Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Shoryuken (2nd nomination)


 * 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   redirect to Street Fighter. Will protect the redirect due to the persistent recreations and the redirects confirmation here. Davewild (talk) 19:10, 11 November 2010 (UTC)

Shoryuken
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Article was recreated after previous AFD closed as redirect. Consensus can change. But the issues that led to the previous decision have not changed. Recent precedent at Tatsumaki Senpuukyaku suggests that these kinds of game maneuvers are inappropriate for Wikipedia. But I understand each article should be considered on its own merits.

So I looked for sources. I only found passing mentions to "Shoryuken". I also found some sources talking about a line of costumes that's substantially outside the scope of this article. I'd hate to see someone WP:GAME these sources and insist that we should have an article on the costumes and try to piggyback all this stuff about the move into an article about costumes. This topic just fundamentally lacks the coverage in third-party sources to WP:VERIFYNOTABILITY. There's enough to verify its existence as a move in Street Fighter, but not enough to write an entire article that meets the WP:GNG requirement of significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject. Shooterwalker (talk) 00:43, 4 November 2010 (UTC)
 * Redirect, again It would have to be a really exceptional video game move to merit an article.  There are few examples... Fatality (Mortal Kombat) is the only one that comes to mind.  We need third party coverage about the actual topic of an article, not mere mentions in passing.  Gigs (talk) 01:59, 4 November 2010 (UTC)
 * Where are the edit summaries? This article's history is (nearly) useless to me. I'd like to see if someone unilaterally undid the redirect without discussion...  Here it is: [].  Since it was such a long time ago, speedy closure is inappropriate, so eventually redirect.  -- N  Y  Kevin  @246, i.e. 04:54, 4 November 2010 (UTC)
 * Redirect. Despite my love of Street Fighter and that I play as Ryu (Street Fighter), this is not independently notable.  There is no significant coverage in media of any kind.  It gets passing references only because Street Fighter is so awesomely notable.  -Addionne (talk) 17:41, 4 November 2010 (UTC)
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