Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Twist ending in video games

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 04:49, 19 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Twist ending in video games[edit]

Too specific, original research, whether an ending is a twist or not is opinion-related. Sdornan 19:37, 13 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Delete, original reasearch, unencyclopedic, hard to verify. Ten Pound Hammer • ^{(((Broken clamshells • Otter chirps)))} 19:38, 13 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete it's mainly just a list, and as per TenPoundHammer, it's hard to verify. Lugnuts 19:54, 13 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Unless, of course, there's a twist ending here... :-) --omtay 38 20:04, 13 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
DeleteOriginal research, and arguableness of various "twists" DurinsBane87 20:42, 13 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
~~Keep~~ Rename to "Plot devices in videogames", as a notable development in the evolution of the gaming medium. But remove the list (make it into a category). And require sourcing of statements -- for example, from books commenting on gaming culture (there are many). The article itself is reasonably cogent, but it needs more work. Tlogmer ( talk / contributions ) 20:56, 13 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete as original research. Certainly not a category. Look at all the different Plot devices. "Red herrings in video games"? "Mexcian standoffs in video games"? Marašmusïne_Talk 21:17, 13 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Good point. I changed my vote. Tlogmer ( talk / contributions ) 21:41, 13 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - the first part of this ending basically amount to "Videogames with stories can have twist endings"; something we already have an article about. The rest is an unsourced list of games purported to have a twist ending. --Haemo 02:12, 14 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per above--Sefringle^Talk 05:00, 14 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - this doesn't deserve a whole article, it is badly written, and is original research. I originally said that there should be information about video game twists in twist ending, but there already is. Mrmoocow 06:30, 14 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep if a verifiable source (you know, WP:V) declares the ending a "twist" it should be included here. Just needs major cleanup. Giggy _U^CP 04:08, 15 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- That's not the problem. The problem is two-fold: a) twist endings in video games are not in any way different from twist endings in any other medium, and b) we don't need an unmaintainable list that doesn't tell really not much anything about the particular games. If you just picked a few particularly good examples and sourced those, it'd be easy to cover in twist ending - we don't need a separate article just for video games. --wwwwolf (barks/growls) 07:54, 16 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep per giggy, needing a clean up is not a reason for deletion. Mathmo ^Talk 07:49, 16 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete as per my comment above. Can be covered elsewhere with nothing remarkable lost along the way. --wwwwolf (barks/growls) 07:54, 16 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete but re-create in my userspace please (User:Krator/VG Plot). I'll write an article on video game plots some day - enough reliable sources are available. --User:Krator (t c) 10:39, 16 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - unsourced article, unverifiable, and quite original research. Who says it's a twist? You say twist, I say 'saw it coming a mile off' DarkSaber2k 14:13, 16 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Merge - Without sources, this article can't really stand on its own. The list is unfortunately original research without sources and should be deleted. The few paragraphs of content should probably be merged into the Video game section of the Twist ending article, and then redirect this article there. (Guyinblack25 17:29, 17 July 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.