Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of Top Down View Games


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The result was   delete. X clamation point  01:51, 31 March 2009 (UTC)

List of Top Down View Games

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Unencyclopedic, no reason to have a list specifically for top view video games.  C T J F 8 3 Talk 19:52, 26 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of video game related deletion discussions. MrKIA11 (talk) 23:12, 26 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete better as category --M ASEM (t) 23:16, 26 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Why is that better? A category wouldn't give the platform, developer, release dates etc. Nerfari (talk) 23:54, 26 March 2009 (UTC)
 * If it were a true genre of video games (like first-person shooter), then I can reasonably see a list being helpful because being a similar playstyle, one can use the list to track how the genre changed over time or the major publishers for it. But a list of games that are related not by play style but by a choice of presentation is not helpful.  We might as well have a list of sprite-based games, a list of games that use 3D, etc.  A category is fine, since it is a valid aspect of the video game presentation, but not for a list. --M ASEM  (t) 18:04, 30 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete, too broad/indiscriminate, and not well-defined. Depending on interpretation could easily contain somewhere between one and two-thirds of all video games ever created. Nifboy (talk) 01:14, 27 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete, Nerfari is correct in saying that a category isn't better over a list with this amount of information, but especially in the early computer days, most games would be of this nature. A list of this kind would soon grow too large with little advantages from having it in the first place. (If it is kept for some reason, someone should find out its proper name and retitle it). - Mgm|(talk) 10:11, 27 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep, 'no reason to have a list specifically for top view video games' - it's not too broad as it only covers games that have birds eye view perspective.. a lot of the old games are side-view games. This list is for people who are interested & like top-down view games... similarly to people who like first-person shooters, third-person shooters, or side-scrollers. Ah-ha found the correct category Category:Video_games_by_graphical_style and Top-down_perspective. Hmm.. so this should be a category than a table like Category:Video_games_with_isometric_graphics ? Andwan0 (talk) 12:52, 27 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Just because we have categories that you mentioned, doesn't mean they belong on Wikipedia.  C T J F 8 3 Talk 00:15, 28 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete. Original research based around a broad, largely unverifiable and subjective context. Haipa Doragon (talk • contributions) 02:16, 30 March 2009 (UTC)


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