Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of piracy computer and video 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 of the debate was delete. They are already categorized. --Ezeu 01:36, 30 May 2006 (UTC)

List of piracy computer and video games
WP:NOT an indescriminate collection of information, and I doubt the majority of these redlinks will ever be filled in. AmiDaniel (talk) 05:41, 22 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep: List is not indiscriminate, as it pertains to Piracy themed computer and video games. Furthermore, there is no policy against having redlinks in an article. Dread Lord C y b e r S k u l l ✎☠ 05:50, 22 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Categorize and delete: We have Category:Pirate films, why not Category:Pirate computer and video games? Category:Piracy computer and video games. Nifboy 06:36, 22 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete a category would be more appropriate. Cedars 06:46, 22 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete as Listcruft Bwithh 07:08, 22 May 2006 (UTC)
 * comment: You may want to take a look at Category:Computer and video game lists to see just what is accepted. Dread Lord C y b e r S k u l l ✎☠ 07:18, 22 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom. Arbusto 09:02, 22 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Categorise and delete per Nifboy. -- saberwyn 11:16, 22 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Comment - Do we really want Category:Piracy computer and video games? Because I think that would open up another layer of needless caretaking in the CVG space.  It paves the way for categorising games by theme, and not by genre and so we could have Category:Ninja computer and video games and a whole plethora of others. - Hahnch  e  n 11:45, 22 May 2006 (UTC)
 * It has already started (to some degree) - Category:Science fiction computer and video games for instance appears to be actively used. ~ Vic Vipr 12:05, 22 May 2006 (UTC)
 * I hadn't spotted that, in which case Category:Piracy computer and video games should be in Category:Computer and video game themes and not its current one. - Hahnch e  n 12:14, 22 May 2006 (UTC)


 * Delete per nom. Vic Vipr 12:05, 22 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep. I don't agree with any of the reasons cited here to delete. The list is useful as a record of pirate-themed video games.  A category is not useful unless one has already found one of the articles.  Indiscriminate collection of information?  How so?  The list discriminates based on the titles being about pirates.  How is that not discriminate?  Aguerriero  ( talk ) 13:19, 22 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Why would it be easier to find this list than the category? —Ruud 21:18, 23 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Categorize and delete per above. Let's say somebody's on the Monkey Island series's page, and they say to themselves, "Hmm... what other games are about pirates?" They're never going to search "List of piracy computer and video games," but if they see the category at the bottom of the page, they'll definitely click on it. -- Kicking222 14:11, 22 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Categorise and delete per Nifboy. jgp 17:15, 22 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete per nomination. I'm wholly against creating more lists based on subgenres.  That's walking the plank towards lists of computer and video games that have a pretty dolphin in them.  A category would be fine though, Kicking222 has an excellent point.  Argh, maties!--Isotope23 17:24, 22 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Categorize and delete. Would make an excellent category. Docether 17:58, 22 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Categorize and delete per above. -- stubblyh ea d | T/c 18:34, 22 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete, textbook category situation. Lord Bob 00:06, 23 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep. List is quite useful for people who want a fairly complete round-up of pirate related games in one place. Plus there is great potential for expansion. Category serves no purpose at all and should be deleted. -- JJay 00:09, 23 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete. Indiciminate collection of information + per Kicking222. Weak do not categorise per Hahnchen. —Ruud 21:18, 23 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete. A list can be useful for discovering games, films, etc. which do not have an article. For the most part, this seems to be done on the level of "List of games on system X", not on theme. This might be more appropriate as part of a larger article (see Cyberpunk, for example). --Lucian Gregory 12:40, 24 May 2006 (UTC)
 * delete as per above Wombdpsw 05:53, 25 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Comment If this survives AFD can the title be changed? I thought "piracy" refeerred to stealing, not pirates.  I suggest "list of pirate computer games" or something to avoid that distinction. Hbdragon88 22:45, 25 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been added to the list of CVG deletions. Dread Lord C y b e r S k u l l ✎☠ 11:22, 26 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete, listcruft. Pavel Vozenilek 20:33, 26 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete Wikipedia is not an indescriminate collection of information. --Starionwolf 06:49, 27 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep reasonable list of computer games.  Grue   07:25, 27 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Categorise and Delete, not an article, hence NOT in the article namespace. GarrettTalk 08:05, 27 May 2006 (UTC)
 * comment: I don't know what article you are talking about but the list of piracy computer and video games is in the article namespace. Dread Lord C y b e r S k u l l ✎☠ 22:33, 27 May 2006 (UTC)
 * What I meant was that it isn't as such an article so shouldn't be in the article namespace. GarrettTalk 22:29, 29 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete this article has no real content and is mostly an indiscriminate list that could be better employed as a category. Kyle sb 10:46, 29 May 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.