Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Samurai Edge

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. (ESkog)^(Talk) 02:57, 25 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Samurai Edge

This was prodded, but user REexpert44 (talk · contribs) deprodded it with the comment "its a good article keep it...", so...

This is wholly unencyclopedic plot summary, written from the (in-universe) perspective of a fictional custom pistol. The article fails to give any reason why this pistol is particularly important, and it's not really an important plot device in Resident Evil 3 (which is the only game I've played in which it appears). I don't see how this is encyclopedic, and I don't see how it could be made encyclopedic or how any article could benefit from a merge.

Bonus problem: the article fails to mention what games it's talking about, other than mentioning the Resident Evil series (with its dozen-plus games) as a whole in the first sentence.

There is relevant precedent in this AFD, in which two lists of weapons from the same game series were deleted. - A Man In Bl♟ck (conspire | past ops) 20:54, 19 July 2006 (UTC)

• Delete This item should be confined to Resident Evil glossary, where it already is mentioned. EVula 21:03, 19 July 2006 (UTC)

• Keep This item appears in Resident Evil: REmake, Resident Evil Zero and Resident Evil: Nemesis. The term "Samurai Edge" does not define the weapon to readers and must be elaborated. The glossary decription is far too brief and narrow, not to mention wrong. We shouldn't make articles for every weapon in every RE game, but this weapon is a staple piece. Information mentioned above by MIB is already available in the main article from which the Samurai Edge article branches and the addition of said information would merely be a repeated effort. A merge would be appropriate, however, this is impossible as all viable pages have been deleted. Gamer Junkie 21:23, 19 July 2006 (UTC)
  • This info is already available elsewhere. We don't need endless retellings of every game's plot from the perspective of every single character, place, and object. This is just a retelling of a tiny portion of a few games' plots from the perspective of a fictional firearm. - A Man In Bl♟ck (conspire | past ops) 21:28, 19 July 2006 (UTC)
  • The glossary entry being incorrect is evidence that it should be corrected, not that the Samurai Edge article should remain on Wikipedia. EVula 21:35, 19 July 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per page being a duplicate of information elsewhere. Whispering 22:19, 19 July 2006 (UTC)
• Delete fancruft gone wild. If the glossary definition is wrong, correct it. The trivia comparing it to real weapons is just that, trivia. It's a fictional gun. Danny Lilithborne 01:23, 20 July 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per nom. Angus McLellan (Talk) 21:34, 20 July 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per reasons explained in nomination. Crazysunshine 02:52, 25 July 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.