Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of Donkey Kong characters


 * 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 keep. John254 01:20, 1 December 2007 (UTC)

List of Donkey Kong characters

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This article is a huge in-universe list of all the Kong characters from the Donkey Kong games. As such, it has no notability, no referencing, and is just duplicative of information from the characters sections of various Donkey Kong game articles. Judgesurreal777 (talk) 16:30, 18 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Strong Keep I'm not crazy about the multitude of Donkey Kong game articles either. However, in the interests of consolidation, I think the better practice would be to delete individual articles (Dinky Kong, Dixie Kong, Cranky Kong, etc.) as well as many of the other, and to keep the "scorecard".   Loath as I am to write these words, Donkey Kong is eminently notable.  He and his progeny have been players for nearly 30 years in a multi-billion dollar industry.  Mandsford (talk) 18:26, 18 November 2007 (UTC)
 * But the thing is, this isn't a list of all the Donkey Kong characters, this is a list of the Kong characters from Donkey Kong. I agree, an article about the Characters of Donkey Kong, meaning all of the notable ones, might be worth having, but a list of Kongs just isn't. Judgesurreal777 (talk) 21:06, 18 November 2007 (UTC)
 * You two do realize that this actually is a list of all Donkey Kong characters, not just the Kongs, right? Lord Crayak (talk) 04:44, 19 November 2007 (UTC)
 * No it isn't, there are no enemies or boss characters listed here. It is at best Donkey Kong and his allies article, which would still be unencyclopedic. Judgesurreal777 (talk) 16:43, 19 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Its just the way the discussion was going, it seemed like you were saying the article was a list of the Kongs and nothing else. Anyways, couldn't the Kremling/Animal Buddy/DK Enemy articles be deleted and anything noteworthy from them integrated here? Those were made before this article was changed from a list of nothing more than redirects to an actual character list, explaining why its composed of essentially nothing more than "good guys". And this article does have some potential for improvement, considering Rare often has commentary on the creation history and such on their characters (for example, the DK Jr./Diddy thing). Lord Crayak (talk) 02:19, 20 November 2007 (UTC)
 * It may be best to just to create on from scratch, as there is way to much cruft and other junk in this one. Judgesurreal777 (talk) 02:45, 20 November 2007 (UTC)
 * I suppose that's the best option available, so delete per Judgesurreal777. Lord Crayak (talk) 18:58, 20 November 2007 (UTC)


 * Note: This debate has been added to the list of video game deletions. Someone another (talk) 12:53, 22 November 2007 (UTC)
 * keep please donkey kong is important so why would we not want a list of the characters yuckfoo (talk) 01:35, 23 November 2007 (UTC)
 * But I do favor having a Characters of the Donkey Kong series article, but this isn't that. This is just the "Kongs" and friendly characters, which has no how of being a good encyclopedic article. Judgesurreal777 (talk) 02:07, 23 November 2007 (UTC)
 * The articles just Kongs now; now that I think about, they, along with K. Rool, are pretty much the only noteworthy characters, considering the rest of them have only ever appeared in two games at max. Lord Crayak (talk) 02:42, 23 November 2007 (UTC)


 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so that consensus may be reached. Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, ~ Eliz  81 (C)  09:58, 26 November 2007 (UTC)


 * Keep this is a reasonable list to carry is it not Coccyx Bloccyx (talk) 19:51, 26 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep Donkey Kong is classic, and its charcters are too. DJ Creamity (talk) 22:10, 26 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Not to closer; please take into account those who use actual wikipedia policy in their arguements. The last two comments show no understanding or regard for wikipedia policies, like notability not being inherited, and "I like it", neither of which are valid arguments. Judgesurreal777 (talk) 22:17, 26 November 2007 (UTC)


 * Maybe you can start showing under what policy this should be deleted under rather than cherry picking comments YOU like Coccyx Bloccyx (talk) 23:15, 26 November 2007 (UTC)


 * Keep. Donkey Kong is a major series of video games, and spinning out the characters into an annotated list into a separate article, a well-annotated list, is appropriate. Sjakkalle (Check!)  11:16, 27 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Notability is not inherited, and just because Donkey Kong is notable, doesn't mean every Kong friend of his deserves his own article. Judgesurreal777 (talk) 15:20, 27 November 2007 (UTC)


 * Keep I don't know where else to put all that good infomation of characters to the respective character's game. Really, its too much info to merge or delete. 1yodsyo1 16:00, 29 November 2007 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 1yodsyo1 (talk • contribs)


 * 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.