Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Masks from The Legend of Zelda 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 was  d elete. - Mailer Diablo 09:49, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

Masks from The Legend of Zelda series

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This article violates several of Wikipedia's policies. First, it violates WP:NOT because it is an indiscriminate list of information (every mask is included here, including a few details on how to obtain some of them, which violates the gameguide aspect of WP:NOT as well). There is no out of universe information (which is against WP:ATT) and likely no chance for this (I doubt there are developer interviews geared solely toward the masks seen in two Zelda games). Additionally, the page violates WP:ATT; there are no sources attributed, and a couple cases of OR where speculation or suspected allusions are noted.

I'm certain this information is already in the Zelda Wikia; if not, and there is an agreement to transwiki and redirect to preserve edit history, then I'm fine with that. However, I posted a comment on the main article of Zelda items (Recurring weapons and items from The Legend of Zelda series) which yielded no response, so I assume that means nobody is interested in turning this part of Wikipedia into a section of an encyclopedia, not a walkthrough or overly detailed database. I appreciate the effort people placed into this article, so again, if someone wants to transwiki and redirect the article (if mask info is not already in the Zelda Wikia), then that would be even better than pure deletion. &mdash; Deckiller 06:28, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

I am also adding this article to the AfD for the same reasons: Masks, weapons and items from The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask. We don't normally have subarticles for all the items in a game (look at the Final Fantasy FAs for a good example), not to mention the policy issues previously explained. Because the main page is already detailed enough in terms of gameplay, a merger is unnecessary. &mdash; Deckiller 06:32, 1 April 2007 (UTC)


 * Delete both (or, per nom, transwiki if appropriate), a pretty clear-cut case of Wikipedia is not a game guide. Krimpet (talk/review) 07:10, 1 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete all per nom. Don't forget to delete the fair use images too. MER-C 09:14, 1 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been added to the list of CVG deletions. — Kaustuv Chaudhuri 13:55, 1 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete all. The nom pretty much said it all. If a home can be found in another wiki or at wikia then that is always better than just getting rid of it though. Regarles, it doesn't belong here NeoFreak 16:08, 1 April 2007 (UTC)
 * These articles are nice work, but they belong in a better place like StrategyWiki, not Wikipedia. And it's not like there are millions of other sites out there that will give even more details on them. ~Entegy 02:48, 3 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete (or merge/redirect/transwiki). Pretty much unsalvageable game guide stuff. I think anything of any merge-value has probably already been extensively written about in the earlier histories of the other Zelda articles, so I doubt there is any unique content here. Note that there was a previous discussion regarding the Majora's Mask article. --- RockMFR 05:10, 5 April 2007 (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.