Talk:DROD Monsters

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Brainching this article off the main page for DROD. It will contain *detailed* information about all monsters in DROD games. The game articles themselves, therefore, will be able to use brief descriptions only. Maurog 12:20, 19 January 2007 (UTC)

User 205.222.248.136 added "It is not possible to complete the level while still killing the 'Neather and he thus taunts Beethro from below at some points of Journey to Rooted Hold" to the 'Neather's description. However, I was under the impression that the 'Neather did not survive in the ending of King Dugan's Dungeon. As of now it is removed. Can anyone clarify this point? Is the Mothingness really 'Neather? Maurog 09:47, 4 February 2007 (UTC)

No, the Mothingness is not the 'Neather. The 'Neather is dead, he did not survive King Dugan's Dungeon. GerryJJ 10:33, 29 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Proposed Deletion of DROD Monsters

Prod was contested; here's the discussion from my talk page: Marasmusine 07:36, 20 March 2007 (UTC)

Please help me understand how it falls under WP:NOT when it's actually just an extension of the original article. It might seem that what you really meant is that it shouldn't have been categorized under Video Games, which causes it to appear on various lists. The design decision for separating the list from the main article stems from following the pattern of Doom article. Consult List_of_enemies_in_Doom. I'm not a policy man, so please explain it to me in small words. Maurog 04:38, 20 March 2007 (UTC)

Hi Maurog, thanks for replying. I feel the two articles are borderline 'game guide', are unreferenced, and have no notability on their own. List_of_enemies_in_Doom isn't a brilliant article but such a page can be justified because the enemies themselves are referenced in popular culture (due to the high notability of the game.)

If you still disagree, feel free to remove the prod tag. I'll see how the pages develop then in a few weeks possibly take them to articles for discussion if I feel the same way. Thanks, Marasmusine 07:15, 20 March 2007 (UTC)

I agree that they have no notability on their own, because they are inseparable part of the original article. You cannot apply 'game guide' policy - if you check the articles in question, you will see that they "present facts, not teach a subject matter" and don't "include instructions or advice, suggestions, or contain 'how-to's". As for references, please add the appropriate tags where references are needed and they will be provided. I will remove the prod tags for now, but add a copy of this dialogue to discussion pages of both articles. Maurog 07:33, 20 March 2007 (UTC)