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. While this may a notable concept, the article was mostly original research and/or a synthesis of ideas not conveyed by the attached sources. No prejudice against recreation as a redirect to some appropriate target article. Beeblebrox (talk) 22:50, 29 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Button mashing[edit]

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This article is simply a definition of a neologism and says itself that it is "slang for gamers". PROD was removed due to the fact that the article is "longstanding", which does not address the cause for deletion. _{ZXCVBNM (TALK)} 12:44, 21 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of video game related deletion discussions. MrKIA11 (talk) 13:35, 21 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Delete, fails WP:NOTE, no reliable sources discuss the topic in general. Polarpanda (talk) 14:41, 21 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - lots of original research going on here. Though the term itself may be notable, it's probably better suited as a redirect towards some article that talks about styles of gaming or something similar. --Teancum (talk) 16:15, 21 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Delete While cleared a noted concept within gaming itself, there's never much to say about it besides "Button mashing" - the name says it all. Plenty of reliable sources mention it, but nothing I've found nothing ever actually discusses it as the notable subject. button mashing says it all. ~ Amory (u • t • c) 16:31, 21 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Dictionary definition, concrete origin and definition, no way could it possibly be discussed in an encyclopedic fashion. Ten Pound Hammer, his otters and a clue-bat • ^{(Many otters • One bat • One hammer)} 19:58, 21 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - Per WP:OR. It's a well-known term, but wikipedia is not a dictionary. 21:32, 21 January 2010 (UTC)
Delete Wikipedia is not a (slang) dictionary. Andrew Lenahan - Starblind 00:43, 22 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Merge- Fails WP:OR and WP:V, I guess you could say it fails WP:N but that guideline isnt very important. Probably merge it here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_game_culture#Slang_and_terminology And simply use the one referennce on the button mashing article to reference it. Sincerely Subzerosmokerain (talk) 01:59, 22 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I don't see a point in merging. The lone source is fishy at best, and the term is self explanatory to the point of not warranting a mention anywhere. Ten Pound Hammer, his otters and a clue-bat • ^{(Many otters • One bat • One hammer)} 04:24, 22 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I don't know about a merge, but I'd be fine with a Redirect in that case. --Teancum (talk) 15:24, 22 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. The article seems to have a long, detailed history that has netted it one source that is still linked to. Considering that I was still in high school when this article went up...that's bad. I'm not opposed to tagging for rescue, but the article has been tagged for almost a year...and while we may not have a formal deadline, I'd say that after nearly half a decade in existence and after being tagged for as long as it has been, it's time to let this one go.Tyrenon (talk) 11:42, 22 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - notable concept, discussed in academic literature. --Malkinann (talk) 10:08, 24 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- Really? Where? Polarpanda (talk) 12:22, 24 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  - I've had a go at incorporating some of these references to button mashing in the article itself. --Malkinann (talk) 18:45, 24 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per above. References are good but that only means the referenced stuff should go in another article. Chutznik (talk) 01:14, 29 January 2010 (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.