Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Chaotic Neutral

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 was Redirect to Alignment (Dungeons & Dragons) (no merging of content, still in page history). Yuser31415 04:26, 21 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Chaotic Neutral

Chaotic Neutral (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs) - (View log)

I can see how alignment in general in D&D is notable as it has influenced the design of other RPGs; but the individual alignments are not themselves notable. Wikipedia is not a game guide and doesn't need articles on every in-game term from D&D. This should be redirected to Alignment (Dungeons & Dragons). Percy Snoodle 11:57, 16 January 2007 (UTC)

Delete As the person who restored the article from its redirect form, and its primary author, having read the arguments I'd agree it should go. Would have been nice, though, if in the month between me asking about it and restoring it someone had put these arguments to me in the first place. --Reveilled 13:04, 16 January 2007 (UTC)

• Redirect to Alignment (Dungeons & Dragons). FWIW, we also have Alignment (role-playing games). The various alignments of D&D are probably best treated in an article where they can be compared to each other. - Smerdis of Tlön 15:44, 16 January 2007 (UTC)
• Redirect and smerge if needed to Alignment (Dungeons & Dragons). (Reveilled, just be aware that you can't control when someone will drop by and make a determination about an article.) --Dhartung | Talk 16:48, 16 January 2007 (UTC)
• Redirect to Alignment (Dungeons & Dragons) It appears to be the only alignment with a separate article. A merge of content could be done if anyone is interested in doing so.--Isotope23 18:25, 16 January 2007 (UTC)

...and by the way, did we really need an AfD for an article where it appears the nominator is actually asking for a redirect? If you wanted to see a consensus to restore the redirect a better method would have been to add a proposed Redirect tag on the article and opened a request for comment to solicit outside editors' input.--Isotope23 18:30, 16 January 2007 (UTC)

• Merge and Redirect to the main D&D alignment article. I did this last time, don't mind doing it again. --`/aksha 02:55, 17 January 2007 (UTC)
• Speedy Redirect (if there is such a thing), as the original author states at the top they support the move. Sorry you didn't get a reply, Reveilled, I never saw that edit made to the Talk page in my Watchlist or I'd have responded. -- Kesh 03:15, 17 January 2007 (UTC)
• Keep wikipedia is not a game guide, but Chaotic Neutral isn't an alignment only in D&D, but in many many RPGs. I think that the D&D part should be merged into Alignment (Dungeons & Dragons) and the general part left there by Snowolf (talk) on 21:12, 17 January 2007 (UTC)
  • many RPGs which are based on the D&D system? I think that counts under the general umbrella of D&D --`/aksha 12:42, 18 January 2007 (UTC)
  • Comment while some of the early D&D clones may have had CN (indeed, I think it was in Arduin before it was in D&D) this article is solely about the D&D use - so there is no "general part" to leave here. Percy Snoodle 12:47, 18 January 2007 (UTC)
    • The principles are general by Snowolf (talk) on 19:17, 18 January 2007 (UTC)
• Merge into Alignment, per OP. -Penwhale | Blast the Penwhale 12:15, 19 January 2007 (UTC)

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. 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.