Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Atari 2600/Screenshots

This page is an archive of the proposed deletion of the article below. Further comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or on a Votes for Undeletion nomination). No further edits should be made to this page.

The result of the debate was keep and move to Gallery of Atari 2600 screenshots and Gallery of Atari 5200 screenshots. Eliot 15:49, 25 July 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Atari 2600/Screenshots and Atari 5200/Screenshots

Wikipedia is neither a repository of images nor a file storage area. As such, both of these should be deleted. I think the images themselves can all be put on IfD in conjunction with this, but I'm not sure. --Dmcdevit 09:04, July 10, 2005 (UTC)

• Keep. My view is that these images and the screenshot pages are relevant to the articles. If the images are deleted by IfD, then it will be necessary to delete these pages. DarthVader 09:30, 10 July 2005 (UTC)
• Delete. Insert relevant images into appropriate articles, not make articles themselves about them. The images aren't works of art, so they don't necessarily need an actual article on them. -- Natalinasmpf 09:33, 10 July 2005 (UTC)
• Keep, harmless, and untranswikiable to Commons. (And why these two in particular? What of Commodore VIC-20 Games Screenshots, Gallery of Atari 7800 screenshots, Gallery of ColecoVision screenshots, Gallery of Intellivision screenshots, Gallery of Nintendo Entertainment System screenshots, Gallery of Sega Genesis screenshots, Gallery of Sega Master System screenshots and Gallery of Super Nintendo Entertainment System screenshots?) --Cryptic (talk) 09:36, 10 July 2005 (UTC)

Comment. But that would warrant it at a nother title. Having it as a subdivision of an actual article is inappropriate. -- Natalinasmpf 09:40, 10 July 2005 (UTC)

I didn't know about those. The only reason I came across these is because someone wrongly tagged them for transwiki to Commons, even though they are fair use. Let me quote our policy page: "[Wikipedia is not] Collections of photographs or media files with no text to go with the articles. If you are interested in presenting a picture, please provide an encyclopedic context [...] Please upload only files that are used (or will be used) in encyclopedia articles; anything else will be deleted." To me, that says it all. --Dmcdevit 10:17, July 10, 2005 (UTC)

• Keep or make into a category for the images. Either way the concept is fine as it stands. As I see it this is like a commons page except it can have fair use images the commons can't. gren 09:41, 10 July 2005 (UTC)

• Delete I have to admit a younger version of myself yelped in delight at this. However it is non-encyclopedic. IMissTheOneButtonJoystick 11:58, 10 July 2005 (UTC)

And the other articles mentioned could also be nominated for VfD. Noise attracts noise, and drives out signal. IMissTheOneButtonJoystick

• Keep (but move to Gallery of Atari 2600 screenshots and Gallery of Atari 5200 screenshots for consistency). The quote from the "Wikipedia is not..." policy page actually defends this article: this is not a "collection of photographs or media files with no text to go with the articles", these images clearly "are used (or will be used) in encyclopedia articles" (emphasis mine), the vast majority of these images are being used in articles on the games in question, the rest hopefully will be. —Stormie 12:46, July 10, 2005 (UTC)
• Keep, no legitimate reason for deletion that I can see jamesgibbon 15:09, 10 July 2005 (UTC)
• Keep Darth Vader makes a good point, plus it's just a sub-page. Let IfD handle the images case by case. As they are now, they are still worthy of being used... (If I'm looking for screenshots on google or the like, I'm going to find them here, it's usable) -mysekurity 17:23, 10 July 2005 (UTC)
• Keep While they cannot stand alone, those two pages complement their respective articles. I would say merge with the articles about the two systems, but the pages themselves really shouldn't have that many images on them. You (Talk) 22:04, July 10, 2005 (UTC)
• Delete. Merge the Breakout image into its respective article (it has none ATM), but purge the rest. I doubt very highly that anyone is going to stumble across this article using Wikipedia search, and the screenshots provide little information not already presented in the articles, which already have screenshots anyway. Fernando Rizo 22:22, 10 July 2005 (UTC)
• Comment (more reasoning for my vote) These screenshots show how the graphics for the systems evolved as the systems aged and also are samples of what kind of graphics the systems could produce. You (Talk) 22:29, July 10, 2005 (UTC)
• Delete both. Not encyclopedic. JamesBurns 08:25, 11 July 2005 (UTC)
• Keep per Stormie. Xoloz 08:50, 11 July 2005 (UTC)
• Keep but move per Stormie. Almafeta 21:04, 11 July 2005 (UTC)
• 'keep 'per stormie Yuckfoo 22:55, 11 July 2005 (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 an undeletion request). No further edits should be made to this page.