Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Gargoyles (World of Darkness)
- 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. MBisanz talk 00:28, 17 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
- Gargoyles (World of Darkness) (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View log · Stats)
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I am also nominating the following related pages because the same issues apply to all of them:
- Baali (World of Darkness) (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Blood Brothers (World of Darkness) (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Cainite Heresy (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Cainite History (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Cappadocian (World of Darkness) (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Childe (World of Darkness) (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Clans and Bloodlines in Vampire: The Masquerade (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Diablerie (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Followers of Set (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Gangrel (Old World of Darkness) (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Masquerade Lore (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
- Vampire (World of Darkness) (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)
I found these pages in Category:Vampire: The Dark Ages, which was nominated for discussion at WP:CFD 2013 February 8. All of them have the same terminal failing: they demonstrate absolutely zero notability. Some of these articles are entirely unreferenced; most of the rest are some referenced to the publications of the publisher of the game Vampire: The Masquerade; and some also have a few refs to fansites and other unreliable sources. In no case did I find any reference which met any of our criteria for establishing notability.
These pages appear to be an attempt to create on Wikipedia a partial manual for the games concerned, contrary to WP:NOTMANUAL. This amount of non-notable detail is not encyclopedic, and while it may belong on a fansite, it does not belong on Wikipedia. --BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 01:26, 9 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
- See also related discussion at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Clan (World of Darkness). --BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 01:27, 9 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
- Note: This debate has been included in the list of Games-related deletion discussions. BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 01:29, 9 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
- Delete all These lack notability and reliable third-party coverage. The articles also tend to focus entirely on the in-game issues and do not show how these things are notable in a larger context.John Pack Lambert (talk) 05:13, 9 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
- Delete all - per the excellent reasoning laid out by BrownHairedGirl. Jerry Pepsi (talk) 18:56, 11 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
- Delete - Albeit invoking WP:NOTMANUAL is wholly inappropriate here (nothing in the articles serve as a manual; fictional elements of games can be cited so long as they are sourced and appropriately edited), they lack independent reliable sources and thus do not meet WP:GNG - Sangrolu (talk) 19:33, 11 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
- 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.