Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Races in the Warcraft universe

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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. I would probably have opted to delete or merge personally, but the consensus is clear in this discussion. The Merges and Moves suggested by some in the discussion are editorial issues, and can be proposed and discussed on the relevant talk page. DES (talk) 14:50, 16 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Races in the Warcraft universe

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This article is full of OR and cruft. It's one of the longest pages on the entire encyclopedia, and it's not even referenced. Any sort of minimal value that this article presents would be better off in the main World of Warcraft article. ElbridgeGerry t c block 21:15, 10 June 2007 (UTC)

  • Moderate Keep While the current page may not be referenced, that doesn't mean that the concept of the page is OR. It's not. Conceptually, this would merely recount the races in the setting, which would be reasonable in terms of WP:FICT, especially since World of Warcraft is distinct from the Warcraft universe. That said, I'm certainly not enamored of the contents of the page, and if you want to suggest starting over from a blank page, I won't object. Nor to a redirect section on Warcraft universe. FrozenPurpleCube 23:17, 10 June 2007 (UTC)
  • There is also Humanoid Races in the Warcraft universe, Demonic Races in the Warcraft universe, Animal Races in Warcraft universe and Miscellaneous races in the Warcraft universe but I couldn't find the Superfluous races in the Warcraft universe. 650l2520 23:22, 10 June 2007 (UTC)
Now that probably does need to be deleted, since I'm not sure that it's a good concept as it stands. It would at the least, have to be re-purposed. FrozenPurpleCube 23:28, 10 June 2007 (UTC)
  • Note: This debate has been included in the list of Game-related-related deletions. -- John Vandenberg 12:17, 11 June 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep It is a reasonable article and I split it into smarter (Sorry typo meant to say smaller) articles making it smaller.--St.daniel Talk 20:51, 11 June 2007 (UTC)
  • Redirect It should be moved to World Of Warcraft
  • World of Warcraft != Warcraft. It's a subset of the setting, just as Forgotten Realms is a subset of D&D setting. Merge the lists mentioned by User:650l2520 into this main article (and split when necessary), but this article should never be a redirect to World of Warcraft. Keep - Penwhale | Blast him / Follow his steps 12:27, 14 June 2007 (UTC)
  • Weak Keep I am sure that there is official Blizzard documentation about those races, making it not OR. However, it should be split into several distinct articles since it's too big.--Kylohk 16:51, 14 June 2007 (UTC)
  • Strong keep. This is not OR, merely a compilation of various details and information. There is no reason to discard or delete this, as it does contain significant information. --Sm8900 17:04, 14 June 2007 (UTC)
  • keep per Sm8900.IP198 14:55, 15 June 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete Wow this is the biggest violation of WP:NOT a indiscriminate collection of information I've seen in a long time. Whispering 12:48, 16 June 2007 (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.