Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of video game animals (2nd nomination)

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The result was delete. Dakota 03:07, 13 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

List of video game animals

Previous AfD. The concept of this list is hopeless, as animals have been a staple of video games arguably since Donkey Kong; so either you add a "notable" disclaimer (and open up WP:NPOV issues) or the list becomes unmaintainable. Frankly, I'm baffled how it was voted a Keep so strongly the first time around, so I'm throwing in my own Delete vote. Danny Lilithborne 07:44, 7 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - The list is going to hopelessly impossible to maintain! It would reach the hundreds before it even got through time to the NES! And if you leave animals out, your inviting edit wars from people who say it should be included. The Kinslayer 11:10, 7 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Delete: I agree, it's kind of baffling how it got so much support last time, but the standards have changed somewhat since. The fact that the code on the talk page is broken says something I think. I can't see any point of those page, as there's nothing like this for movies, or anything else. ♫ Melodia Chaconne ♫ 11:15, 7 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Delete as impossible to manage listcruft --Alex (Talk) 12:02, 7 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per nom. --- RockMFR 17:48, 7 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per nom. Completely unmaintainable. Resolute 21:49, 7 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Delete if only because of the spelling errors. I could accept if the intent were to cover notable characters, like Donkey Kong, Sonic, or even that Dragon, but heck, it's got a short list of the Pokemon on it. Sigh. That's just asking for trouble. Mister.Manticore 22:23, 7 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
- Comment - "if only because of the spelling errors"? If it has spelling errors, then fix them. That's no reason to delete an article. - Lex 04:30, 8 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Delete as Kinbslayer said, this list is arbitrary and not maintianable.-- danntm ^T _C 22:32, 7 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per nom. Much too broad a subject for a list, and wouldn't make a good category. Mango juice^talk 05:58, 8 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per nom, arbitrary and unmaintainable. Better served by junction of Category:Computer and video game characters and Category:Fictional animals. --wwwwolf (barks/growls) 13:06, 8 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Extremely weak keep I certainly wouldn't shed any tears if it was deleted, but I suppose it could be cleaned up and renamed "Animal protagonists in video games" or something similar. RobbieG 16:59, 8 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Keep I'm going with RobbieG's suggestion here. Rename and cleanup. Havok (T/C/c) 12:41, 9 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Keep and rename per RobbieG (I had originally expected to suggest deletion, but his comment makes sense). RFerreira 01:34, 11 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Delete or Categorise. Up next, List of video game food items. Yum! Garrett^Talk 01:20, 12 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
- Comment Pizza time! Danny Lilithborne 01:30, 12 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Delete and swift Burn it with fiar. Unsalvageable listcruft. Many games have entire casts of animal characters which would populate this list. Also, protagonists wouldn't help too much either since this article wouldn't provide any more information than a hypothetical Category:Animal protagonists in video games. Axem Titanium 21:51, 12 October 2006 (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.