Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Goomba

 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 keep. &mdash;Korath (Talk) 02:04, Apr 15, 2005 (UTC)

Goomba
This is very unencyclopedic. In the real world, encyclopedias don't waste money producing articles about moving pixels. It reeks of fancruft to boot. It's better to start cleaning up Wikipedia now before it gets overrun with gamecruft. I know a lot of people agree with me when I say this article is the perfect starting point. Setting a deletion precedent with this article will lead to a much more professional Wikipedia. Navid 02:18, 9 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, mariocruft. Megan1967 02:46, 9 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete C-list actor 02:50, 9 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete Gamecruft. Z26
 * Delete Wikipedia is not a junkyard. Y25
 * Delete Pseudoinformation. X24
 * Delete If this stays, then we'll never get rid of all the Pokemon-cruft, and Ashlee Simpson cruft. W23
 * Delete Not notable. V22
 * Delete Unencyclopedic. U21 &mdash; (All of these "votes" were submitted by User:C-list actor.)
 * Keep. There's a deletion precedent/policy for minor/major characters in media already, at WP:FICT. I would classify the Goomba as a major character/concept in the Mario universe; as such, this should be merged in with that article, but they are both already far too long for that. By the way, it's very hard to take this nomination seriously if you don't follow correct procedure – the article in question doesn't even have a VfD notice. android&harr;talk 02:56, Apr 9, 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. Like Android79 said, Goombas are a large part of the Super Mario games.&mdash;Boarder8925 15:20, 9 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. Like Missingno., this is well-written. Hedley 02:57, 9 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * This is a featured article, and the parade of socks only makes me more suspicious. Whoever this is, don't disrupt Wikipedia to prove a point. Oh, and keep, obviously. Meelar (talk) 02:58, Apr 9, 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. I agree with Meelar. It would be very suspicious if anyone votes delete on this nomination. A1 03:12, 9 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Sockpuppet of C-list Actor, who is blocked. Hedley 03:21, 9 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep Agree with Meelar that it is already a feature Wikipedia article. It is the first bad guy appeared in an iconic video game and it has appeared in almost every popular Super Mario game. Freezie and Bunny Hood are gamecrufts, though. Too bad, those articles survived the VfD process. --Anonymous Cow 03:24, 9 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * I say keep.DS 03:32, 9 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep.--Matteh (talk) 04:30, 9 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep --Fuzzball! (talk) 05:06, 9 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Obvious keep. Glad to hear the party responsible for this has been banned.  A featured article with a sockpuppet VfD vote is a first for me! - Lucky 6.9 05:08, 9 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. Wikipedia is not paper. Furthermore, this is a high quality article. Finally, the user who stuffed this vote was User:C-list actor.
 * Andrew pmk forgot to sign. &mdash;Korath (Talk) 13:16, Apr 9, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete or merge. This kind of fancruft is not encyclopedic on its own. Very surprising that something like this can become a featured article. Martg76 07:56, 9 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. Since it was missing, I have added the vfd-tag to the article. This article is far too good to be deleted, although I am slightly surprised that a topic like this received featured article status. Sjakkalle 08:11, 9 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. This nomination should be removed because of the sockpuppet vandalism involved. N-Mantalk 10:07, 9 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep featured articles. Delete the rest . :) &mdash;Korath (Talk) 10:19, Apr 9, 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep and raise the rest to featured article standard. Kappa 11:53, 9 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Strong keep obviously. Army of (rather obvious) sockpuppets, featured article, topic has 87,700 Google hits, WP needs more articles of this size, depth, and quality, not less! Andrew Lenahan - St ar bli nd  12:29, Apr 9, 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. Wikipedia is not paper, and article describes important part of the Super Mario world. Besides, nominating featured articles is disruption. They've already received a community vote of approval. Mgm|(talk) 14:14, Apr 9, 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep - Featured Article status should be the only criteria for speedy keeping. -- Cyrius|&#9998; 14:23, 9 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep obviously. C-List Actor appears an attempt at WP:POINT made anonymously by an existing 'Pedian; I believe an IP check may be in order. Radiant_* 15:18, Apr 9, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete or merge, weakly. The fact that a notable delete supporter was not acting in good faith doesn't invalidate the action. It's unencyclopedic. Gmaxwell 20:30, 9 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Speedy keep. Trolling. Xezbeth  20:33, Apr 9, 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. Major character. Featured article. Zzyzx11 | Talk 20:34, 9 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep! It's freakin goomba! Major character of a game series deeply engraved into many of our lives. The article is fantastic, as well. I submit that flagger is a doofus. --Asriel86 01:20, Apr 10, 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. I have little patience with fancruft, but this is definately worthwhile stuff. Indrian 06:10, Apr 10, 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep The "real world" is what we're trying to improve on here. Articles like this are what makes Wikipedia superior to any "normal" encyclopedia.
 * Keep If you don't like the pages on video games, just don't read them. E-100 Alpha
 * Abuse VfD is not an instrument of revenge. Chris talk back 17:44, 11 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep Wikipedia is for all people, not just those who consider Video Games unprofessional. The reason Wikipedia is so great is that there can be articles that would never be in a "normal" encyclopedia, and I thinke there is room for everyone, even "fancruft".Weyoun6 00:46, 12 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Strong keep. Carolaman
 * Extremely strong keep. Andre ( talk ) 17:58, Apr 13, 2005 (UTC)
 * Strong keep, featured article. K1Bond007 18:07, Apr 13, 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep, feautured article, original VFD by a sockpuppet, important concept in video games. Solver 18:52, 13 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep, perfectly good article. Would be a merge and delete if it was a single sentence, but one article developed this much? oh please. wS 20:16, 13 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep, this is a major character in a video games series that has sold hundreds of millions of copies worldwide. Mario, and Goombas are cultural icons, and this is clearly an attempted abuse of the VfD system, which is already busy enough with genuine complaints. --Hn 04:13, Apr 14, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, nn and unencyclopedic mariocruft. ComCat 06:32, 14 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, merge with mario article. keeping this would allow for terabytes of info about every video game character ever made. uncyclopedic. Gazeofsorrow 08:50, 14 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep, They've obviously put loads of effort into this, and the Goombas are a large part of the Super Mario series.


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