Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Comparison of video game console emulators

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The result was delete. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 07:10, 21 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Comparison of video game console emulators[edit]

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This article just looks like a reworked iteration of List of video game console emulators, only with the licenses added, and a BIOS list which lists the same emulators twice. I don't understand what is going on here. There is nothing to "compare", nor should there be because these programs are entirely different. Delete as duplicative. TarkusAB^talk/contrib 16:59, 14 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Perhaps you should ask what the intention is before you suggest a deletion. Will add platforms, etc. Chill. --Bawanio (talk) 17:03, 14 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - Redundant to List of video game console emulators. There's no reason for a "comparison" they're all wildly different things. It would be like creating a Comparison of vehicles article and listing a sport car, a tractor, an airplane, and a motorscooter. Yeah, sure, they all fall under motor vehicles of sorts, but who's comparing such disparate things? Sergecross73 msg me 17:26, 14 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Sergecross73: I totally disagree with you. That argument is only valid for multi-emulators (which are excluded for that reason). --Bawanio (talk) 18:26, 14 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Your unexplained dissent aside, your current format isn't even much of a "comparison" in the first place. Totally not ready to be published. I'd recommend working on it in the WP:DRAFT space, but once you clean it up to a publishable state, you'd just be left with a list of emulators. (You'll never be able to reliably source things like "emulator bios" - Wikipedia standard usable sources don't discuss things like that. And things that can't be sourced, need to be removed.) Sergecross73 msg me 18:31, 14 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Sergecross73: Sure, the BIOS section should be removed. And sections like Platform support should be added instead. --Bawanio (talk) 18:35, 14 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Agree with Sergecross. This should be incubated in draftspace if you don't want people criticizing a work in progress. Axem Titanium (talk) 02:28, 16 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Delete Wikipedia is not the appropriate place to host something like this. silvia (inquire within) 17:50, 14 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@BlankpopsiclesilviaASHs4: LMAO, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Software_comparisons --Bawanio (talk) 18:23, 14 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

WP:OTHERSTUFFEXISTS silvia (inquire within) 18:25, 14 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Video games, Computing, and Software. silvia (inquire within) 18:32, 14 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - Fails WP:NLIST as I could not find any reliable sources that make any sort of comparison between emulators. There are reliable sources that list such emulators, but as List of video game console emulators is already an article, this particular article seems unnecessary and duplicates what is notable about that article. - Aoidh (talk) 18:40, 14 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Delete fails WP:NLIST and WP:OR. Sources aren't making these comparisons and this is otherwise redundant with the other list. Jontesta (talk) 17:23, 15 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Delete other than issues pointed out by others above, this kind of article can't be fledged out without WP:SYNTH and doesn't really belong on Wikipedia. Article in its current state provides no useful information, and an entire wiki dedicated to emulation and comparisons exists to do this job. -Vipz (talk) 09:35, 16 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per others. A better comparison may be something like Comparison of consoles. Yes they're all consoles but they're very different from each other, especially when comparing consoles from different companies (for example comparing the Nintendo Switch to the Xbox Series X/S or PS5). ― Blaze Wolf^Talk_{Blaze Wolf#6545} 00:14, 17 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Blaze Wolf: Draft:Comparison of video game consoles to complement Comparison of handheld game consoles? Comparison sections like [PlayStation#Comparison]] for individual consoles exist. --Bawanio (talk) 22:40, 20 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Delete: Fails WP:NLIST and is redundant to List of video game console emulators. Wikipedia is not a game guide nor a database so this is simply WP:GAMECRUFT. Pizzaplayer219^Talk_Contribs 14:53, 18 November 2022 (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.