Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/History of video game consoles (eighth generation) (4th nomination)


 * 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. -- Cirt (talk) 14:31, 17 May 2010 (UTC)

History of video game consoles (eighth generation)
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Article violates WP:V and WP:NOR. The main thesis is not directly attributable to any reliable sources. Dancter (talk) 05:15, 10 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of video game related deletion discussions.  Dancter (talk) 05:31, 10 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Strong delete and Salt - It seems folks have no clear idea about what "Eighth Generation" is. Everyone feels that a Nintendo DS that's bigger/smaller/orange/not portable is a whole new console, or that an addon such as Natal or PS Move is a whole new console.  Recommend salting until some real information on the next generation of consoles comes out. --Teancum (talk) 11:53, 10 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete per WP:CRYSTAL no systems yet released even if announced. -- RP459  Talk/Contributions 13:58, 10 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete and salt. WP:OR, WP:SYNTH, WP:G4. The previous AfDs were all closed as delete, and the article's conclusions are still not explicitly supported by any of its sources. — Rankiri (talk) 14:39, 10 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Comment - Salt seems a bit much... There are in fact numerous reliable sources that discuss this future generation in a crystal ballish sense. I know Wikipedia isn't a crystal ball, but if reliable and verifiable sources can be used to discuss the topic generally then I see no reason to completely delete the article. The article as it stands would probably have to be substantially rewritten to fall on the proper side of WP:CRYSTAL so perhaps delete is the best option at this point, but SALT seems overly reactionary. -Thibbs (talk) 15:33, 10 May 2010 (UTC)
 * That's true. Looking at previous AfDs they're all much older, so I've changed to a non-strong Salt - I still feel the article won't be needed until we have actual eighth gen info, not yet another iteration of the Nintendo DS or things like that.  It's much safer to just Salt the article than bring it back to AfD yet again.  When there's actual info any old WP veteran will know (or be able to learn) the process to ask for unblocking so the article can be created properly.  In the meantime any rumors and whatnot can incubate in someone's Userspace.  In replay to Thibbs, as far as the reliable sources in the article all of them talk about current gen information.  A bigger Nintendo DS, and motion technology for the Xbox 360 and PS3 - there's nothing about a true next-gen, stand-alone system in there.  --Teancum (talk) 11:34, 11 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Since you mentioned it twice, I should point out that Nintendo considers the Nintendo 3DS a successor to the Nintendo DS series, rather than an iteration of it. That's a big reason why the issue is reemerging now. Dancter (talk) 19:08, 11 May 2010 (UTC)


 * Strong Delete. Per no proper sources. This is a very large topic and event; it is either described with similar appropriate coverage or not crystalled at all. — Hellknowz ▎talk 15:21, 15 May 2010 (UTC)
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