Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of Dungeons & Dragons 5th edition monsters


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The result was delete. RL0919 (talk) 07:09, 1 October 2019 (UTC)

List of Dungeons & Dragons 5th edition monsters

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Same thing as List of Dungeons & Dragons 3rd edition monsters and List of Dungeons & Dragons 4th edition monsters. A list of each monster from each guidebook of the game is not very useful. Not a very active user (talk) 06:18, 24 September 2019 (UTC)
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 * Delete Yet again per WP:NOTGAMEGUIDE and WP:NOTDIRECTORY.ZXCVBNM (TALK) 14:35, 24 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom and ZVCVBNM. It suffers the same problems as the already mentioned and nominated lists.  This one does try to include non-primary sources, but actually looking at them reveals that they are not about the monsters at all - they are generally information pages or reviews on some of the D&D books, and either don't talk about the monsters included at all, or mention them in extreme passing.  The only non-primary source here that is actually talking about 5th edition monsters in detail is the one on the Oblex, and having one in-depth look at a singular monster does not justify the rest of the list.  Rorshacma (talk) 15:08, 24 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Delete: I think D&D players (which, full disclosure, includes me) have much too high an opinion of the noteworthiness of their hobby. As I mentioned in one of the other deletion discussions, I don't think edition specific lists are viable.  Maybe a list of the D&D specific takes on monsters (both the monsters they invented and ones they uniquely interpreted) would be viable, but this list does not have sources to support its notability. Rockphed (talk) 15:25, 24 September 2019 (UTC)
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 * Merge all just have one list article listing all the monsters from the series. There are many articles that exist for these monsters unique to the Dungeons & Dragons franchise.  As long as they exist a list article showing links to them makes sense.  There can be a column to list which ones were in each edition.   D r e a m Focus  02:02, 28 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Existence =/= notability. One has to demonstrate something passes GNG to be notable, which most of the articles in the list, if there is one, do not.ZXCVBNM (TALK) 04:35, 28 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Then go nominate them for deletion. I see plenty of those listed have their own articles, specifically for the (Dungeons & Dragons) versions of the characters.   D r e a m Focus  11:06, 28 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Deleting every entry in a list should not be a prerequisite for deleting a list. That's just Wikilawyering, not common sense.ZXCVBNM (TALK) 23:10, 28 September 2019 (UTC)


 * Delete - As with the other lists, this is game guide material. TTN (talk) 12:14, 30 September 2019 (UTC)


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