Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Wikilinking

This page is an archive of the proposed deletion of the article below. Further comments should be made on the article's talk page, if it exists; or after the end of this archived section. The result of the debate was delete and no redirect, as redirecting out of namespace is deprecated. FCYTravis 7 July 2005 06:42 (UTC)

[edit] Wikilinking

Wikilinking is the name given to a pastime thought of by William Grigor and Byron Clark. . . . The first game on Wikilinking was played on the 25th June, 2005. Oh. Unverifiable, for a start. Delete. -- Hoary 06:14, 2005 Jun 26 (UTC)

• Delete non notable game. JamesBurns 06:29, 26 Jun 2005 (UTC)
• Delete, then redirect to wiki. -Sean Curtin 06:38, Jun 26, 2005 (UTC)
• Keep. I removed info that made reference to the non notable persons who supposedly created the game. I'm voting keep because my friends and I actually 'created' the game described in this article months ago and named it the exact same name. And that my friends is too freaking weird and leads me to believe that there are other out there who have done the same thing. Also, its pretty fun to play. -ÅfÇ++ 08:17, 26 Jun 2005 (UTC)
• Keep. wikipedia should be fun as well as informational and this game serves as a cool way to see how wikipedia is structured and how to use it to one's advantage. If anyone is aware of the short story "The Hypertextuality of Everyday Life", this game shows how everything is interrelated and how two seemingly different items are more similar than one might think. -Mkeller 08:35, 26 Jun 2005 (UTC)
  • The game is based upon a premise that Special:deadendpages demonstrates to be false. Uncle G June 28, 2005 12:24 (UTC)
• Keep - a good article, concise and informative. Naturenet | Talk 09:50, 26 Jun 2005 (UTC)
• Delete. Is already part of the Department of WP:FUN. - Mgm|^(talk) 09:55, Jun 26, 2005 (UTC)
• By the way. It's unverifiable whether they were first, and I think it's called "Six degrees of Wikipedia". - Mgm|^(talk) 10:00, Jun 26, 2005 (UTC)
• Delete, not notable as it is a very newly invented game with a small following, avoid self reference. Thue | talk 10:34, 26 Jun 2005 (UTC)
• Delete this madness. Arguments provided for all Keep votes as of yet, BTW, are not valid reasons to keep an article. Also, redirect per Sean Curtin. — Phil Welch 13:55, 26 Jun 2005 (UTC)
• Delete. A similar article with a different name was just deleted a couple days ago. This is already covered under Wikipedia: N degrees of separation.
• Merge with Wikipedia:N degrees of separation and redirect so that people can find it in the Wikipedia space. DS1953 14:15, 26 Jun 2005 (UTC)
  • Redirects out of the main article namespace are frowned upon. Uncle G June 28, 2005 12:24 (UTC)
• Keep. I don't see how this is less significant that many articles about internet activities, hoaxes, etc. newkai 17:29, Jun 26, 2005 (UTC)
  • Comment: an indication that this is not very significant is that "Wikilinking" gets under 1000 google hits. Any of the other items you mentioned which has articles probably has way more google hits. Thue | talk 21:01, 26 Jun 2005 (UTC)
  • Would you consider it significant if it were a game at another web site aimed at getting from one of that web site's pages to another? Uncle G June 28, 2005 12:24 (UTC)
• Delete - We've got a bit of a blind spot when it comes to our own culture here, don't we? This is a bad precedent if it is kept. humblefool® 19:13, 26 Jun 2005 (UTC)
• Delete, no redirect. NatusRoma 22:46, 26 Jun 2005 (UTC)
• Delete, redundant with Wikipedia:Wikirace. A redirect would be fine too but not my preferred option. JYolkowski // talk 22:52, 26 Jun 2005 (UTC)
• Redirect to Wikipedia:Wiki Game
• Redirect to Wikipedia:Wikirace. While we're at it, why do both Wikirace and Wiki Game exist as separate articles? This might just turn into a good purge issue, as I found three roughly similar games in a five minute romp. There might be dozens of people who've "invented" Wiki games and stuffed them in here... Unsinkable 28 June 2005 19:46 (UTC)
• Delete, no redirect. Redirects out of article namespace not ideal. Eric119 30 June 2005 02:16 (UTC)
• Delete per Eric119 --Scimitar 4 July 2005 22:18 (UTC)

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be placed on a related article talk page, if one exists; in an undeletion request, if it does not; or below this section.