Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Nimbus Terrafaux
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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 of the debate was article redirected. Johnleemk | Talk 12:24, 8 December 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Nimbus Terrafaux
This Mortal Kombat character doesn't actually exist, by the article's own admission. Moreover, I'm not entirely sure this is even a real rumor; I believe it might be someone's fanfic character or some other minor fan speculation.
While I'm resigned that Wikipedia covers all the Mortal Kombat characters that exist, I don't see any reason why it should cover the ones that don't. - A Man In Bl♟ck (conspire | past ops) 07:22, 24 November 2005 (UTC)
- Comment - Oh yeah. A Google search for '"Nimbus Terrafaux" -wikipedia" gets 25 unique hits. Considering that this is a video game thing, if it were of any significance whatsoever, there'd be more coverage than that. (It may even be that this possible hoax only has that much coverage because of the WP article.) - A Man In Bl♟ck (conspire | past ops) 07:24, 24 November 2005 (UTC)
- Delete per nom. — Haeleth Talk 18:46, 24 November 2005 (UTC)
Keep. It was a big controversy when Mortal Kombat came out, because there were no black characters in the game. The rumor was created by MK designers to silence the critics. Should all "disproven rumors" be deleted from Wikipedia? (Notorious4life 05:12, 28 November 2005 (UTC))- Can you cite some reliable sources to back that up? - A Man In Bl♟ck (conspire | past ops) 05:24, 28 November 2005 (UTC)
- According to [1], [2], and [3], the Nimbus Terrafaux character was a creation of EGM. They interviewed Boon on the new MK game, and Boon mentioned the secret kickboxer character, amongst several other "hidden" characters. The magazine then intentionally published false information on this character, complete with screenshots and a fabricated storyline of his tournament involvement. The factuality of this character was debated for a long time, and the search for "Nimbus Terrafaux" was a mission taken on by many Mortal Kombat fans. I think what needs more attention than this attack on Nimbus Terrafaux concerns these other MK articles: Irata, Mirror, Monster, Red Robin, Shawn, Skarlet, Watchdog, and Zebron. Some "speedy deletes" I see, but yet this proposed Terrafaux deletion concerns a well-known Mortal Kombat rumor and professionally contained factual information. (Notorious4life 06:47, 28 November 2005 (UTC))
- We should probably make a list of these yearly, rather minor EGM hoaxes.
As for the rest of those, yikes. Some need to be speedied, some need to be redirected, some need to be merged into a list. Most of these very minor characters should be in List of Mortal Kombat characters or something. (Most of the major characters belong in List of Mortal Kombat characters anyway.) - A Man In Bl♟ck (conspire | past ops) 07:21, 28 November 2005 (UTC)
- We should probably make a list of these yearly, rather minor EGM hoaxes.
- According to [1], [2], and [3], the Nimbus Terrafaux character was a creation of EGM. They interviewed Boon on the new MK game, and Boon mentioned the secret kickboxer character, amongst several other "hidden" characters. The magazine then intentionally published false information on this character, complete with screenshots and a fabricated storyline of his tournament involvement. The factuality of this character was debated for a long time, and the search for "Nimbus Terrafaux" was a mission taken on by many Mortal Kombat fans. I think what needs more attention than this attack on Nimbus Terrafaux concerns these other MK articles: Irata, Mirror, Monster, Red Robin, Shawn, Skarlet, Watchdog, and Zebron. Some "speedy deletes" I see, but yet this proposed Terrafaux deletion concerns a well-known Mortal Kombat rumor and professionally contained factual information. (Notorious4life 06:47, 28 November 2005 (UTC))
- Can you cite some reliable sources to back that up? - A Man In Bl♟ck (conspire | past ops) 05:24, 28 November 2005 (UTC)
- Delete as gamecruft about something that does not even exist. Wikipedia does not exist to spread and comment on trivial rumours. MCB 06:04, 29 November 2005 (UTC)
Relisting in hopes of reaching a more thorough consensus. Please place new discussion below this line. → Ξxtreme Unction {yakłblah} 03:36, 30 November 2005 (UTC)
- Delete. Already set up Nimbus Terrafaux in a newly created and much needed Minor Mortal Kombat characters page. There are a lot of "minor" Mortal Kombat characters that aren't worth their own independent article, and they can all be found in the new article. (Notorious4life 06:23, 30 November 2005 (UTC))
- If it's in a list of minor characters now, it needs to be merged and redirected. - Mgm|(talk) 10:27, 30 November 2005 (UTC)
- Merge. List it as a rumor in the parent article. --StuffOfInterest 13:27, 30 November 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.
