Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of Weapons in the Resident Evil Outbreak Series


 * 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 of the debate was delete both. Proto /// type  12:23, 4 July 2006 (UTC)

List of Weapons in the Resident Evil Outbreak Series and List of weapons in Resident Evil 4
Similar to the AFD on Weapons of Doukutsu Monogatari, these to articles are lists of items in a video game, and wholly game-guide content (something Wikipedia is not), including suggested use of each item and secret uses and such. - A Man In Bl♟ck (conspire | past ops) 07:24, 27 June 2006 (UTC)
 * I don't quite see how it differs from the other articles in its categories (Resident Evil weapons, Computer and video game weapons, and even Fictional firearms to some extent). &mdash;Lamentation ( 07:38, 27 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Well, I guess I have a lot of AFDing to do, then. As for this article, the existence of other articles that aren't up to snuff doesn't exactly justify this one. - A Man In Bl♟ck (conspire | past ops) 07:43, 27 June 2006 (UTC)
 * I looked at List of weapons in Resident Evil 4, and it has exactly the same problems and is fairly closely related, so I added it to this AFD. - A Man In Bl♟ck (conspire | past ops) 07:46, 27 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete per WP:NOT and WP:INN. SM247 07:54, 27 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete all, Wikipedia is not a strategy guide. --Coredesat talk 08:26, 27 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete using the Omega 19 Multi-Barrelled Deletion Ray (see my fascinating article List of fictional weapons used at Articles For Deletion. A must for mouth breathers.) -- GWO
 * Keep . If the article consists of too much game-guide content, remove it, but don't delete the article itself. --FrostyBytes 12:19, 27 June 2006 (UTC)
 * If I remove all the game-guide content, we're left with "This is a pipe" and "This is a handgun" and "This is a crutch." Not exactly encyclopedic. - A Man In Bl♟ck (conspire | past ops) 12:29, 27 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Among other things, that's what the article explains. It lists where the weapons are available, what their effects are, and which real world guns they're based on. I have purposefully revised edits of the RE4 weapons article in order to keep all and any game-guide content out of it.--FrostyBytes 00:28, 28 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Could you show me where the game-guide content is? I don't seem to be able to spot it. --FrostyBytes 22:12, 28 June 2006 (UTC)
 *  It lists where the weapons are available, what their effects are,
 * That is game-guide content. - A Man In Bl♟ck (conspire | past ops) 23:05, 29 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Ah, I see your point now. Delete, then. But the weapons will then need a short listing in the main article, which I feel like doing myself. --FrostyBytes 07:30, 30 June 2006 (UTC)


 * Delete per nom. Recury 13:35, 27 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Merge into Resident Evil Outbreak and Resident Evil 4, respectively, as per WP:FICT. Shimmin 14:07, 27 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep What? A Guide? Secret Uses? I looked and they arn't none there. I Agree that the article needs shortening (This is a bent pipe etc) but Not Deleting. John Z. Delorean 15:37, 27 June 2006 (UTC) 16:37, 27 June 2006 (BST)
 * Keep I think it has a reason to be here. Even if it is long. And it's very useful. A must-have for all of the Resident Evil Outbreak Community. Keep it. Besides, i had also found your page for Final Fantasy VII through a search, and that page had an entire walkthrough. Keep this, Keep this, Keep this. peter piper
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Japan-related deletions.   -- ··· 日本穣 ? · Talk  to Nihonjo e  19:39, 27 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom. ··· 日本穣 ? · Talk to Nihonjo e  19:39, 27 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom. HotWings 20:06, 27 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete listcruft, fancruft KleenupKrew 20:26, 27 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete both unencyclopedic. Good for gamefaqs.com but not here. &mdash;  Ed Gl  21:15, 27 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete. Wikipedia is not a game guide. '  (Feeling chatty? ) (Edits!) 21:26, 27 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete both. Sorry to the People who think these Articles are useful, but mere Usefulness is not a Criterion for keeping an Article, which is why this Site is not called Wikiphonedirectory. All this Information is readily available on GameFAQs, so there is no Need for us to have it here. &mdash; Haeleth Talk 21:51, 27 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete - gamecruft. Artw 23:33, 27 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom. - Wickning1 23:54, 27 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep or Merge, Not sure why people think this is a strategy guide, at the very least it should be merged into the Resident Evil 4 article, albeit in a shortened form. I don't think you can read in any strategy guide that the Red 9 was based upon a WW2 variant of the Mauser C-96 pistol or the rocket launcher was modeled after the Russian RPG 7 .--Banana! 21:47, 29 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Comment Most guides on GameFAQs begin with lists of items/weapons/powerups/combos, that's why it reads like a part of a strategy guide. It sounds like the interesting information you mentioned would make a good paragraph in the main RE article.. 'Many weapons in the game are based upon real weapons, for instance...' - Wickning1 14:15, 30 June 2006 (UTC)


 * Keep - It certainly needs some tweeking regarding punctuation and grammar, perhaps a shaving or rephrasing of some information, too, but this is hardly a strategy guide. Granted, it is large, and the only reason my only contribution to this page has been the addition of the names of the actual weapons these models are based on is because I'd probably end up making the article even larger if I started on the descriptions. Regardless of its shortcomings, this article is informative to those interested in the "Outbreak" series. It should be edited, not entirely deleted. Gamer Junkie 00:44, 30 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete both' or transwiki to a game wiki. Cruft. --Kunzite 01:50, 1 July 2006 (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.