Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Next King of 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 was speedy close without prejudice against relisting. This was the work of a banned user's sockpuppet.— Ryūlóng ( 竜 龍 ) 02:53, 3 February 2007 (UTC)

The Next King of Games

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Incomplete / procedural listing. See nomination below. My opinion is Neutral. Navou  banter  17:45, 31 January 2007 (UTC)

Additional pages included in this nomination
 * Nomination begins below
 * 1) The Graduation Match, Part 1
 * 2) The Graduation Match, Part 2
 * 3) Back to Duel
 * 4) Champion or Chazz-been
 * 5) A Lying Legend
 * 6) Hearts are Wild
 * 7) Let's Make a Duel!
 * 8) Blinded by the Light, Part 2

There's a number of Yu-gi-Oh articles that say nothing except a plot summary (something just a one sentence long summary), an info box, and sometimes a cast list (indiscriminate collection of information, what Wikipedia is WP:NOT. We don't need 98+ Yu-gi-Oh GX episode articles (only a matter of time before someone makes an article similar to this one for each Yu-gi-Oh GX episode, not hard to do either) if all they're going to contain only plot summaries and an indiscriminate dump of cast information.

And has an article that does have commentary and real life context. With information which can be verified and sourced (although it currently is not). However, there is no evidence that the 120 other Yu-gi-Oh GX articles will ever reach this stage.

A scene-by-scene synopsis is something to be avoided as per Wikipedia:Centralized discussion/Television episodes

There's nothing wrong with episode articles if they're good and well developed, but that isn't the case here. Wikipedia:Centralized discussion/Television episodes says:


 * Once there's enough independently verifiable information to do so, create articles on each season, or some other logical division, of the show.
 * Once there's enough independently verifiable information included about individual episodes, spin the information from episodes out into their own articles.


 * Articles with really short summaries (short as in one-paragraph, or even one-sentence, long summaries)


 * episode 1 through 98
 * The Next King of Games
 * The Key Factor

—The preceding unsigned nomination was made by Goldendoggy (talk • contribs).
 * Merge all (with cleanup of unsourced material) to Yu-gi-Oh GX per WP:FICT, or to a season summary article if enough content can be sourced. Episode articles shouldn't exist unless there is a lot of independent (not fansite) coverage, and even then they tend toward exessive detail that doesn't help a reader understand the series.  Barno 20:37, 31 January 2007 (UTC)


 * Keep Keep, because these can be improved and the person who tagged and moved all of these pages is a vandal who needs to be blocked. Red Director 01:46, 1 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Anime and manga-related deletions.   -- Farix (Talk) 02:45, 1 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep or merge and redirect, whatever works best. Mathmo Talk 13:47, 1 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep there is no logical reason to delete this out of hand. If anything, it should be merged with the main article. TheQuandry 15:35, 1 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep, as it's possible to expand the articles and give them improvement. Raven23 05:47, 2 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep, although I admit I am biased, I created most of the Episode pages for GX and more or less oversee them now (although others edit them, which I don't mind at all). However, I do agree they can be expanded. I've considered an episode-long synopsis, but am not sure what would be needed to make them full, notable articles. Anyone who would like to discuss this with me at my talk page. Drake Clawfang 01:24, 3 February 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.