Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Zoids Restoration

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) 2006-12-28 10:34Z

Zoids Restoration

Zoids Restoration (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views)

Although a useful page for collectors, Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, not a "how-to" manual or a place to post original information not published in reliable, third party sources. This material would be excellent for a website such as Phenotype's zoids website or another fan site, but not here.

I prodded the article with the above reasoning. The article creator removed the prod and added to the talk page: "I do not believe this article is worthy of deletion. It is factual, it offers information and it can be used for reference just like all other articles on Wikipedia. Also, this is not Original Research as the techniques described within are generally well known."

I don;t believe that this addresses my original concerns, primarily that this information is not externally verified, a how-to guide, and information collated from first-party experiences (original research). There may be some obscure Japanese hobby magazine that can be used to source some of this, or some info could be merged into a sourced article on model kit repair, or the entire text could be transwikied somewhere. However, I don't think this article, in its current form, belongs on Wikipedia -- saberwyn 02:18, 23 December 2006 (UTC)

• Delete per nom. MER-C 04:12, 23 December 2006 (UTC)
• Note: This debate has been included in the list of Japan-related deletions. -- Tsxiqu 08:08, 23 December 2006 (UTC)
• Delete as there's no specific citations, just links to the official (and other fan) sites, it verges on OR; it also could be considered a game guide. SkierRMH 10:46, 23 December 2006 (UTC)
• Delete or transwiki How to manuals do |not belong on Wikipedia. The author should try Wikibooks. --Kunzite 21:57, 23 December 2006 (UTC)
• Delete Wikipedia is not a how to manual, fails WP:V. Davidpdx 12:30, 27 December 2006 (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.