Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of multiplayer video games

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The result was delete. Categorization may be done if desired. Singu larity 06:55, 21 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

List of multiplayer video games[edit]

Listcruft, pure and simple. From the article: "In general, a "list of X" should only be created if X itself is a legitimate encyclopedic topic that already has its own article. The list should originate as a section within that article, and should not be broken out into a separate article until it becomes so long as to be disproportionate to the rest of the article. It is very appropriate for the article on Zoology to include a list of important zoologists within it, and for the article on the fictional series character Rick Brant to include a list of the Rick Brant books." Note, however, that this is just a list of multiplayer video games, which cannot optimally include all multiplayer games (essentially every video game today has a multiplayer component. In addition, the list provides no expansion or critical commentary: every one of these game's articles could and should note the multiplayer aspect. Delete, and if desired, categorize into Category:Multiplayer games or something like that. David Fuchs^(talk) 14:16, 16 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Comment. I hope that you don't mind, but I fixed your nomination statement; it was placing this AfD discussion into the category, rather than linking to it. — TKD::Talk 14:22, 16 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete way too loose of an inclusion criteria, thus resulting in a list of loosely associated items. Also think this should be replaced with a category, so we can weed out the not so notable ones Corpx 16:43, 16 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete, per WP:NOT#INFO, could be served by a category, however. Nenyedi • ^{(Deeds•Talk)} 16:44, 16 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Categorize and delete. I agree that this attribute isn't conducive to a manageable list. Aside from that, there's not really a whole lot of useful annotation that makes a list preferred to a category: Most useful text belongs in either multiplayer game, a general article about a specific genre of multiplayer games, or individual game articles. — TKD::Talk 16:50, 16 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - Listcruft. That list seems useless and difficult to maintain. TheInfinityZero 16:57, 16 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. This is an indiscriminate collection of information, not to mention a loosely-associated list and a collection of internal links. This list is impossible to maintain, especially with PC games being on the list. A category would be much better. Useight 18:20, 16 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Cruft. ¿SFGiДnts! ^{¿Complain! ¿Analyze! ¿Review!} 20:47, 16 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete as unmaintainable. Man It's So Loud In Here 22:21, 16 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete would be easier to maintain as categories, I would think. Ealdgyth | Talk 17:02, 17 August 2007 (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.