Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of Dungeons & Dragons 3rd edition monsters


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The result was delete. Yunshui 雲 水 10:41, 30 September 2019 (UTC)

List of Dungeons & Dragons 3rd edition monsters

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Badly sourced list of mostly non-notable fictional creatures. Most of the monsters in the lists are not individually notable, and most don't even have any description besides their names. Not a very active user (talk) 08:30, 23 September 2019 (UTC)
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 * Delete: There are articles that we can write about D&D. There are probably a few articles on D&D specific monsters we can write. This article does not fall into that category.  It is essentially a table of contents for every monster book published between 2000 and 2010 by Wizards of the Coast.  The current sourcing is all primary and I do not foresee any secondary sourcing arising. Rockphed (talk) 17:22, 23 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom and Rockphed. As mentioned, this is basically just a transcription of the table of contents of various D&D books, making it more of an attempted game guide than a valid list.  Its not even particularly useful as a navigation tool, as many of the entries that are actual links just lead to other lists of D&D monsters.  And while there may be some valid sources regarding some notable D&D monsters, there is really not anything discussing the notability of specifically the 3rd Edition monsters as a group, causing the list to fail the notability requirements of a stand alone list.  Rorshacma (talk) 17:52, 23 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Delete It's not notable in the slightest. WP:NOTGAMEGUIDE, WP:NOTDIRECTORY applies here. This is a list of minor monsters similar to the deleted lists of Mario and Zelda enemies.ZXCVBNM (TALK) 00:55, 24 September 2019 (UTC)
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 * Comment. It certainly isn't badly sourced as claimed, as every monster is listed in a section corresponding to the book it first appeared in. -- Necrothesp (talk) 10:54, 26 September 2019 (UTC)
 * I would not say it's badly sourced, just totally WP:INDISCRIMINATE. There are no secondary sources to prove that it is encyclopedic.ZXCVBNM (TALK) 18:15, 26 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Its badly sourced in the sense that the sources are entirely primary. There are no secondary sources included to indicate notability for this grouping of monsters.  Rorshacma (talk) 15:31, 27 September 2019 (UTC)


 * Delete - As with all the other lists currently up for deletion, it's pure game guide material. The number of notable monsters probably ranges in the two to three dozen range, not the hundreds like the current lists. There can be a brand new list made that encompasses just those if it's deemed necessary. TTN (talk) 18:13, 29 September 2019 (UTC)


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