Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Tyria

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 without prejudice against a future article on the subject, as long as such an article doesn't violate WP:WAF, WP:FICT and WP:V. --ais523 16:16, 29 June 2007 (UTC)

Tyria

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I question the need for a separate article on just a continent in a MMORPG universe. The elements of the in-game story concerning the continent are already well covered in the elaborate (almost too elaborate) plot summary in Guild Wars Prophecies. Any further detail is meaningful only to players of the game, who should be looking up information in a Guild Wars-related wiki such as the one officially maintained by the creators of the game (and linked from every Guild Wars article). For completeness in this nomination, this article also violates the following necessary points of policy and guideline:

1. The content is not reliably sourced from multiple independent sources. Thus, it is not verifiable per Wikipedia's definition of the term.
2. The content is written from an in-universe perspective, violating WP:WAF.
3. Moreover, it provides no real-world context as required by WP:FICT. For instance, there are areas of the Tyrian continent that are clearly influenced by the real world (not to mention fiction) that would be worth noting in an encyclopedic coverage on the topic, but I really doubt any of that can be reliably sourced. (I am, of course, happy to be proven wrong about this.)
4. Wikipedia is not an indiscriminate collection of information. Why is this fictional continent notable? Where has it been referenced outside the Guild Wars series and its fandom?

I recommend deletion with no prejudice against reducing to a redirect to Guild wars or Guild Wars Prophecies and merging any salvageable content (of which I found none). Eric Sandholm 00:49, 23 June 2007 (UTC)

• Delete, fails WP:FICT, end of story. Take to a Guild Wars or gaming wiki. --Dhartung | Talk 00:56, 23 June 2007 (UTC)
• Note: This debate has been included in the list of Game-related-related deletions. -- John Vandenberg 09:09, 23 June 2007 (UTC)

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.