Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Items in the Metroid series

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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 keep. --Ixfd64 23:55, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Items in the Metroid series

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Wikipedia is not a game guide is my biggest concern here. Initally prodded, the prod tag was replaced with "This article is NOT to be used as a game guide. It is present merely for reference purposes. Any of the following information can be found in various strategy guides, magazines, and online articles published by Nintendo or other reliable third parties". But looking at some choice selections of the text I see things like..."Charge Beam can be combined with the Bomb: by charging up and then changing into the Morphing Ball, a five-drop bomb will immediately be released.", "...multiplayer levels, and is extremely well-hidden... except in the arena Head Shot, where it can be found easily.", and "This is the most effective way to kill many tough enemies in many Metroid games - particularly Metroids themselves..." i.e. things that would only be relevant to players of the game, a game guide. If someone wants to move to gaming wiki that's fine, but I don't think this belongs on the wikipedia. Mitaphane talk 20:34, 8 November 2006 (UTC)

  • Delete. Possibly only of interest to enthusiastic fans, indiscriminate and instruction manual. Combination 02:02, 9 November 2006 (UTC)
  • Strong keep. This is not a game guide at all. --- RockMFR 02:15, 9 November 2006 (UTC)
  • Keep. Those passages can be removed, and are a small percentage of the article. I'd do it, but I can't get to it until Friday evening (Eastern Standard time), probably. Be great if someone could do it before then. --Herald Alberich 03:01, 9 November 2006 (UTC)
  • Keep: To me it does not seem like a game guide as there is not description as to how to reach these items but rather what the items do and their significance in the Metroid universe.  Orfen User Talk | Contribs 04:12, 9 November 2006 (UTC)
    • Exactly. After looking the article over, I admit it needs some cleaning, and perhaps some of the less notable items could be removed. But someone unfamiliar with the Metroid games, reading about, say, Samus Aran, who wants to know about her Power Suit and its abilities, comes to Items in the Metroid series. The article is linked wherever an item is mentioned in any of the other Metroid articles. --Herald Alberich 05:02, 9 November 2006 (UTC)
  • Keep. Valid topic, and gameguidecruft in this case is clearly a cleanup issue. AfD Isn't Cleanup™. --wwwwolf (barks/growls) 10:37, 9 November 2006 (UTC)
  • Keep: Metroid is an important series of many games, and this article concerns them all. This is an overall look into the suits, weapons and items of the entire Metroid universe. Kill AfD and request cleanup. BKmetic 12:28, 9 November 2006 (UTC)
  • keep. Not every article about a game is a game guide. If needs cleanup, fix it. — brighterorange (talk) 00:43, 10 November 2006 (UTC)
  • Rewrite There are far, far too many spoilers abound, and most of them aren't even necessary. "Murder Beam" also needs to be removed. The only reason it was referenced is because of the popularity of the glitch. It isn't legitimate either way, and needs to be taken out from an otherwise legitimate list. Also, the article could use some restructuring. 65.6.42.228 02:24, 11 November 2006 (UTC)
    • Note: This isn't really the place for specific improvement suggestions - I've copied your post to the talk page, where I'd like you to clarify your statements, if you would. --Herald Alberich 05:55, 11 November 2006 (UTC)
  • Keep: Rewrite unneeded [strong game-guide-esque] parts, but otherwise topics like Morph Ball is very important to the Metroid series. Am00nz0r5 19:40, 11 November 2006 (UTC)
  • Keep: Rewrite unneeded [strong game-guide-esque] parts, but otherwise topics like Morph Ball is very important to the Metroid series.

^Exactly what I was going to say. The Copper 17 11:31, 12 November 2006 (UTC)

  • Keep per User:Orfen --Pinkkeith 13:34, 12 November 2006 (UTC)
  • Keep per User:Orfen -- De Zeurkous (zeurkous@zeurcomp.nichten.info), Sunday November 12 14:05 UTC 2006
  • keep this please deletion is not cleanup so fix it instead Yuckfoo 20:28, 13 November 2006 (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.