Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of gaming computers


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The result was delete.  MBisanz  talk 01:54, 15 April 2017 (UTC)

List of gaming computers

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I put this up as a PROD and it was contested. However, this is still not appropriate subject matter. WP:LISTCRUFT is not official policy, but many of the common objections apply: there are no clear criteria for inclusion or exclusion in the list, the list will become dated very quickly, and if any of the members of the list are noteworthy then they should be in a category Category:Gaming computers rather than this list. It also inherently requires original research since there are no definitive third-party lists that agree as to membership in this list (or it's unverifiable). Alternatively, Wikipedia is not an indiscriminate collection of information but I think the listcruft essay does a better job explaining the issues. 49ersBelongInSanFrancisco (talk) 06:57, 7 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Delete The Wikipedia shouldn't be used as a consumer reference site, this is not encyclopedia-worthy information. ValarianB (talk) 12:00, 7 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Lists-related deletion discussions.  WC  Quidditch   &#9742;   &#9998;  23:21, 7 April 2017 (UTC)


 * Delete per WP:NOTCATALOG. Pburka (talk) 00:29, 8 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Delete inappropriate article Prevan (talk) 02:14, 8 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Delete. Nothing listed here is of any interest, and WP:NOTCATALOG clearly applies. — Gamall Wednesday Ida (t · c) 08:05, 8 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Video games-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 17:04, 9 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Computing-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 17:04, 9 April 2017 (UTC)


 * Delete As failing NOTCATALOG, essentially being OR, and WP:LISTN. -- ferret (talk) 17:11, 9 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Well, I do feel that certain machines (Alienware, for example) can be reliably sourced as "gaming computers", but this current article isn't really right for that. So redirect to gaming computer. ansh 666  18:41, 9 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Delete per above reasoning, but I would like to suggest that a List of gaming computer manufacturers would be a reasonable list. Eg no product details, but just company names that have been involved in making gaming computers that are also notable (past and present). That could be a category possibly. --M ASEM (t) 02:42, 10 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Delete - as my nom. CAPTAIN RAJU  (✉)   19:39, 13 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Delete A list without sources is useless per WP:LISTN and WP:NOTCATALOG. GeoffreyT2000 (talk) 00:21, 15 April 2017 (UTC)


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