Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Sonic the Hedgehog 4 (disambiguation)


 * 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   delete. Spartaz Humbug! 06:50, 12 February 2010 (UTC)

Sonic the Hedgehog 4 (disambiguation)

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Disambiguation no longer needed with new game announced with this precise title. None of the entries in the disambig would be confused by anyone. Sonic1986 (talk) 20:20, 4 February 2010 (UTC) Delete. Agreed. --Yuefairchild (talk) 21:45, 4 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of video game related deletion discussions. (Search video game sources) MrKIA11 (talk) 20:48, 4 February 2010 (UTC)

Delete per nom. Alan -  talk  21:45, 4 February 2010 (UTC)

Redirect to Sonic the Hedgehog 4 like it was before. I only changed it back from a redirect because I figured there should be a discussion on the talk pages (however this AFD was made before said discussion could take place). SNS (talk) 21:59, 4 February 2010 (UTC)
 * I wouldn't have thought keeping a redirect served much purpose, as no-one is going to land on the disambiguation page from a search or by typing it in directly. Sonic1986 (talk) 22:22, 4 February 2010 (UTC)


 * Delete per nom. (I can't really think of anything else to say.) DitzyNizzy (aka Jess) &#124; (talk to me) &#124; (What I've done)  22:53, 4 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Speedy Delete per G6 criteria -- page has zero use, time to axe it. --Teancum (talk) 23:40, 4 February 2010 (UTC)
 * A pirate cart and several games that some people incorrectly refer to as Sonic the Hedgehog 4. Not needed. Since the game seems to be episodic it's not inconceivable that someone could expect a disambiguation page to cover all the episodes, so I think a redirect to Sonic the Hedgehog 4 may be appropriate. Reach Out to the Truth 15:12, 5 February 2010 (UTC)
 * But how would you end up at the disambig link in the first place? --Teancum (talk) 16:22, 5 February 2010 (UTC)
 * By making an assumption that there would be one. I don't know if someone actually would make that assumption, but it's a possibility. My initial !vote was going to be to delete, but I reconsidered when I thought about what someone might possibly expect a disambiguation page to contain. I don't really care either way though. Reach Out to the Truth 18:12, 5 February 2010 (UTC)


 * Keep. The article's purpose could be rephrased as "What's the next game in the series after Sonic 3?", which has multiple answers. The series order is potentially confusing; from what I understand some games are thick with continuity ties to previous ones while other games ignore continuity entirely. Also, I've done a lot of lurking on Sonic fansites and this is the first I've heard that Sonic Crackers was never legitimately thought or expected to be Sonic 4. --DocumentN (talk) 18:38, 5 February 2010 (UTC)
 * To the best of my knowledge, the Sonic 4/Sonic Crackers connection was due to HIGH SCORE! The Illustrated History of Electronic Games having an article on the history of Sonic games, wherein they presented an image of the Sonic Crackers proto and labeled it Sonic 4. -- Jelly Soup (talk) 05:25, 11 February 2010 (UTC)


 * Keep. As DocumentN stated above... it took Sega sixteen years to do a proper sequel to S3K... what's happened since 1994? Windows 95 came out, the internet burst onto the scene, the millennium caused many people to worry about the Y2K bug, September 11th and the subsequent wars started by it...  Besides, many games were either considered "sonic 4" or even had that name within them (like sonic crackers, the Knuckles Chaotix prototype). RingtailedFox • Talk • Contribs 21:07, 5 February 2010 (UTC)
 * I don't understand your first point, but with regards the second, someone has integrated the more important games that could conceivably be mistaken for Sonic 4 into the Sonic 4 article itself, thus rendering this disambig. unnecessary. 212.225.113.32 (talk) 21:26, 5 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Since that information was moved to the article by cut & paste, doesn't this mean by default the history needs to be retained because of GFDL? There's a reason why this template exists SNS (talk) 02:42, 7 February 2010 (UTC)


 * Delayed delete &mdash; an amalgamation of fandom and people's own ideas of what "Sonic 4" means; once the game is released, there should be little confusion. DKqwerty (talk) 03:01, 6 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete &mdash; I don't see how 3D, Adventure, or Triple Trouble could really be confused with Sonic 4. They're known by the own names, especially in the case of Triple Trouble, which is Sonic & Tails 2 in some areas. A passing mention of S&K and Crackers in the main article, S&K in the intro even, would be appropriate. The Speedy Gonzales pirate could be mentioned in a trivia note. But not a redirect. - MK (t/c) 01:43, 7 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete - I can't imagine anyone making those mistakes as to what Sonic 4 really is. It's existence probably confuses more than it helps. Sergecross73 (talk) 20:51, 9 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete It seems like it would be best this way, and most of those games seem like just a fans conjecture rather than useful information. Also I think anyone searching for Sonic the Hedgehog 4 will be looking for Sonic the Hedgehog 4, not any of these other games.
 * Delayed Delete As above. Let's not rush things. Gatemansgc (talk) 01:38, 12 February 2010 (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.