Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Video Games featuring London

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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 delete. Mailer Diablo 06:00, 27 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Video Games featuring London

listcruft Hirudo 12:34, 21 April 2006 (UTC)

  • Strong delete Sure, there have been a lot of video games to take place (fully or partially) in London, so if this were to survive, it could be easily expanded. But this is listcruft, pure and simple. If this article exists, why not have a list of games featuring NYC, or Miami, or Tokyo, or every other major city in the world? -- Kicking222 16:43, 21 April 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete, can't see how this list would ever be useful. BryanG 18:26, 21 April 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete. Unencyclopedic list, cruft, sets a bad precedent for other UE lists as Kicking222 said. It could certainly be expanded, but for what purpose? (Full disclosure: I prodded this article before it was deferred to afd.) --Icarus 20:32, 21 April 2006 (UTC)
  • Keep, encyclopedic list allowing users to understand how London is represented in popular culture, a bit like List_of_books_set_in_New_York_City, but shorter. Kappa 21:01, 21 April 2006 (UTC)
    • Presumably, books set in NYC (or any other specific city/location) have some plot elements that make the setting relevent to the book (otherwise, the specific city would likely not be named in many cases). If someone has a good faith argument against this premise, they're free to prod or afd that article (as opposed to your WP:POINT-violating nomination). I'm not a gaming expert, but at least from what I've seen, the city it's set in is more of a backdrop than an integral part of whatever level of story exists in the game. --Icarus 10:29, 23 April 2006 (UTC)
  • Keep per Kappa. --AlexWCovington (talk) 00:50, 22 April 2006 (UTC)
  • Weak keep could be useful to some.  Funky Monkey  (talk)  01:25, 22 April 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete Come off it Kappa. London is used as background for a few chase scenes. It means nothing and if it did I can't see gamers writing about it here. Bhoeble 15:39, 22 April 2006 (UTC)
    • The Getaway's detailed depiction of London was a major selling point and the subject of large amounts of media coverage. Kappa 15:59, 22 April 2006 (UTC)
      • Then that should be included in The Getaway's article. That doesn't support the existence of this article. --Icarus 10:29, 23 April 2006 (UTC)
        • It refused the suggestion that "London is used as background for a few chase scenes", which is given as justification for deletion. Please try to follow the discussion. Kappa 10:32, 23 April 2006 (UTC)
          • Just because the realistic depiction was used as a marketing point does not mean that it's ultimately anything more than a very well-done backdrop. I haven't played the game, so I don't know if the setting has any practical relevance to any plot the game may have, but its use in marketing does not refute the claim that it's ultimately a backdrop. Only evidence of relevance to/corrolation with plot would refute that claim. --Icarus 23:04, 23 April 2006 (UTC)
  • Strong delete can't see any reason this should be in WP or any other encyclopedia San Saba 10:35, 23 April 2006 (UTC)
  • Strong Delete can't see any reason why this wasn't just quietly prodded away. Eusebeus 14:32, 23 April 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete, inappropriately deprodded by chronic de-prodder Kappa- this should have died quietly. (also per San Saba). Kuzaar 15:07, 23 April 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete, unencyclopedic and would create an unhealthy precedent.--Cini 16:34, 23 April 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete. Really relevant to one game, maybe, but that's it. --Calton | Talk 05:26, 24 April 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete. nn. Mukadderat 17:55, 25 April 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete unencyclopedic entry. Johntex\talk 23:44, 25 April 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete Startup account 01:18, 26 April 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete completely arbitrary list.--Isotope23 15:11, 26 April 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete; pointless - Runcorn 22:12, 26 April 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.