Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Slang used in StarCraft

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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 delete. - Mailer Diablo 11:18, 25 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Slang used in StarCraft

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Purportedly, this article is about "Slang in Starcraft" - that is, it's supposed to be an encyclopedic article about the use of slang in Starcraft. However, it definitely isn't - at best, it's just a list of slang terms used in Starcraft games, which is something Wikipedia is not - and it's probably not even appropriate for Wikitionary at that. I can't find any WP:RS which back up any of this, and in fact can find sources differing about many of these - which are basically in-game neologisms, designed to save time while typing - and this article certainly doesn't provide any, thus totally failing WP:ATT. Furthermore, I can't for the life of me tell why this is even a remotely encyclopedic, or notable topic. Why is slang in Starcraft important, and not Slang in Baldur's Gate, or Slang in MechCommander? This article neither provides, nor supports, the notion that this is notable, or encyclopedic as a topic. To summarize, this article fails multiple policies, and should be deleted. Haemo 04:34, 20 April 2007 (UTC)

  • Delete per nom. I like StarCraft, but this is FanCruft. Dppowell 06:38, 20 April 2007 (UTC)

delete unsourced and likely original research. I doubt strongly that any sort of context or greater meaning beyond the list itself could be found, a brief look into google and lexis show nothing (unsurprisingly) that would comport to reliable source guidelines. Wintermut3 07:06, 20 April 2007 (UTC)

  • Delete - Clearly fancruft.
  • Delete Completely unsourced but easily discernible acronyms that refer to various aspects of the game. The page is not needed and clearly OR, it's StarCruft. --Cyrus Andiron 12:18, 20 April 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete. This is more like, "Slang used in Starcraft chat". Completely unencyclopedic, no sources, no reason to keep the article. Arkyan • (talk) 15:11, 20 April 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete Wikipedia is not a dictionary. Wikipedia is really not a slang dictionary. Wikipedia is really, really, really, really not a StarCraft slang dictionary. Andrew Lenahan - Starblind 15:42, 20 April 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete. Fancruft, and particularly dull at that. BTLizard 17:10, 20 April 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.