Talk:Delibird

This article was nominated for deletion on 2 November 2024. The result of the discussion was keep.

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A fact from Delibird appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 1 November 2024 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that, despite Delibird being directly inspired by Santa Claus, TheGamer refused to give it the title of Christmas Pokémon?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2024/November. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Delibird.

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Delibird does not appear in Pokémon Gold in the Ice Path. User:Nidorino

Did you know nomination

The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by JuniperChill talk 09:44, 28 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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... that despite Delibird being directly inspired by Santa Claus, TheGamer refused to give it the title of Christmas Pokémon?

Source: Delibird Is Not A Christmas Pokemon And I Want It To Go Away - TheGamer Why Are There No Christmas Pokemon? - TheGamer

Reviewed:

Created by Captain Galaxy (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

Captain Galaxy 00:46, 4 October 2024 (UTC).[reply]

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

QPQ: None required.

Overall:

No QPQ required, article was promoted to GA in the last week. Interesting hook as well, and is supported by reliable sources. Good work on the article, Captain Galaxy! ~ Tails Wx 13:51, 6 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

GA Review

This review is transcluded from Talk:Delibird/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Nominator: Captain Galaxy (talk · contribs) 01:41, 4 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Reviewer: Pokelego999 (talk · contribs) 02:04, 4 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Six GA Criteria

1. Article is well-written. Very minimal mistakes if any at all.

2. Most information is cited in the article.

3. Coverage is broad in depth and focus. Shows multiple aspects of the character.

4. Article appears neutral, and does not appear to hold a significantly negative nor positive stance on the subject.

5. Article appears stable. Does not appear to have had any major vandalism occur.

6. Article uses two fair use images with proper rationale.

Lead

-Looks good

Conception and design

-Looks good

Appearances

-There is no source verifying it has appeared in most entries in the series, and the Screen Rant source does not verify this either.

Done

The source doesn't quite say that Delibird appeared in a variety of games, only that he has Pokedex entries over the years. While these are largely synonymous in the fandom, it would be good for verification purposes to be able to find a source that definitively says this. Has one ever considered Magneton? Pokelego999 (talk) 02:16, 4 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Done Captain Galaxy 02:49, 4 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Promotion and reception

-Is there any other promotion featuring Delibird, or just this one delivery service?

The delivery service was the only one I could find as of now. Captain Galaxy 02:09, 4 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I do worry this runs afoul of WP:UNDUE since it's the only bit of promotion in the section. Perhaps it can just be "Reception", with the promotion put either lower in Reception or somewhere in Appearances? Up to you on this one. Has one ever considered Magneton? Pokelego999 (talk) 02:16, 4 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Done I went with the latter option. Captain Galaxy 02:19, 4 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

-Otherwise looks good

Overall

@Captain Galaxy: Looks good. I have been dying to review a Pokémon species article given how many I've nominated in the past, so once I saw this get nommed I decided to snatch this up very quickly. Overall this is very well-written, though I feel the two above aspects should be addressed before I pass this. Let me know if you have any further concerns. Has one ever considered Magneton? Pokelego999 (talk) 02:04, 4 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I believe I have now addressed both points. Thank you so much for reviewing the article. Captain Galaxy 02:11, 4 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Captain Galaxy: I'd appreciate clarification on the prior points above. Has one ever considered Magneton? Pokelego999 (talk) 02:16, 4 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Captain Galaxy looks good. Happy to pass. Has one ever considered Magneton? Pokelego999 (talk) 02:50, 4 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Retroactive Spot Check

@Captain Galaxy retroactive spot check per Wikipedia_talk:Good_article_nominations#GA_passed_without_spot_check. 12, 14, 21, 35, 7, 32, 26, 11, 16, and 1 were checked. Ref 12 does not specifically state that Delibird cannot evolve, nor does it state it is a single stager. I cannot verify the text contents of 1 and 7, but I assume good faith in the usage of these text contents. All other sources verify their information. If possible, try and clarify that info on Ref 12. Otherwise no other issues detected. Has one ever considered Magneton? Pokelego999 (talk) 02:27, 22 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Captain Galaxy I've been informed that the source does verify this content, and I am just blind. You do not have to worry about this spotcheck either. Great work. Has one ever considered Magneton? Pokelego999 (talk) 03:06, 22 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]