Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Kopa (lion)

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 delete. Sandstein 13:35, 3 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Kopa (lion)

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Character from a unnotable series of licensed books. The only references cited in the article is to a wikia, which is obviously not a reliable third party source, and after searching around, that's about the only place that does have any information, so the article clearly fails WP:RS. The character could potentially be menioned at List of The Lion King characters, but it fails the notability requirements to have its own article. PROD was turned down, so I brought it here for consensus. Rorshacma (talk) 08:08, 24 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Literature-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 17:10, 24 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Fictional elements-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 17:10, 24 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

delete No evidence that isn't just in-universe. The books might have coverage to justify an article, but there's nothing indicating this single character does. Andy Dingley (talk) 20:30, 24 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. Oh dear. I would say this should be merged into the characters list page, but it's such poor quality that I think Kopa's entry would have to be rewritten entirely. "Raficky, along with Simba and Nala up to heaven Kopa, the son of the new couple in fact, sovereign of the cliff" - what does that even mean? A poor Google Translate job.

Kopa is a legitimate character who was considered canon in the extended universe until the second film retconned his existence. Fans then invented theories so that his absence in SP could be explained, to keep him in the canon, but these fan theories are not supported by any Disney source. I'd be happy to find references and write a short section for him on List of The Lion King characters as his enduring popularity does give him enough notability to be mentioned, I think. ~ Kimelea (talk) 23:54, 25 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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