Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/DOOM cheats

 This page is an archive of the discussion about the proposed deletion of the article below. This page is no longer live. Further comments should be made on the article's talk page rather than here so that this page is preserved as an historic record. The result of the debate was delete. &mdash; Xezbeth 06:38, Apr 24, 2005 (UTC)

DOOM cheats
A list of cheat codes for the DOOM video game. Wikipedia is not a place to post cheat codes. Zzyzx11 | Talk 23:57, 17 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. This article is semi-encyclopedic.  The phrase "Delta Q Delta" along with the predicate "in the college years" denotes origin of these cheat codes.  A similar article can be found on this net link.  Also, the SPISPOPD link can also describe encyclopedic value.  And this is worth keeping. --SuperDude 00:00, 18 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. GameFAQs is the place for this, not Wikipedia. Shiri &mdash; Talk 00:11, Apr 18, 2005 (UTC)
 * I'd normally vote Delete, but User:Zzyzx11 admitted on User talk:Lucky 6.9 that this was a spite nomination, driven by the belief that User:SuperDude115 is actually User:SamuraiClinton. Thus I will abstain from voting and recommend that others do the same. I prefer not to participate in a high-tech lynching. LevelCheck 00:13, 18 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * That is your point of view LevelCheck. If you think the message I wrote, I want to let you know that I just put up one of SuperDude115's articles, DOOM cheats, on VFD because I saw that you suspect that he may be SamuraiClinton implies that it is a "spite nomination" then so be it. The only thing I was doing was notifying them as a favor. As for the nomination itself, I think many people will agree with my original reason: Wikipedia is not a place to post cheat codes. Zzyzx11 | Talk 00:20, 18 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * LevelCheck, you also say that I am participating in a high-tech lynching. Isn't that what you did when you put SamuraiClinton on RFA? Zzyzx11 | Talk 00:28, 18 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Nominating someone for a position constitutes high-tech lynching? Sorry, but this doesn't make any sense. LevelCheck 00:32, 18 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * So you think exposing SamuraiClinton to (as of now 14) opposing comments (and growing) is not high-tech lynching? Zzyzx11 | Talk 01:17, 18 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * As I've pointed out on your talk page, there's really no other way for other editors to interpret your nomination of SamuraiClinton as anything but malicious. android&harr;talk 02:12, Apr 18, 2005 (UTC)
 * I believe there is a fair case to be made that SuperDude = Samurai Clinton, or is at least associated with hir in some way. That totally notwithstanding, this article is worthy of deletion because a list of cheats is unencyclopedic.  Who wrote the article has nothing to do with it. Slac  speak up!  00:43, 18 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. What Shiri said. Niteowlneils 01:27, 18 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. There's nothing wrong with a cheat code list as such -- but a bare list, with no description of the game or gameplay, is unencyclopedic. And "high tech lynching" is a very subjective concept, as Anita Hill can certainly attest! ---Isaac R 01:48, 18 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. There's no encyclopedia article here.  Rossami (talk) 01:46, 18 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. This is appropriately covered in the specialized wiki that User:SuperDude115 was kind enough to mention above. FreplySpang (talk) 02:05, 18 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Wikipedia is not GameFAQs. It would be nice if SamuraiClinton, SuperDude, or whatever he chooses to call himself this week would respond to the items outlined in his RfC rather than continue to create these inane articles. android&harr;talk 02:12, Apr 18, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete for reasons stated. - Lucky 6.9 02:57, 18 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete for reasons stated. --Bucephalus talk to me  13:59, 18 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. I was going to say "Put small relevant bits in main article" but SPISPOPD is already mentioned. Kill it. --Golbez 17:49, Apr 18, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Whatever the reasons behind the nomination, article is clearly unencyclopedic. Vlad M V  &#1645; talk 18:13, 18 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * delete this probabyl Yuckfoo 06:46, 19 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Wikipedia is not GameFAQs. --Carnildo 23:37, 19 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. --Myles Long 20:05, 20 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Unencyclopedic, whatever is useful is already covered. -- 8^D gab 18:21, 2005 Apr 21 (UTC)
 * Keep the list of random game cheats is unencyclopedic, but this is DOOM for heaven's sake. Many of these have entered popular culture. As a bonus this article explains the etymology of these cheats, and I always wandered what IDDQD and IDKFA mean... Grue 18:31, 21 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Just because a topic is encyclopedia-worthy, it doesn't follow that every related topic is. Unless it'spart of an encyclopedic topic, etymology belongs on Wiktionary. Trivial factoids belong in a reference for DOOM enthusiasts. ---Isaac R 19:45, 21 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * IDDELETE. Cheatcruft. Nestea 17:01, 22 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * IDDELETE!. Cheatcruft! Until such time as "WikiWalkthrus" is launched, this doesn't belong here. And, in fact, GameFAQs' system of bogus code reporting is much more reliable than a Wiki where anyone can edit and say "blabla doesn't work at all, it should read blabla2000". Master Thief Garrett 23:14, 22 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Cheat codes aren't exactly encyclopedia-worthy. Linuxbeak 23:52, Apr 22, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. not encyclopedic as a stand-alone article. Tobycat 00:12, 23 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Comment; saying IDDELETE is kinda funny, but I would rather keep this article since the sources of the acronyms in the cheats are notable. --SuperDude 03:07, 23 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * But the problem is, if we do keep it, people could easily "correct" the "false" cheats and completely stuff up the data. And I don't really know that it couldn't be put into WikiBooks under Doom Guide or something... Master Thief Garrett 04:46, 24 Apr 2005 (UTC)


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