so far. However, that doesn't matter. "In-depth material" is in-depth material, whether pertains to Goro from the games or the movies. The article is about Goro as a character. Not just a video game character, but a multi-media character. If anything, his role in the movies should help his notability, since it shows he has more importance outside just the games.
MoonJet (
talk)
14:21, 2 April 2023 (UTC)reply
An MK fan collecting an MK movie prop and housing it in the the MK franchise headquarters doesn't constitute significant coverage of the character. That is indeed the definition of trivial, so you're basically contradicting yourself here. If the collector and/or location were more notable, then yes. Years ago I put in the Ermac article that his Annihilation costume was sold at auction, then later had to remove it because it was deemed trivial. The same applies in this instance even if you replaced Goro with a higher-profile character like Sub-Zero or Scorpion.
sixtynine• whaddya want? •22:14, 6 April 2023 (UTC)reply
Keep The sources are more than enough to establish notability. Plenty of significant coverage provided above and in the article.
QuicoleJR (
talk)
21:35, 6 April 2023 (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.