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Cassie Cage

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Article fails WP:GNG and should probably be merged to the list of characters. The only WP:SIGCOV I have found is a single article here, everything else is a trivial mention or from a situational source. There were two things about her that drew some slight attention, one is a controversy her design being similar to a MMA fighter that quickly was ignored, another was her selfie fatality that was picked up upon its announcement and then forgotten about. None indicate enduring notability for the character. ᴢxᴄᴠʙɴᴍ (ᴛ) 20:17, 2 October 2022 (UTC)

Keep.While the article could use some improvement (particularly the Other media section's mentions of her comic book appearances) when it comes to references, I think there's a good amount of referencing (and from reliable sources, obviously) in the rest of the sections. So don't think it fails GNG. And calling "everything else" a trivial mention seems reductionist.
On the note of the selfie fatality, I'm pretty sure even if "forgotten about", WP:NTEMP should apply here. While yes, I think it's true that it hasn't been covered today in the same way it was back in 2015, it's also true that this was a fatality from the 2015 game, and there's been the release of MK11 release since then. But.. I did find this 2019 source that mentions the selfie fatality. So that should probably quell any such "forgotten about" concerns about her fatality. The 2019 source also brings up things that would be good to include in her Development/Design section (which I'll be working on shortly).
On the Felice Herrig (MMA fighter design controversy) note, I don't see the issue? It's relating to her design and while it seems like there's been no legal development in that situation, I really don't think that just because it was "ignored" makes it any less relevant for inclusion in the appropriate Design section? Regardless, I added info to the article so that it now includes Herrig stating her camp was looking into legal options and that no action developed from that.
Way more options exist for this than deleting, so I'm currently looking for other ways to improve the article but I think this is a strong Keep. Thanks for the Game Informer reference. Will be using it to add to this article. Soulbust (talk) 21:00, 2 October 2022 (UTC)
In response to the articles about the selfie fatality and her other fatalities, this quote from WP:GNG will suffice: Not all coverage in reliable sources constitutes evidence of notability for the purposes of article creation; for example, directories and databases, advertisements, announcements columns, and minor news stories are all examples of coverage that may not actually support notability when examined, despite their existence as reliable sources.
As for the MMA controversy, the lack of any development suggests it was clickbait journalism at best. This is not a Kadabra situation in which a lawsuit was actually filed and noted on Wikinews. ᴢxᴄᴠʙɴᴍ (ᴛ) 22:03, 2 October 2022 (UTC)
Seems pessimistic; the lack of any development more probably suggests Herrig's camp opted not to follow through on legal action. Not following through on that obviously wouldn't get news coverage, because it would be making a story out of literally no ocurrence. While I think VG journalism is prone to clickbait, the headlines covering this particular situation don't read as clickbait (1: MMA Star Says Mortal Kombat Likeness "Cannot Be A Coincidence"; 2: Felice Herrig: I think Cassie Cage from "Mortal Kombat" is 100% me, 3:UFC's Felice Herrig Talks About Comparison With Mortal Kombat X's Cassie Cage, 4: Felice Herrig's camp looking into possible legal action against Mortal Kombat developer). They read as pretty good encapsulations of the situation as it happened. Soulbust (talk) 22:20, 2 October 2022 (UTC)
Also nice highlight of "minor news stories", but it seems subjective. It's also confusing thinking. Even if you count all of the sources covering the fatality (of which there is a high amount) as minor, wouldn't the shear amount of them show a support of its notability? And then we're just talking about the fatality itself. The character herself has even greater amounts of coverage. I think the fatality is just one component of her character that was positively received. Soulbust (talk) 22:20, 2 October 2022 (UTC)
Also looks like there is some sort of litmus test being conducted with articles on Sektor, Skarlet, and Cyrax being merged, with Nightwolf being kept as per no consensus, and Rain currently pending. I'd probably be remiss to not mention that Cassie probably has an inherent greater notability than those characters as per being the main protagonist of MKX. But, that's irrelevant imo, because the sourcing on this article helps support notability regardless of her function as that game's main protag. Will continue to help improve article over the coming days. Soulbust (talk) 22:34, 2 October 2022 (UTC)
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