Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of Gears of War characters and adversaries


 * 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The result was keep, nomination withdrawn, consensus for keep. Non-admin closure. victor falk 14:16, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

List of Gears of War characters and adversaries

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The article does not adequately establish notability through its sources, and consists mainly of gamecruft and other content unsuitable in an article, such as overly-elaborate details and trivia. Furthermore, the game articles for the series are enough to describe the characters and plot, a separate plot-only article is unnecessary. Wikipedia is not an indiscriminate collection of information, and since this article appears to be little else, it does not belong. -- Comandante    { Talk }  23:56, 18 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Nomination withdrawn. -- Comandante    { Talk }  20:10, 19 April 2008 (UTC)


 * Delete, nn and unencyclopaedic. +Hexagon1 (t) 00:59, 19 April 2008 (UTC)


 * Keep, its a wortwhile resource, and adds to the documentation of the game.
 * There are many other such articles, and many wikipedians who find them worthwhile enough to contribute to. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Lists_of_video_game_characters


 * Wageslave (talk) 02:31, 19 April 2008 (UTC)


 * Keep much better than having articles on each one; we need something to merge them to, and the main article would be too cumbersome. The list of the characters in a particular work is not indiscriminate--the criterion is perfectly clear. one person can say Gamecruft and another Not-Gamecruft, and this doesnt advance us any further--the terms mean nothing more than ldontlikeit / I like it. This is the sort of compromise article we ought to have. DGG (talk) 03:14, 19 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep. One list of characters is better to many articles of individual character (Wikipedia is not Wikia). Another games have your list of characters. If this article has problem, it is need clean-up, wikify, but deletion is not good solution. Zero Kitsune (talk) 03:39, 19 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep. Single list of characters/adversaries is better organized, and inclusion of this article's content/subject matter into other articles on the same game would be weighty and cumbersome. Several listed reasons, such as "overly detailed" and possessing "trivia" are ill-defined and subjective. Article does require cleanup, but deletion is rather extreme. Peptuck (talk) 09:11, 19 April 2008 (UTC)


 * Note: This debate has been added to the list of video game deletions. Someoneanother 09:13, 19 April 2008 (UTC)


 * Strong delete per Wikipedia is not a game guide. -- Mr Stalker  ( talk ) 13:02, 19 April 2008 (UTC)
 * The article is not a game guide, it is not relevant to that policy. Wageslave (talk) 16:58, 19 April 2008 (UTC)
 * A list of characters, mostly described from an in-universe perspective? Looks like game guide to me. -- Mr Stalker  ( talk ) 22:47, 19 April 2008 (UTC)


 * I'd prefer this to many characters of individual articles, but on the other hand, delete due to lack of independent sources. Stifle (talk) 14:06, 19 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Strong keep this discriminate, encyclopedic, notable, and verfiable information that is indeed covered in numerous game magazines and websites independent of the game itself. Sincerely, --  Le Grand Roi des Citrouilles  Tally-ho! 16:30, 19 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep per the growing consensus that a list of characters is the best way to handle these kinds of elements that grow too large to gracefully handle in the main article about a fictional work. (And, yes, games are interactive fictions.) —Quasirandom (talk) 17:16, 19 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Fictional characters-related deletion discussions.   -- Fabrictramp (talk) 17:34, 19 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Strong Keep - Per User:DGG --  ShadowJester07  ►Talk  18:28, 19 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep Per Quasirandom.Divinediscourse (talk) 18:59, 19 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Comment: The nomination has been withdrawn and thus the discussion should be closed as keep. Best, --  Le Grand Roi des Citrouilles  Tally-ho! 07:15, 20 April 2008 (UTC)


 * 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.