Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Lin kuei

 This page is an archive of the proposed deletion of the article below. Further comments should be made on the article's talk page, if it exists; or after the end of this archived section. The result of the debate was no consensus. Mackensen (talk) 16:21, 25 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Lin kuei
Fiction masquerading as fact, fancruft from the mortal combat domain -- pcrtalk 00:49, 15 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * also Lin Kuei which appears to be a duplicate -- pcrtalk 00:54, 15 Jun 2005 (UTC)


 * Delete both as severe fancruft. It was difficult to tell until they mentioned Sub-Zero, et al. Mr Bound 02:00, Jun 15, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Most of it is just fancruft. However, the term Lin Kuei does exist in the Mortal Kombat series. So unless it's trivial, a rewrite is also good. Nestea 03:39, 15 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * delete. also a copyvio (although the page is not available, this is the google cache). Brighterorange 03:42, 15 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Weak Keep. This can be turned from fiction masquerading as fact by simply placing at the beginning, "In the mythology of the Mortal Kombat series of video games, ..." Copyvio is a different problem, but fixable, and not one for vfd. -- BD2412 talk 04:18, 2005 Jun 15 (UTC)
 * Eh, I fixed it a bit - made it clear that it's fiction, and BOLDLY REDIRECTED the original page to the properly capitalized one (since they were duplicates, no harm, no foul). I have no desire to fight to keep this, tho - once the copyvio is scratched out, there may be only enough left to merge into some character article. Cheers. -- BD2412 talk 04:26, 2005 Jun 15 (UTC)
 * Delete non notable fancruft. JamesBurns 06:35, 15 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep, important to Mortal Combat fans. Kappa 11:21, 15 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep Lin Kuei, though obviously if it's copyvio then will need a re-write. - Lochaber 11:31, 15 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Merge as per WP:FICT. Martg76 21:54, 15 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * keeep this too please Yuckfoo 18:09, 16 Jun 2005 (UTC)


 * I edited it a LOT. I kept all the previous information (let's call it "BS") in the bottom two sections, with a note that says it's disputed.  If somebody can point to a source (for instance, MK: Defenders of the Realms or some such), then that'd be fine, but as it was, it sucked.  The other sections now come straight from the games, except where noted.  It's very complete, though maybe somebody could find a better word for "roboticization", as it currently links to a site from Sonic the Hedgehog :-) As for keeping, I say Keep if only because of the time I spent on it (cross-referencing as necessary).  While Sub-Zero's page has some similar info, I think focusing on the group has an interesting angle (especially if future games delve into it more).


 * Keep. &mdash; J3ff 02:02, 20 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. Now that its been made clear that it's about Mortal Kombat. -- Crevaner 04:57, 24 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. There's tonnes of this stuff about various computer games, this is no less notable than most of it Stephen 12:14, 25 Jun 2005 (UTC)
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