Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/StarCraft Prequel

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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. JodyB yak, yak, yak 22:33, 6 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] StarCraft Prequel

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Delete - Wikipedia articles are not plot summaries. Otto4711 15:31, 30 July 2007 (UTC)

  • Delete per nom. Realkyhick 18:10, 30 July 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete appears to be plot summary, original research, and non-verifiable. Andre (talk) 00:21, 2 August 2007 (UTC)
  • Don't delete, as deletion would be premature at this stage, although I agree that StarCraft Prequel contains too much content which probably should be elsewhere. The Starcraft series has a much more complex backstory than most games, and the sequences of missions are driven by political considerations which can are more easily understood if you know the backstory - for example Jim Raynor starts as a Confederate marshal, defects to the Sons of Korhal and then finally becomes an "independent" in disgust at Arcturus Mensk's callous treachery; and the player's character in the Protoss campaign also changes sides and winds up commanding 2 dissident Protoss factions and allied to Raynor. Hence I think there is a need for plot summaries - but they should be concise and focussed. I've posted a comment "Starcraft-related articles need overall structure" on Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Video games, to address the fact that the Starcraft-related articles are too long and contain a lot of duplication. In my proposed new(?) structure StarCraft Prequel would serve a specific function. The article is neither OR nor unverifiable - it's based on the game manuals.Philcha 00:37, 2 August 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete it may not be original research or unverifiable, but it's not an encyclopedia article either. WP:PLOT. Miremare 00:58, 2 August 2007 (UTC)
Merge to StarCraft, under heading Standalone demo. After taking another look the article, I think a MAJORLY trimmed version would be appropriate in the StarCraft article itself. However, the focus should be on the real universe. The fact that Blizzard released a standalone demo with a unique supplementary storyline is and interesting. The over-description of missions is not. ~ JohnnyMrNinja 03:56, 2 August 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete, missed previous clean-up and is copied from SC wiki. Delete ASAP, but a sentence saying it exists should be included into the StarCraft article. StarCraft: Enslavers II should also be put up for deletion on the same principles along with Template:StarCraft storyline because it's redundant next to the much better Template:StarCraft. -- Sabre 20:02, 6 August 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.