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The result was merge to TurboDuo#Marketing. Liz Read! Talk! 04:43, 29 July 2023 (UTC)
Johnny Turbo
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This is a subject that on the surface would feel like there's a lot of discussion because of how outlandish and honestly petty it was, but in actuality doesn't. After Polygon Man was a surprise in terms of reception I figured I may be wrong and look through sources for Johnny Turbo. However:
- A Internet Archive search turned up nothing outside of a few small statements in two issues of Retro Gamer that are more in passing.
- A google books search also turned up nothing. The one source that mentions him properly is discussing the GameSpy article already cited.
- Google News, same boat. The one article that seems to be discussing them, Nintendo Life, instead links to a youtube video we can't cite as a source.
- Google Scholar to boot.
Similar outcomes when trying to do web crawls through Kotaku, Polygon, Siliconera, Destructoid, GamesRadar, etc. There's no discussion about this character. The whole point of this extensive WP:BEFORE is to show that despite belief that due to its notoriety as a bad campaign, it's not notable as a subject on its own. Kung Fu Man ( talk) 02:24, 22 July 2023 (UTC)
- Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Fictional elements and Video games. Kung Fu Man ( talk) 02:24, 22 July 2023 (UTC)
- Merge to TurboDuo#Marketing. A minor character who was only used in a single ill-fated ad campaign and had a video game compilation or two named after him (but not actually about him). GNG is not passed in this instance. ᴢxᴄᴠʙɴᴍ ( ᴛ) 03:00, 22 July 2023 (UTC)
- Merge Fails WP:GNG. GreenishPickle! ( 🔔) 12:30, 22 July 2023 (UTC)
- Merge to TurboDuo#Marketing. I came to the same conclusion as those above after a review of the page. Schminnte ( talk • contribs) 17:59, 22 July 2023 (UTC)
- Merge to TurboDuo's marketing section, per other commenters. Pokelego999 ( talk) 22:13, 22 July 2023 (UTC)
- Merge because we HAVE to preserve this ludicrous information. Dronebogus ( talk) 12:29, 24 July 2023 (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.
- 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 merge to TurboDuo#Marketing. Liz Read! Talk! 04:43, 29 July 2023 (UTC)
Johnny Turbo
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This is a subject that on the surface would feel like there's a lot of discussion because of how outlandish and honestly petty it was, but in actuality doesn't. After Polygon Man was a surprise in terms of reception I figured I may be wrong and look through sources for Johnny Turbo. However:
- A Internet Archive search turned up nothing outside of a few small statements in two issues of Retro Gamer that are more in passing.
- A google books search also turned up nothing. The one source that mentions him properly is discussing the GameSpy article already cited.
- Google News, same boat. The one article that seems to be discussing them, Nintendo Life, instead links to a youtube video we can't cite as a source.
- Google Scholar to boot.
Similar outcomes when trying to do web crawls through Kotaku, Polygon, Siliconera, Destructoid, GamesRadar, etc. There's no discussion about this character. The whole point of this extensive WP:BEFORE is to show that despite belief that due to its notoriety as a bad campaign, it's not notable as a subject on its own. Kung Fu Man ( talk) 02:24, 22 July 2023 (UTC)
- Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Fictional elements and Video games. Kung Fu Man ( talk) 02:24, 22 July 2023 (UTC)
- Merge to TurboDuo#Marketing. A minor character who was only used in a single ill-fated ad campaign and had a video game compilation or two named after him (but not actually about him). GNG is not passed in this instance. ᴢxᴄᴠʙɴᴍ ( ᴛ) 03:00, 22 July 2023 (UTC)
- Merge Fails WP:GNG. GreenishPickle! ( 🔔) 12:30, 22 July 2023 (UTC)
- Merge to TurboDuo#Marketing. I came to the same conclusion as those above after a review of the page. Schminnte ( talk • contribs) 17:59, 22 July 2023 (UTC)
- Merge to TurboDuo's marketing section, per other commenters. Pokelego999 ( talk) 22:13, 22 July 2023 (UTC)
- Merge because we HAVE to preserve this ludicrous information. Dronebogus ( talk) 12:29, 24 July 2023 (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.