Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Drumstick (Diddy Kong Racing)

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 of the debate was keep. Kirill Lokshin 05:06, 5 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Drumstick (Diddy Kong Racing)

NN character from single game. Its a racing game. Characters are barely fleshed out enough to warrant a few lines, let alone individual pages. DooMDrat 02:05, 29 October 2005 (UTC)

• Merge into Diddy Kong Racing per above.--DooMDrat 02:05, 29 October 2005 (UTC)
  • You don't need to ask for permission to do a merge. Just go ahead, or discuss on a talk page first. -Splash^talk 02:18, 29 October 2005 (UTC)
• Keep, too much material to merge. Kappa 02:58, 29 October 2005 (UTC)
• Delete one-off minor character, already mentioned at Diddy Kong Racing --anetode¹ ² ³ 03:31, 29 October 2005 (UTC)
  • So the users shouldn't be able to read about this aspect of the game? Kappa 03:36, 29 October 2005 (UTC)
    • This "aspect" of the game is already documented @ Diddy_Kong_Racing#Characters --anetode¹ ² ³ 04:18, 29 October 2005 (UTC)
      • So "Drumstick is a rooster" is supposed to satisfy people? Kappa 04:35, 29 October 2005 (UTC)
        • ...Yes. Assuming that you are talking about people and not obsessive videogame fanatics who have never heard of GameFAQs.com (although even they might find the detailed description of Drumstick's appearance that is next to a self-evident portrait to be a bit superfluous). --anetode¹ ² ³ 04:58, 29 October 2005 (UTC)
          • OK so we deduce that game fans are not people, and presumably that wikipedia users without internet access aren't human either. Kappa 05:07, 29 October 2005 (UTC)
            • Deduce what you want. My point is simple: the above article is un-encylopedic and describes a non-notable character in exorbitant detail. --anetode¹ ² ³ 05:27, 29 October 2005 (UTC)
              • ...and that people who want more than "drumstick is a rooster" are not worthy of consideration. Kappa 05:56, 29 October 2005 (UTC)
                • Yes. Next question? --Calton | Talk 03:43, 31 October 2005 (UTC)
• Keep A playable character in a notable game. Andrew Lenahan - Starblind 04:13, 29 October 2005 (UTC)
• Keep quite an amount of info, notable. --Thelb⁴ 08:10, 29 October 2005 (UTC)
• Keep, fictional characters from video games are notable enough. Agree with that this is a bit too big to merge, although I am OK with that too. Sjakkalle (Check!) 08:18, 29 October 2005 (UTC)
• Keep per above arguments. Wikpedia can afford this article. Punkmorten 14:23, 29 October 2005 (UTC)
• Keep, playable characters in a videogame are notable enough for their own article, but it could stand a cleanup to a little more encycopedic tone. - Mgm|^(talk) 15:31, 29 October 2005 (UTC)
• Delete; merging not necessary. He already gets an appropriate 1-line mention and appears in a group picture in the main DKR article. What more do we need? Minutiae such as his paper-thin backstory are inappropriate for a general-purpose encyclopedia such as this one. I've taken the liberty of adding an external link to GameFAQs on the main article so people looking for more detail than is appropriate for Wikipedia can do specialized research elsewhere. flowersofnight 17:44, 29 October 2005 (UTC)
• Clean Up and Merge with Diddy Kong Racing. Perhaps go into a little more detail on the DKR mainpage with the details of this and the other two character pages in question (T.T. and Bumper).jfg284

Keepvery helpful

• Delete (NOT redirect). Gamecruft. --Calton | Talk 03:43, 31 October 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 a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.