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The result was delete. KaisaL (talk) 23:45, 5 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Markovia[edit]

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This fails to establish notability. The sources added de-prod are absolute trash (in relation to their coverage of this specific topic) that nobody in good faith could argue add anything substantial to the article. They either fail to talk about the topic in detail or only simply mention it within the context of the fictional world with no real world context whatsoever. TTN (talk) 22:26, 26 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Fictional elements-related deletion discussions. TTN (talk) 22:26, 26 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Comics and animation-related deletion discussions. TTN (talk) 22:26, 26 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep: per WP:NEXIST. Markovia has played a role in both the Arrowverse shows and a DC animated series, and when comic book stuff shows up in movies and TV shows, there's coverage in the film/pop culture press. Viewers look for background information on the adaptations, so this article has value for our readers. These are the sources I've found:
  • "Black Lightning's Metahuman World Just Got Bigger in the Most Unexpected Way" by Charles Pulliam-Moore, iO9 (Jan 31, 2019)
  • "Black Lightning Drops a Reference to a Major DC Location" by Russ Burlingame, Comic book.com (Nov 20, 2018)
  • Markovia's Future in the DC Universe From Doomsday Clock – The Outsiders by Rich Johnston, Bleeding Cool (May 31, 2018)
  • A Guide to the Fictional Cities of the DC Universe by Graeme McMillan, The Hollywood Reporter (Feb 18, 2016)want

WP:ARTN says that the current state of the article doesn't affect the notability, just the existence of reliable sources. I've added these to the article in a Further reading section so that people who want to improve the article can use them. -- Toughpigs (talk) 00:01, 27 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Do you even look at the sources you post? The fourth article is a literal single sentence with no context. I can totally respect a proper back and forth on the validity of sources, but that is an absolute joke. TTN (talk) 00:23, 27 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete. Comic fancruft, fails NFICTION/GNG. The sources above don't go beyond WP:PLOT. --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 06:57, 28 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete - The sources presented above are just in-universe plot summaries. Even the ones about the live action series are basically just "Markovia was mentioned in this episode - here is the fictional history of the country". Searching for additional sources also just turns up plot and/or trivial mentions. It could maybe be turned into a redirect to Geo-Force, one of the characters that are most associated with the location, but I'm not completely sure that would be useful. Rorshacma (talk) 01:47, 29 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete, the article does not pass GNG, and the sources provided do not help pass it. Devonian Wombat (talk) 23:33, 5 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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