Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of Kirby magical items


 * 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 Merge to Kirby (Nintendo). —Quarl (talk) 2007-02-17 22:05Z 

List of Kirby magical items

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This is a perfect example of a "game guide" article that belongs on a fan wiki and/or gaming site. RobJ1981 19:38, 12 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Weak delete: I wouldn't have nominated this myself, but it does appear to fail on having reliable sources. i kan reed 19:44, 12 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep: I fail to come up with a good reason, but I want it kept. Rubbicub 05:33, 15 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Comment. Keep and delete votes need a good reason for/against the article. RobJ1981 04:58, 16 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Merge anything significant to the game articles, then redirect to Kirby (Nintendo) per Wikipedia is not an indiscriminate collection of information: none of these items have any significance outside the games themselves. --Pak21 11:58, 16 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Merge anything significant to the game articles, then redirect to Kirby (Nintendo) per Pak21--SeizureDog 12:02, 16 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Merge Per Pak and SD. The colours/paints for instance seem pertinent to only one game, other general power-ups don't have impact outside of the game itself, nor are they iconic like Mario's magic mushrooms (crazy man!) or the Master Sword from LoZ. I'm not against articles like these, but they must offer a strong case for their existence, otherwise it makes a mockery of deleting articles like 'list of BF weapons' etc. etc. which are born from unchecked list-lust. QuagmireDog 13:56, 16 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Further, the 'common items' are either obscure items used in one particular game, health restoratives (a vast amount of games use these, there's no real need to list them all) and the 'candy' invulnerability item, again invulnerability is not a new or scarcely used concept. That leaves 'magical items', such as the Star Rod, used to defeat the end boss of two games (with a couple of cameo appearances in other Ninty games) and the Rainbow Sword, used to defeat the end boss of a single game. There's no need for this information to be destroyed, but popping it into a seperate article means scrutiny, and it ain't standing up to it. QuagmireDog 14:04, 16 February 2007 (UTC)


 * Mid Keep and clean up i really dont see much reason to delete this. the information is valid and it doesnt state go left on the next corner to find a free life so its not game guide. the weapons and items are just a breif rundown. I aggree though it is a bit guideish so a clean up is in order if it does stay. Maverick423 18:17, 16 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Comment How is the information "valid"? There are no sources, which means it fails verifiability (if you point out the manual as a source, it's a synthesis of several primary sources along with original commentary and thus it fails no original research.)  Weapon and item lists tend to be the function of an instruction manual, which is also WP:NOT territory.   I would support a trim down and merge into the various game articles, but only of the ones that are significant. ColourBurst 04:31, 17 February 2007 (UTC)


 * Merge per Pak21. Guide guides are located three tubes over: --maclean 05:23, 17 February 2007 (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.