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. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 07:50, 2 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

DSLink[edit]

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Tagged as unsourced since October of 2007 with no attempts to add sourcing. WP:BEFORE only turned up Github repos, forum posts, and blog posts - No reliable secondary coverage of the device. ThadeusOfNazereth(he/him)^{Talk to Me!} 17:49, 18 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

• Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Video games and Computing. ThadeusOfNazereth(he/him)^{Talk to Me!} 17:49, 18 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete - fails the GNG. Lots of this sort of junk was erroneously created back in the DS's lifespan. I've had to clean up a bunch of it. This article's shows there's still more to go. Sergecross73 msg me 19:27, 18 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Products-related deletion discussions. WCQuidditch ☎ ✎ 20:28, 18 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete Per nom. Even if there is significant coverage, there isn't enough for an article. ᴢxᴄᴠʙɴᴍ (ᴛ) 22:26, 18 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• Redirect to Homebrew_(video_games)#Nintendo_DS. I doubt new material will resurface after the page sat there for 16 years, but I like leaving the history in place, in case someone looks for this information for some other article. Owen× ☎ 22:30, 18 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

  Do we have a reliable, third party source available to even warrant a mention somewhere like this? Sergecross73 msg me 23:04, 18 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

  A mention of what? I didn't suggest a merge, and any information taken from the page's history will have to come with a RS before it can be included anywhere. But for a simple, non-disruptive redir of the term "DSLink" to another page, we don't need a source. Owen× ☎ 23:31, 18 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

  I assume you intend for it to at least have a mention at the redirect target, or it wouldn't really make any sense, or benefit the reader in any way. For it to be a valid redirect, it needs a mention in the article. To be mentioned in the article, it would need a reliable source. Sergecross73 msg me 23:45, 18 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

  Half our redirects are from a misspelling or an alternate spelling. There is no requirement for a mention at the target, and I agree with you that any such mention would require proper sourcing. The purpose of such a redir is to take a reader who only knows the product name to the article about the platform; nothing more. Owen× ☎ 23:57, 18 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

  This is not a misspelling or alternate spelling though. What is the purpose of redirecting "DSLink" to the general homebrew article without any context or explanation? Thats too vague to be helpful. It wouldn't make any sense to the reader. Such a redirect is doomed to be deleted per a few of the points at WP:R#DELETE. Sergecross73 msg me 03:26, 19 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

  As far as I can tell, it's not mentioned or linked on any other wikiarticles other than in a navbox. HappyWith (talk) 20:29, 30 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 22:55, 25 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete per nom - I agree with User:Sergecross73 with regards to not doing a redirect, it may cause confusion if it's not mentioned, and it can't be written about without reliable sources.— Preceding unsigned comment added by Lewcm (talk • contribs)
• Delete. I didn't find any different sourcing than the nominator did, and I agree that absent of any reason to actually mention it, a redirect isn't an optimal choice. Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs ^talk 17:40, 30 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete per nom. There don't seem to be any mentions or links to it on other wiki pages other than in a navbox, so a redirect isn't necessary. HappyWith (talk) 20:30, 30 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete per nom. I'm not seeing anything else to add. Redirecting it will just end up at RfD if there's no mention at the target. And there's no reliable sourcing with which to build a mention from. -- ferret (talk) 22:21, 30 November 2023 (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.