Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of Nintendo DS downloadable games


 * 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  d elete. - Mailer Diablo 02:57, 22 May 2007 (UTC)

List of Nintendo DS downloadable games
List lacking any meaning. This is better suited to creating a category (like Category:Nintendo DS games with downloadable demos) or not being mentioned at all. The previous version is also unneeded. Any such multiplyaer mentions should be mentioned in the article itself, not shoved into another article. hbdragon88 02:55, 17 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete Save it for a gamer site. Arbitrary list. the_undertow talk  05:37, 17 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete This list is sourced, yes, but the source is a Nintendo list. Why does WP need to copy that list information as a distinct article?  I say it does not. Charlie 08:55, 17 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Comment - What exactly does "games that allow download play" even mean? If it just means wireless, then how is it different from List of Nintendo DS Wi-Fi Connection games ? Tarc 15:07, 17 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete; it is different from a list of games you can play over the Wi-Fi Connection, since that requires you both have a copy of the game and is done via the Internet, whereas Download Play allows one player to share a limited copy of the game with someone else locally. Nevertheless, a list such as this isn't necessary - a category would be better suited if we want the information, or else it should just be mentioned in the articles of the relevant games (which currently aren't even wikilinked..) Furthermore, although it's not a reason for deletion, I dispute the list's accuracy; I'm sure I know of at least two Download Play games which are not on it. -- Mithent 23:38, 17 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Ok, I see the difference, then. A "Download play? (Y/N)" column be added to the List of Nintendo DS Wi-Fi Connection games perhaps, but that may be making it a bit too wide. Tarc 18:01, 18 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep and go back to an old revision. It used to have meaning, way back before some user decided that it was full of "Game Guide Content" that doesn't belong in Wikipedia, then somebody else took out all of the content with the exception of game names in response. It was useful back when people could use it to see how well the Nintendo DS Download Play was supported at the moment, and how it compared to other wireless play options. Admittedly, it's probably going to get deleted, but I much prefer this than the cowardly "redirect to Nintendo DS" that was going on. Rahga 16:45, 18 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Cowardly? How about "simple and clean"? Is there some reason why every single action on Wikipedia should be overcomplicated by default? Additionally, what you described would be a game guide - to show people that the Download Play was being supported, and for comparison's sake to other games with wireless multi-player options? - A Link to the Past (talk) 18:30, 20 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Perhaps you're misunderstanding the term game guide? It's not general information about a set of games; it's a detailed description of how to play a particular game. The latter is indeed forbidden, but the former can be covered in the same way we cover other kinds of products. William Pietri 21:53, 20 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Lists-related deletions.  -- Pax:Vobiscum 15:02, 20 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete. Total and utter game guide content. - A Link to the Past (talk) 18:30, 20 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete Wikipedia is not a product catalog. Pax:Vobiscum 21:27, 20 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Comment. I'm staying out of this one, as I'm not a big gamer or game article editor. However, I do note superficially similar lists at List of Nintendo DS Wi-Fi Connection games and List of PlayStation Portable Wi-Fi games, both of which seem to be useful articles that meet core policy. For me the question is whether this particular slicing of the data is useful to our readers. William Pietri 21:53, 20 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Comment. I'm staying out of this one, as I'm not a big gamer or game article editor. However, I do note superficially similar lists at List of Nintendo DS Wi-Fi Connection games and List of PlayStation Portable Wi-Fi games, both of which seem to be useful articles that meet core policy. For me the question is whether this particular slicing of the data is useful to our readers. William Pietri 21:53, 20 May 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.