Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of non-player characters in The Sims

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. —Quarl ^(talk) 2006-12-29 06:52Z

List of non-player characters in The Sims[edit]

This is more fancruft similar to Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/List_of_pre-made_characters_in_The_Sims. Wikipedia is not an indiscriminate list of information, Wikipedia is not a game walkthrough guide. Nothing in the article asserts the notability of the characters listed (note generic "characters" such as "Babies" and "Butler" in the list). This information is probably suitable for a gaming wiki.

Additional comments: 1) This has nothing to do with the notability of The Sims, only the notability of this page. 2) I am not arguing against the idea of creating lists of notable characters in a game (there are plenty of examples of that), but there's no reason to have an infodump of non-notable characters like this. When games, TV shows, films and books have lists or pages made for specific characters, there is a good reason for it (such as the character becoming important elsewhere, influential, or a cultural icon) and there's no reason to believe that's the case here. Tarinth 16:47, 24 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Question/Discussion What policy/guideline might be applicable here. I'm not saying there is not one, just that I can't seem to locate one. However, if I see one that is applicable, I'll post within a few minutes. Navou ^talk 18:31, 24 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
- WP:V is the overriding principle (as it always has been), although WP:WAF is equally applicable: There is nothing to say about these characters that is not solely in the context of the game itself. Nifboy 03:49, 25 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Delete It appears WP:NOT#DIR is applicable here. Navou ^talk 18:33, 24 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Incidental characters fail WP:FICTION. Also there is no storyline in any of the versions of The Sims to play through. --TheFarix (Talk) 18:57, 24 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per nom. These characters are, as TheFarix stated, incidental. -- Kicking222 19:46, 24 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Wikipedia is neither a game guide or a collection of indiscriminate information.-- danntm ^T _C 21:35, 24 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Delete I can't imagine even fans coming here to look up this cruft. -Freekee 05:21, 25 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been added to the list of CVG deletions. PresN 21:21, 27 December 2006 (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.