Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Rings (The Legend of Zelda series)

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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 of the nomination was delete. I have replaced the overview of rings in the The Legend of Zelda series weapons and items article. If anyone wants to transwiki this, I'm willing to temporarily undelete to userspace. Mangojuicetalk 16:00, 10 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Rings (The Legend of Zelda series)

I note this article is not appropriate for an encyclopedia. Its a short summary and a list of minor items that was never paticularly important; something I could see as more fitting for gamefaqs (which I've looked into, they posess a few faqs on this that do a much more competent job).

From WP:WWIN:

7. Wikipedia is not a general knowledge base; that is, it is not an indiscriminate collection of items of information. Just because something is a true fact doesn't mean it is suitable for inclusion in an encyclopedia. This page lists some specific types of articles and facts which, while they may be 100% true, are not considered encyclopedic.

I interpret this as meaning that every single video game article is not necessary for the encyclopdia. We're already filling up with non-notable articles about individual monsters from Lilo and Stich and the like which would be far better covered in aggregate and with far less nitpicking detail. There's also a master article, The Legend of Zelda series weapons and items, and it might also be more plausible to merge it in there. Ethier Delete or Merge. -Randall Brackett 16:52, 4 July 2006 (UTC)

  • Delete I love the Zelda series, but this is just rank gamecruft. Merge a summary to the master article if it's not already there. At least we can be glad there isn't a correspondingly detailed Rings (Sonic the Hedgehog). Opabinia regalis 17:01, 4 July 2006 (UTC)
This was attempted at a earlier date, but reverted [1]. The reasoning was a classic case of WP:OWN, and according to the editor "...The community had decided to leave the page as it is [2]". -Randall Brackett 17:08, 4 July 2006 (UTC)
I've executed that merge. -Randall Brackett 20:57, 4 July 2006 (UTC)
  • Merge anything notable and delete. And who exactly is the community that Jelly Soup is referring to? Danny Lilithborne 21:08, 4 July 2006 (UTC)
  • Merge the non-table section to The Legend of Zelda series weapons and items. The table isn't really necessary and borders on WP:NOT GameFAQs, but the existence of rings in Zelda games should be mentioned in the master article. Go ahead and transwiki the table if they want it. BryanG(talk) 22:41, 4 July 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete Wikipedia not gamefaqs etcetcetc +Falcon9x5 19:14, 5 July 2006 (UTC)
  • Merge or Transwiki per BryanG. AMHR285(talk) 19:00, 6 July 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete. If gameinfo wanted this, they would have already taken it. Wikipedia is GFDL. We shouldn't use other wikis as a dumping ground. Proto///type 09:21, 7 July 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete, non notable fancruft. I'm considering AfDing List of items in Final Fantasy for the same reasons. --Chris (talk) 14:45, 8 July 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete This information can be found in any game FAQ, walkthrough, or guide book --HarroSIN 09:00, 9 July 2006 (UTC)
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