Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Vespene gas

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 delete. DS 17:02, 29 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Vespene gas

Wikipedia is not a game guide. These articles provide an unnecessary level of detail. An appropriate level of information for these subjects is already in the StarCraft article, so these really aren't necessary. Also nominating Minerals (StarCraft) for the same reason. Was PROD2'd but then removed due to the age of the article by User:N Shar. Delete as unencyclopedic content. Wickethewok 07:28, 22 October 2006 (UTC)

• Definitely Delete. In fact, I think the article might be copyvio--Exir Kamalabadi^{Join Esperanza!} 09:12, 22 October 2006 (UTC)

Delete as per nom. Emeraude 11:18, 22 October 2006 (UTC)

• Merge to Starcraft articles, but with a strong trimming. Mister.Manticore 14:15, 22 October 2006 (UTC)
• Keep (or merge & redirect to Gameplay of Starcraft). I must say I don't feel very strongly about this, but if this is deleted then probably all the other StarCraft related articles should be deleted. I play the game and I don't know what Talematros is (well, I just read the article, so now I do). It seems that the StarCraft universe is considered to be notable enough for some articles. I would say that the most notable things in that universe are Terran, Protoss, Zerg, minerals, and Vespene gas, and these deserve to be kept. I'm not sure if this is true for Talematros or Psionic technology or the Umojan Protectorate, but with those articles still uncontested I think we should keep this one. --N Shar 17:08, 22 October 2006 (UTC)

Comment. Minerals is 90% game guide, 9% speculation, 1% verifiable and enyclopedic knowledge. Talematros is 100% regurgitation of storyline. Same with Psionic technology, Khalai Caste, Zerus, and so on down the line. The whole series of articles could use some attention, really. Being an element of a notable game does not establish notability, and since nearly all the articles source only the Starcraft manual and StarCraft Compendium, a Blizzard-run site. Smells crufty to me, and ripe for a whole lot of merges. Consequentially 16:04, 23 October 2006 (UTC)

• Delete per WP:NOT. Once you cut away the speculation (where in StarCraft does it talk about having to store it as a liquid?) and in universe story all that's left is a few details already covered by StarCraft. Mitaphane _talk 17:13, 22 October 2006 (UTC)
• Delete, this isn't even game guide material, it's just an article about something that's nothing more than a game device. What's next, an article on gold and wood in warcraft? Night Gyr (talk/Oy) 20:09, 22 October 2006 (UTC)
• Delete StarCruft.--Húsönd 21:37, 22 October 2006 (UTC)
• Neutral I don't think you can delete this without contesting articles such as Umojan Protectorate, as N Shar said. If that, even less informational article is there, this has to stay also by default.
  • Comment: AFD is handled by arguging why the article in question does, or does not, violate wikipedia policy. Arguing for defense of an article based on the existence of similar articles doesn't say much about why it should, or should not, stay according to wikipedia policy. In this case, just because Umojan Protectorate has not been put up for deletion doesn't say much about why this article doesn't violate WP:NOT.—Mitaphane _talk 22:59, 23 October 2006 (UTC)
• Note: This debate has been added to the list of CVG deletions. -- moe.RON ^{talk | done | doing} 22:08, 22 October 2006 (UTC)
• Delete. This gas is just an arbitrary fictional resource type to increase the depth of resource gathering. It's no more or less notable than spice or tiberium or mithril or any of the other fictional resources used in RTSes for the exact same purpose. Garrett^Talk 01:05, 23 October 2006 (UTC)
• Merge and Redirect to Starcraft if applicable, Derktar 04:59, 23 October 2006 (UTC).
• Merge/Redirect to Starcraft, if there's anything salvageable after the original research and speculation is removed. --Alan Au 09:58, 23 October 2006 (UTC)
• Delete - Totally pointless article. Keeping this sets a bad precedent for articles on a single games resources. The Starcraft article already covers this to an acceptable standard. The Kinslayer 11:07, 23 October 2006 (UTC)
• Delete. And then some. The Kinslayer is right about the precedent issue -- it's already taking shape up at the top of this discussion. This article is little more than fan spectualtion, plot regurgitation, and guide-material from the manual, three things that Wikipedia is not. Do any of us honestly want to see Wood (WarCraft) or Munny (KingdomHearts)? Consequentially 16:10, 23 October 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per nom and Kinslayer Chevinki 11:09, 24 October 2006 (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.