Wikiquote:Votes for deletion/Last words in Soul Eater


 * 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. --Saroj (talk) 06:52, 31 August 2023 (UTC)'''.

Last words in Soul Eater
To a degree this is a test case for a number of "Last words in ..." pages. It is a subpage of a notable subject but I have severe concerns over whether it is necessary or even harmful. Especially as it is not precisely referenced and gives editors to embellish there own description of gory deaths. My reading of the intent of policies and guidelines is content is not censored care needs to be taken to avoid harm and going into that which would generally be regarded as unacceptable. I suggest articles such as these, which are concentrated on descriptions of violent killings, may be potentially harmful. — DeirgeDeltac 07:48, 20 March 2023 (UTC)

Vote closes: 08:00, 27 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Delete: (nominator) -- DeirgeDeltac 07:48, 20 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Delete: per nom; also complete lack of quotability. Markjoseph125 (talk) 23:03, 20 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Delete Neither notable nor quotable. HouseOfChange (talk) 00:57, 30 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Comment: While I am not sure that we need these pages of Last words in X, I completely disagree with the reasoning of this nomination. Should a page that is deemed "harmful" by a single user (or a few that have voted as well) be subject to deletion? IMHO this seems too much like censorship, simply because a few do not like the quotes. But, as I indicated, I am also not convinced we need these pages anyway, as they often become bloated with single word quotes or other less than memorable lines. To that end, I could see them removed, but not for the reason cited - that the quotes themselves are somehow harmful and should not have a place here. ~ UDScott (talk) 11:49, 3 May 2023 (UTC)
 * Further comments: I am not a fan of the Last words... pages if only because they often consist of less than memorable quotes and I would rather see anything that is remotely memorable be moved to the page for the work and these pagers removed. However, as I already stated, I cannot support the reason given in this nomination: namely that quotes deemed harmful by a user be deleted. This reasoning contradicts what this project stands for - the presentation of quotes without censorship. I fear that it is a slippery slope whereby other quotes or pages might be removed simply because someone does not like the presented quotes. ~ UDScott (talk) 20:36, 8 May 2023 (UTC)
 * @: In my opinion a lot of these sprawl of dialog pages have already not only gone down the slippery slope but into the gutter and on into the sewer. Many are by non-collaborating SPA/AnonIP's who burn much community resource keeping their unverifiable fansites in order. Voices debate whether a bullet in my head is needed to prove the point. I certainly have been and am harmfully mentally stressed by a store holdup and the video here which has seriously impacted me.But the concentration of death is where a line needs to be drawn if it is not of the highest quality. For example I have little issue, though perhaps sometimes I should, with a high end art gallery; but more with a smutty seedy pornographic shop.  The equivalent here is if a quote and context is supported by being identified by a secondary/tertiary RS then it is at the high scale and will appropriately standout; but it is primary only and supported only otherwise by the contributor then it is more of an issue.  Plus these quotes have other pages where they can be placed and will stand out appropriately (with no need for shouting and bolding) if they have the quality.  And if they do not have quality they can be relatively harmlessly lost in forest of similar dialog. -- DeirgeDeltac 07:28, 9 May 2023 (UTC)


 * Merge into Soul Eater --ᘙ (talk) 17:37, 8 May 2023 (UTC)
 * I've no real objection to a merge providing the redirect is removed. As in this use case the only contributor is an IP that isn't too much of a problem providing the person does the merge does not attribute as their own work by means of an appropriate comment in the summary. That said the general feeling is the quality of quote here is low so the value of merge is minimal. In all events there is a consensus not to keep this article in its current form. -- DeirgeDeltac 22:23, 8 May 2023 (UTC)
 * delete Ahh, a fan cruft article. Lemonaka (talk) 14:21, 19 May 2023 (UTC)


 * Merge and redirect to Soul Eater. This is a very short page, and there is no reason to expect that merging it into the parent page would cause the sort of imbalance that many of the better thought "Last words in..." pages achieve. I would not at all consider this a test case for any number of "Last words in ..." pages, as they tend to be much lengthier, and their inclusion tends to be much more in line with the interest of sources in reporting the last words of characters in notable broad-ranging fictional settings. BD2412 T 05:47, 3 June 2023 (UTC)
 * Delete. Some of the "quotes" aren't from Soul Eater; they're made up quotes by Nate Speed/SoulEaterFan-- in fact, these quotes were either not spoken in the actual episodes or tied to nonexistent episodes-- and given the track record of the user who created the page in question, I wouldn't be surprised. 03isrflo62410 (talk) 22:32, 2 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.