Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Content cut from Half-Life 2

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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 no consensus. W.marsh 19:13, 7 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Content cut from Half-Life 2

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The fact that content was cut from the early storyboards of Half-Life 2 is probably notable enough for inclusion in that article, but what we have here is a level of detail vastly in excess of what is appropriate to a general encyclopaedia. A very long article describing in minute detail by reference to essentially a single source the elements which are not in a game? I think that's the stuff of game websites and blogs, not for an encyclopaedia. Cruftbane 13:41, 28 September 2007 (UTC)

  • Weak Delete At the moment, I have to say there is significant coverage of this material, enough to warrant an article. However, with only three refs and one being the Half Life manual, I would have to say it does not have verifiable, secondary sources. Also, most of the edits have been without edit summaries which is always suspicious to me. --BlindEagletalk~contribs 15:48, 28 September 2007 (UTC)
    • It doesn't reference the half life manual, it references this book.P4k 04:13, 30 September 2007 (UTC)
  • Weak Keep The article is pretty well written in my opinion. About notable enough, and it provides too much content to be included in Half-Life 2. Sources need to be found though. ~ | twsx | talkcont | 18:13, 28 September 2007 (UTC)
  • Weak Keep for the same reasons listed above and because I found it interesting and informative. It isn't causing much harm by being here. --pie4all88 00:57, 30 September 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete / Transwiki there must be an HLWiki out there somewhere, but this is a pure gameguide and unsuitable. No real-world context or analysis. <eleland/talkedits> 20:18, 1 October 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep, not a game guide (as the content is not in the game ;) but interesting and valuable background information on the (very notable) game which, as Twsx said, is too much to include in the HL2 article itself. As for sources, this mostly seems to be based on Half Life 2: Raising the Bar (saying so as I have read it myself) which is mentioned already as a source, though per-page sourcing may be appropriate. -mrbartjens 15:25, 2 October 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep, could use a little tidying up, but certainly not deletion. 71.246.238.144 14:19, 6 October 2007 (UTC) (User Sparky2002B)


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.