Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Cruel Fairytales

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 Redirected. Editors are free to merge as appropriate. Pastordavid (talk) 21:31, 8 April 2008 (UTC)

Cruel Fairytales

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Independent sources are missing for this manga; only a link to a directory listing is provided. PROD was contested, with comment "ann coverage suggests futher sources can befound, and yuki seems to be a reasonably notable mangaka". I don't see evidence for that. B. Wolterding (talk) 19:28, 2 April 2008 (UTC)

• Note: This debate has been included in the list of Anime and manga-related deletion discussions. —Quasirandom (talk) 20:54, 2 April 2008 (UTC)

• Comment: According to ANN, the work has been licensed in Germany; this strongly suggests that it has been licensed in other Asian countries as well. Per WikiProject Anime and Manga guidelines, being licensed in multiple countries is sufficient demonstration of notability. IF such licensing info could be found, that makes this a keeper. Interestingly, the French and Spanish wikipedias have an article on this, though I can't find anything to suggest it's been licensed in either language -- and the Spanish article has a lot more info than this one. Kaori Yuki does have a fanatical following in certain circles, because of Angel Sanctuary and the Cain Cycle. —Quasirandom (talk) 21:03, 2 April 2008 (UTC)

• After thinking some more, I'm going to say merge or redirect to Kaori Yuki unless additional information appears to support the notability of this book. Such as sufficient additional licensing. —Quasirandom (talk) 03:54, 3 April 2008 (UTC)

One shot usually means short story - short stories are usually not notable except as part of the author's page. If this is a short story collection, then perhaps; but I'm still inclined to Merge to Kaori Yuki. Doceirias (talk) 21:43, 2 April 2008 (UTC)

• Usually, yeah, but I've seen people use it to mean (as here) a single-volume series -- this is a four-chapters long story. —Quasirandom (talk) 22:04, 2 April 2008 (UTC)

• Delete or redirect to Kaori Yuki. Fails Wikipedia:Notability (books). Even the Japanese wikipedia has no information about this title nor an article. I did some searching and found no reliable Japanese website listings discussing this title beyond the usual retail listings. So while Yuki is notable, this seems to be one of her relatively lesser known titles. AnmaFinotera (talk) 21:46, 2 April 2008 (UTC)

• Merge, one-shot series by notable author, but without enough information to support an article. (Incidentally, it's a good story.) --erachima talk 20:26, 3 April 2008 (UTC)

• Merge Importance does not support its own article.--Stormbay (talk) 22:04, 3 April 2008 (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.