Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Dogs (Call of Duty)

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The result was merge to Call of Duty (series). King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 03:50, 20 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Dogs (Call of Duty)[edit]

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Article about a minor feature in a video game. I don't see it as having any inherent notability, not even as a pop-culture phenomenon. I can't ever see us having an article on the dogs in Call of Duty. Wikipedia is not a game guide. There's also a question of sourcing; all we've got right now is a Wikia page, which typically aren't considered reliable sources. The content itself seems to be well-written, it just doesn't belong in an encyclopedia. Fortunately, that Wikia page does exist, so we don't need to worry about transferring content elsewhere. That Wikia page even comes up first for a Google search. —DragonHawk (talk|hist) 01:50, 13 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Delete Interesting and worth including somewhere onthe internet, but doesn't meet this encyclopedia's guidelines. ChildofMidnight (talk) 06:36, 13 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Merge Perhaps it should be given a single sentence or even a single clause in the Call of Duty article? --TheGrimReaper 13:42, 13 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- In general, I have no objection to merge. Looking at the current state of affairs, Call of Duty (series) is basically an overview of the various releases. Each game release has its own article. There's not much coverage of tactics/weapons in any of the articles. Perhaps there should be some kind of common "Gameplay elements in the Call of Duty series" article; perhaps not. Any which way, I don't see us getting into that much detail about the dogs, which are apparently a quite minor feature. —DragonHawk (talk|hist) 22:27, 13 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of video game related deletion discussions. MrKIA11 (talk) 01:48, 14 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - This might be of note as 1-2 sentences either the series article or one of the game articles, but as an article it fails WP:GAMETRIVIA and has no reliable sources. --Teancum (talk) 13:01, 15 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Merge and delete - Complete violation WP:GAMEGUIDE and WP:GAMETRIVIA. I think you may even have gotten away with a PROD there. Features of video games don't get their own articles, unless they're particularly notable for some reason (actually, the only one I can think of is Hot Coffee minigame controversy, but I don't know if this counts). Considering it exists in several games, a redirect would be tricky, so I'd suggest adding in a sentence or two about it into the related article (if it doesn't already exist). The Call of Duty (series) article doesn't have a "Common gameplay elements" section or anything, it's really just an overview of the games released. Even if there was, I think it'd be to minor a feature. Sorry for the length of this !vote, Lord Spongefrog, (I am Czar of all Russias!) 21:56, 19 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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