Talk:Maya Fey

Independent notability

What sources are cited here as justification for splitting this article from the main characters list? Almost all of the Reception coverage appears to be off-handed remarks about her appearance in the game, as would stand for any of the game's characters. The section would be rather small once its redundancy is reduced. Separate point re: "Bob Mackey, also writing for USgamer, called her return the most notable aspect of Spirit of Justice"—the source was discussing fan service in the sequel and said Fey's return was among the most notable example of that, not the most notable aspect of the whole game...  czar 09:09, 3 January 2017 (UTC)

• @Czar: I see what you mean - I did not consider notability as I was only editing an already existing article, not creating a new one. I would not be against a merger with the character list. (And thank you, I misread the USgamer source)--IDV^talk 10:48, 3 January 2017 (UTC)

The next step would be updating the section, which is currently unsourced, and we could revisit this afterwards if some content doesn't fit and it might be worth splitting to save it. (But I can see the section being of appropriate length for the character list) czar 18:54, 3 January 2017 (UTC)

@Czar: I am not well-versed in character lists - is this appropriate? Obviously some can be cut - the player character, the defense attorney Phoenix Wright is not needed when Phoenix Wright is introduced earlier in the list - so it'll be a little bit shorter once that is done, but I do worry about it being too long.--IDV^talk 19:33, 3 January 2017 (UTC)

Yep, I'll pare it down a little bit later—a number of similar sentences with similiar details can be lumped for readability and the subheadings won't be needed after that czar 20:02, 3 January 2017 (UTC)

@IDV, alright—done. What do you think? I think it reads nicely, goes into detail on the right elements, and in my estimation is a great example of a character section done right. I'll be pointing to it in the future as a model for sure czar 06:26, 4 January 2017 (UTC)

@Czar: Thank you, that looks good! Can I just go ahead and redirect this article to the Maya Fey section now, or is there some formal procedure that needs to be followed? Also: man, now I kind of want to get the rest of the list up to the same level as the Maya entry, but that's a lot of clean-up.--IDV^talk 12:46, 4 January 2017 (UTC)

Nope, go for it! Redirecting is just part of being bold—only goes to discussion if contested. Character lists are a lot of work, and they all tend to collect in-universe garbage (as this list has). Don't feel bad about taking a machete to it and removing the minor characters who aren't mentioned in any depth in secondary sources. (Or if you do feel bad, reduce their entries to a single sourced sentence.) The intent is to have an article with entries like Maya Fey's, giving some added depth about the characters' role in the series. Think of it as a summary style split from the series—with due weight, Maya shouldn't get more than a paragraph (or two?) in the series article but a separate character article, as warranted by sourcing, lets us go into more depth relevant to a general audience and more depth than we could warrant in the series article. At a glance, the other characters should be uncontroversially redirected too, perhaps save for Phoenix. czar 19:15, 4 January 2017 (UTC)

Independent notability, again

@Lee Vilenski: You recently recreated this article under Maya Fey (character); as you can see above, Czar and I merged it with the Ace Attorney character list last year due to low independent notability - RSs write about the series, individual games, or about characters as a group, but seldom about Maya Fey individually, making her not notable independently from the games - and I am still of this opinion. I don't want to just undo your edits without a discussion first, so: do you disagree/have any additional RS coverage since last time that is about Maya specifically?--Alexandra IDV^talk 14:34, 21 May 2018 (UTC)

Hi Alexandra IDV - Sorry, I hadn't seen this conversation before this. I do find it a bit unlikely that the character isn't notable, however, if you were looking for reliable sources that do only mention this character, or her most prominantly then Gematsu, capsule computers, nintendo life, neoseekeer and US Gamer (plus more) all weigh-in on Maya returning for Spirits of Justice, and crunchyroll did a article about her, and kotaku even did an article on how much they missed the character in the fifth game.

Dorkshelf mention the relationship between her and Wright, and in the article reception, there should be plenty of information regarding critical reviews to show she is notable (As a character in a series, it's not necessary to be independently notable from the series, but she has also appeared in a film, and the anime series.) I hope this shows that the character is notable, as specifically RS do talk about her. Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 14:51, 21 May 2018 (UTC)

Sorry, I didn't get the ping for some reason and didn't come back here until today's new articles report. I hope to go through the refs soon. Also, as an aside, the article should be at Maya Fey rather than Maya Fey (character).--Alexandra IDV^talk 08:16, 29 May 2018 (UTC)

I've requested a histmerge since content has been copied from the older revision you wrote. The article should be moved after that. --The1337gamer (talk) 17:06, 29 May 2018 (UTC)