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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. Can't sleep, clown will eat me 06:23, 2 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

GTF Apollo[edit]

Wikipedia doesn't need an article for every ship in Freespace. That would be excessively indiscriminant information. Wikipedia is also not a game guide and still an encyclopedia. Fails WP:V as no independent reliable sources have written on the subject. Also listing...

Delete as unencyclopedic. Wickethewok 15:22, 24 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

  • There's already List of ships in the FreeSpace universe, but I don't think we really want to see the biggest article in the world filled with indiscriminant information, dozens of claimed fair use images, and original research. Just because information is merged, doesn't mean it doesn't have to meet WP:V/WP:RS. Wickethewok 16:35, 24 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
It's a computer game, in a notable series, from a notable publisher. If somebody wants to source the information, the official game guide exists, as well as the game itself (which is a suitable source for simply factual matters from a game, book, or other such work, IMHO) so it's not a real problem for this article, or for any of the other computer game articles. Now that said, I agree that it seems like there are far too many articles on Freespace ships, and perhaps too much detail, but that's a cleanup problem, not an immediate deletion issue. Like I said, I prefer to merge as much as possible, though to where is an open question. Maybe it could even all be transwikied to the Freespace wiki at [1] FrozenPurpleCube 19:28, 24 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
List of ships in the FreeSpace universe should be deleted as well. See examples of other similar AFDs for reason below. —Mitaphane talk 21:43, 24 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
How about a merge to the main Freespace article ala the Wing Commander series? FrozenPurpleCube 23:04, 24 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Why? To bloat it with unsourced unencyclopedic content? No. Sandstein 05:00, 25 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete Very few fictional properties need an article for every vehicle. I've never played these games, but I'd guess that with two games and this many ships, most of them must have had a pretty small part. This aint exactly the Enterprise. Andrew Lenahan - Starblind 01:17, 25 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete. Although there is precedent for articles about fictional spacecraft, I don't think that the GTF Apollo has reached a comparable level of cultural recognition as, say, the X-wing or the Arwing. --Alan Au 03:13, 25 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete - Poster child of indiscriminate info, a walled garden as who other than a Freespace fan is going to look this up? The Kinslayer 09:19, 25 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete Mukadderat 17:44, 25 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete fancruft of a bunch of things that don't exist. Carlossuarez46 20:33, 26 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
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