Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of Nintendo characters (3rd nomination)


 * 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.  MBisanz  talk 23:56, 10 March 2009 (UTC)

List of Nintendo characters
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While it was kept in a previous discussion, the discussion was held more than two and a half years ago, when standards were far lower. As it stands, this list has no more use than a category does, and pretty much just has an assortment of lists that didn't warrant having their own lists and an absurd Miscellaneous section that just lists characters at random. Not only this, but it's the only article of its kind - we don't have a list of Sega characters that randomly covers Sega characters, nor do we have one for Square Enix characters. Why is Nintendo the sole exception? - The New Age Retro Hippie used Ruler! Now, he can figure out the length of things easily. 01:01, 6 March 2009 (UTC)
 * keep but remove non-bluelinked characters. Artw (talk) 01:10, 6 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of video game related deletion discussions. MrKIA11 (talk) 01:14, 6 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete. This is video game trivia/cruft at best. Transwiki to a relevant Nintendo Wiki if needed (but I would think most of those have this type of list already). RobJ1981 (talk) 01:16, 6 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Weak keep, but make into a list of lists, as already done with Lists of characters in the Fire Emblem series, and trim the excess material such as the Animal Crossing and Miscellaneous characters out. While lists and categories can and do coexist, a singular list of all Nintendo characters, in its current state, is likely unsustainable and very likely indiscriminate. Making into a list of lists would make it far more sustainable as well as discriminate. MuZemike 01:25, 6 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Repurpose per MuZemike. Makes a lot more sense than duplicating work. Nifboy (talk) 03:02, 6 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep Still useful as a single place to look, though I would rearrange in a single alphabetic sequence with the relevant works indicated. alternatively, handle as MuZemike suggests.  Usefulness is the key factor for a list. For individual characters, the individual ones in a list do not have to be notable--far from it--this is the way to handle such characters. I think consensus on these character lists has indeed changed, and we now favor keeping them as a compromise. I would suggest making an article like this for the other producers also. That we dont have one article is not reason to delete another. DGG (talk) 06:39, 6 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete, a category would be better. Second choice would be to change to a list of lists. Stifle (talk) 10:03, 6 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep Nothing wrong with the article, it just needs a cleanup. Jenuk1985  |  Talk  10:43, 6 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep based on User:MuZemike's reasoning.— S Marshall  Talk / Cont  11:41, 6 March 2009 (UTC)


 * Keep could work as others have described  Chzz  ►  16:23, 6 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Note – I have a working copy of the article in a "list of lists" form in my Sandbox. However, I am not sure as to whether lists that were merged into their parent articles should be listed or not in the list (I know that redlinks are generally not allowed in such lists). I obviously removed those now-nonexistant lists as well as the excess lists such as the Pikmin, miscellaneous list, Animal Crossing characters, and lists that were stand-alone in the page like the StarTropics characters. If it looks good, I'll revise the list in the mainspace and move it to Lists of Nintendo characters. MuZemike 18:08, 6 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete, and replace with a category which will make it redundant. LOL @ the "miscellaneous" section, the very epitome of WP:LISTCRUFT. Benefix (talk) 18:13, 6 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep but cut out minor characters that don't have pages or own section of articles. Workster (talk) 21:08, 6 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Improved (hopefully) – Implemented changes made in sandbox. MuZemike 02:30, 7 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Comment. Does this make it an actual list now or just a disambig page? Haipa Doragon (talk • contributions) 17:14, 7 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Should be a list as per the Stand-alone lists guideline as well as modeled after likewise similar lists in the lists of lists category. MuZemike 20:46, 7 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep in it's current state as a useful navigation page. I imagine it will need regularly pruning for minor charaters that slip in. Marasmusine (talk) 12:05, 9 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete What's next? A list of all the different console lists of lists of videogame characters?--Sloane (talk) 04:35, 10 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep per MuZemike and DGG. Useful and maintainable. -- Banj e  b oi   11:29, 10 March 2009 (UTC)


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 * Hey man, you have killed the List of Nintendo Characters, man, is a list, not a category, for that we need to make many list of any series, we have characters that dont have site for list, like R.O.B., DeMille, Mii, M-09 (from Future game called Proyect Hammer), Bubbles, Cupid, Dr. Lobe (from Brian Academy) and Excebike Rider... all are one characters that have name and dont have own list. Go to kill the giant List of DC comics characters, that will be fun :Sarcasm:--190.44.69.237 (talk) 13:13, 3 July 2009 (UTC)