Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Light Ball (Pokémon)

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. v/r - T P 16:42, 19 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Light Ball (Pokémon)[edit]

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Well written article, but I feel it would be more appropriate for a Pokemon themed wiki rather than Wikipedia itself. It is an item in a video game, therefore it should not get its own article TJD2 (talk) 06:48, 3 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. There aren't any good sources to keep this article and I wasn't able to find anything that would be considered reliable. The links in the article are a link to another Wikipedia entry, a link to a review that doesn't mention the item at all, and a link to a fansite. They did prove that the item exists, but not that it has notability enough to warrant keeping. At the very most this might be worth redirecting to Gameplay_of_Pokémon#Items, but I just can't find anything to show that this is all that notable of an item enough to where someone would search it on Wikipedia and there's nothing in here that really needs to or can be merged to an existing page. Like the nom said, this isn't a fansite. Tokyogirl79 (talk) 07:46, 3 December 2011 (UTC)tokyogirl79[reply]

Ok, I understand why this article should be deleted. Let's just put it in Gameplay_of_Pokémon#Items! The Pikachu Who Dared (talk) 15:46, 3 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

But what can possibly be merged? I mean, I would not include the "Different descriptions", as that's purely WP:GAMEGUIDE material, the "Conclusion" section is pure original research, and I don't know what relevance the Pokéwalker has with this item. –MuZemike 21:58, 10 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of video game-related deletion discussions. (G·N·B·S·RS·Talk) • Gene93k (talk) 17:21, 3 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 11:39, 11 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Delete: I removed this content from Gameplay of Pokémon because it was unnecessary game mechanic exposition. There is certainly not enough to have an article on this here and it is not within the scope of this website to cover. This should have been sent to WP:PROD first.—Ryulong (竜龙) 20:05, 11 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Clearly not relevant to anyone not playing the games. Shii (tock) 07:42, 12 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect - not sure where, Pokemon universe is not my field, but can't help feeling that there must be a repository of related minor articles for gameplay? --Legis (talk - contribs) 08:17, 12 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - I'm tempted to say redirect, per WP:RETAINALLPOKEMONMATERIAL, but looking at the article it is not clear that there would be a relevant redirect target. Rlendog (talk) 16:18, 19 December 2011 (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.