Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/EAthena (2nd nomination)

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 of the debate was Delete and redirect per discussion here and previous AFD. If anybody wants a copy of the deleted text because they feel there's something to merge, just drop a request on my talk page. kingboyk 15:18, 21 March 2006 (UTC)

EAthena

Previously AfDd here, the consensus to redirect lasted nearly two weeks before someone subverted it by re-creating the article at a different location. Scores reasonably high on Google test, as you'd expect given the obsessive nature of online gamers, but orders of magnitude lower than Ragnarok Online, the merge target at last AfD. Contains unsupported assertions (whaere is the proof that it is "the most widely used Ragnarok Online server emulator known today"? And in what way is that proof of notability? Should I write an article for my work shoes on the basis that they are my most widely used pair of shoes?), but most of all I am just sick to death of the constant re-creation after deletion or redirect of articles on trivial subjects for which a 100% informative treatment can be found at the website which pops up at the top of the Google list. This is supposed to be an encyclopaedia, not a directory of every concept peripherally related to online gaming. However, the thing may have gronw since the last AfD and I don't want a revert war ove re-establishing the redirect, so I bring it back here. Just zis Guy you know? 09:43, 12 March 2006 (UTC)

• Delete/Redirect. That is Delete and re-establish redirect. The difference in content between old and new articles are very similar, so the old AfD result should stand. It is very hard to assume good faith in that it was accidental or misguided, and not an attempt to get past the original AfD result.--Blue520 10:14, 12 March 2006 (UTC)
• Delete but (maybe) include in the See Also at Ragnarok Online. --CrypticBacon 11:33, 12 March 2006 (UTC)
• Delete and redirect per all above. --Terence Ong 16:55, 12 March 2006 (UTC)
• Neutral eAthena is infact one of the more widely used RO emulators. Whether or not it deserves its own article I am not sure. It would meet WP:SOFTWARE if you include the players of the server as users instead of only servers. Their forum has over 25,000 registered users. kotepho 20:33, 12 March 2006 (UTC)
• Merge, sounds like it deserves mention, but not its own article. ProhibitOnions 12:34, 13 March 2006 (UTC)
• Merge, it contains information not found in Ragnarok Online and is of note in that it is a very widely used and popular emulator.

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.