Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Evil Overlord List (2nd nomination)

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The result was merge to Dark lord. Sandstein 10:15, 29 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Evil Overlord List[edit]

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Although this list is entertaining, it doesn't have significant coverage in reliable sources. About the only incident related to this list that is covered in reliable sources is the Darville plagiarism incident which is already covered in Darville's article. Most of the other sources cited are either primary, blogs, fictional works and others that don't count towards WP:GNG, nor can I find significant coverage elsewhere. (t · c) buidhe 15:49, 14 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Science fiction and fantasy-related deletion discussions. – Lord Bolingbroke (talk) 18:42, 14 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Weak keep or merge. An amusing piece of geek Internet history trivia, but in the current state it is close to needing WP:TNT and it has major GNG issues. My BEFORE found this, which is sadly not an entire book dedicated to this, but it is named after it, and the topic is discussed in the two-page long foreword by the editor (Russell Davis (writer)?). There is another short mention here: [1]. The list has a number of other mentions. I think this might be salvaged, although it is rather borderline. Let's see if anyone else can dig up more usable sources.--_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 08:49, 15 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Popular culture-related deletion discussions. _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 08:50, 15 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Extraordinary Writ (talk) 22:59, 21 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

It's true that not very much has been written about it, but it's also often referenced in the context of saying that it is notable or expecting people to have heard of it (eg. "Peter Anspach's well-known Evil Overlord List"). OTOH, there's little possibility for expanding the article and some of the trivia should also be removed. I'm leaning towards weak keep in light of the fact that the otherwise obvious potential merge target, Dark Lord, is itself quite short and would be overwhelmed by a merge. –Roscelese (talk ⋅ contribs) 20:00, 22 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]
- Good point, I am actually leaning towards merge and redirect now. This would make a fine subsection in that article. --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 09:12, 24 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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