Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Donkey Kong's animal buddies

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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 Delete. CitiCat ♫ 02:54, 23 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Donkey Kong's animal buddies

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The article is a collection of in-universe plot and character descriptions taken in bits from the various Donkey Kong video game and television show articles. It asserts no notability, because it has none, and as such is just duplication of other articles and has no out of universe sourcing. Judgesurreal777 (talk) 00:55, 17 November 2007 (UTC)

  • Note: This debate has been added to the list of video game deletions. User:Ceyockey (talk to me) 19:57, 17 November 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete of course. Nominator, you forgot to sign. AnteaterZot (talk) 00:13, 17 November 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete In DK Country games, you can pilot animals about and smash stuff, the end. There are not going to be suitable reliable sources devoted to discussing these out-of-universe, and while the actual game mechanic of riding the animals about the games is worth mentioning in the articles, the animals themselves are neither here nor there.Someone another (talk) 07:15, 17 November 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep or AT LEAST Merge. I don't see why we have to delete everything in the encyclopedia that is not the immediate topic, but integral to the series. Donkey Kong is one of the most famous and recognized video games of all time. That is the reason that I think we should keep it because it is a part of many, many Donkey Games and it should be at least kept or merged into an article with adequate descriptions of each. Why should Halo have its own article about the Spartan suits while an all time classic can't have an article about minor characters? Doesn't make much sense to me... Kevin (talk) 03:10, 19 November 2007 (UTC)
Well, that article may not last forever if it doesn't get cited, believe me. But you must remember that though Donkey Kong and his games are very notable and encyclopedic, his "animal friends" are not necessarily notable and encyclopedic. They have to assert their notability by being referenced with creation information and reaction information, which I doubt you will be able to find. Judgesurreal777 (talk) 16:46, 19 November 2007 (UTC)


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