Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Xbox 360 launch

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 keep, procedural non-admin closure. AfD is not the place to request a merger or redirect - simply discuss on the article talk page. Cheers, Yuser31415 (Editor review two!) 00:56, 8 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Xbox 360 launch

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This article should be merged/redirected into the Xbox 360 article. A launch is a big deal: but it's something better suited for a video game wiki. We don't have launchs of other electronics/computers here, do we? (if we do, they should be merged as well in my opinion) Video games should be no exception, period. RobJ1981 07:50, 3 February 2007 (UTC)

• Delete - The extant article is almost excessively researched, but most if not all references seem to be from periodical articles or blogs, meaning the article is an agglomerate news column. If it doesn't warrant placement in a published book, it doesn't belong here. z ε n  08:31, 3 February 2007 (UTC)
• Merge and delete Some of the more basic information should be merged into the main Xbox article, however, as pointed out by Zen., most of the article is simply a news feed. Chairman S. Talk ^Contribs 08:34, 3 February 2007 (UTC)
• Merge and delete as per nom --John Krugger 11:01, 3 February 2007 (UTC)
• Strong Keep, as the nominator said themselves "a launch is a big deal". Add onto that this is one of the biggest launches of last year, you get an article that has had massive news coverage and is highly notabile. There is a already a section on the Xbox page, with a link to Xbox 360 launch as the main article. Mathmo ^Talk 11:05, 3 February 2007 (UTC)
• Merge and redirect per above. — Deckiller 12:33, 3 February 2007 (UTC)
• Merge and Delete. --MaNeMeBasat 14:14, 3 February 2007 (UTC)
• Comment; if information is merged, the article cannot be deleted; it has to be redirected to preserve the history. Please view the GFDL. — Deckiller 14:20, 3 February 2007 (UTC)
• Comment The main problem is that Wii launch and Xbox 360 launch are both at AFDs with different results, while PlayStation 3 launch is exempted. All three articles should have been grouped in a single AFD, otherwise there will be conflicts (this will be merged, and people will try to merge the Wii launch article having this as precedent, while others will try to recreate the Xbox 360 launch article because the Wii launch was kept). I suggest closing this and reopening the AFD with the three grouped as one. -- ReyBrujo 16:37, 3 February 2007 (UTC)
• Speedy Close AFD is not the place to merge or redirect articles. --Farix (Talk) 20:59, 3 February 2007 (UTC)
• Keep. This is a decent article that documents a notable event in video game history; the beginning of the seventh- generation of video game consoles.SuperDT 22:00, 3 February 2007 (UTC)
• keep a launch is appropriate when its a really major product that has been extensively documented.DGG 00:34, 4 February 2007 (UTC)
• Comment. All video game consoles (with the exception of a few) are major products, but none have launch articles (that I know of): except the 3 newest. The newest consoles should be no exception. They are much better suited for a video game wiki. Wikipedia shouldn't be a fan's guide to mass information on console launchs (or other launches for that matter: computers, DVD, Windows versions, etc). RobJ1981 01:06, 4 February 2007 (UTC)

• Naturally the three newest would have articles about it, while older ones were launched in the early days of wikipedia (or even, long long before wikipedia existed). Thus this is just one reason why claiming "older consoles don't have and article for launch and thus this one shouldn't either" is not an argument at all. Mathmo ^Talk 08:41, 4 February 2007 (UTC)

• Keep this is a valid section of the parent Xbox 360 article, which is already extremely long. A merge is the logical solution, but since that article is already so long, this provides a valid reason to keep this article. (addendum:) Secondary reason, no valid reasons for deletion have yet been given. —siroχo 09:27, 4 February 2007 (UTC)
• Keep. Far too much information to put into the main article. --- RockMFR 23:46, 4 February 2007 (UTC)

• Also, see Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Wii launch. --- RockMFR 21:33, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

• Keep. Same reason as above Porterjoh 01:03, 5 February 2007 (UTC)
• Strong Keep This article is very mediocre, but that doesn't mean it should be deleted. AFD is not the cleanup crew. -Ryanbomber 16:44, 6 February 2007 (UTC)
• Keep I see absolutely nothing wrong with this well-sourced article about an important topic. The suggested merge target is long enough already. — brighterorange (talk) 21:27, 6 February 2007 (UTC)
• Keep Useful, and way to big to merge.--Signor 03:58, 7 February 2007 (UTC)
• Keep, enough info available to warrant standalone article. Everyking 06:51, 7 February 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.