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The result was delete. JForget 00:18, 7 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

List of bad endings in games[edit]

List of bad endings in games (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View log)

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It's a list of something that there isn't even an article on. Pirate^Argh!!1! 21:44, 31 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• Comment at first this idea sounded wholly subjective to me, but i didnt realize that games could truly "end" badly, rather than the main character just dying prematurely (to me that means you didnt reach the end of the game). if this concept truly exists, which it seems to, a small article here makes sense, but the list of bad endings, beyond a few highly notable examples (which are...?), must be deleted as nonnotable. i can only see specific bad endings mentioned here that have been talked about outside the world of fandom, say a star wars, super mario or other major game bad ending which got media attention. being unrefed is a huge problem. i checked, some of the game articles linked to do include bad outcomes in plot summaries, but again, that would be appropriate only in the game article unless the ending was notable (famous, weird, controversial, used in a movie adaption, lindsay lohan personally comes to your door to slap you, etc).Mercurywoodrose (talk) 21:57, 31 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I understand the concept, but I've no references to there being a term coined before hand, so at best this is original research. At worst, it would be in the same category as "list of beds providing inadequate lumbar support". Pirate^Argh!!1! 22:00, 31 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Agreed. Such a list is overly broad, and their is no set criteria for it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Fetchcomms (talk • contribs) 22:38, 31 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete. This is trivial listcruft at best. RobJ1981 (talk) 13:08, 1 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete Too much cruft, no references at all. Warrah (talk) 22:30, 1 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• Note: This debate has been included in the list of video game related deletion discussions. MrKIA11 (talk) 18:02, 2 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete, its an overly broad topic as stated by above users. Whilst normally I would avoid the "unmaintainable" and "unusable" list arguments, in this case I cannot see how it will be beneficial as it will be a list of examples with lots of original research, as there will be very few sources to cover the list. --Taelus (talk) 19:15, 2 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• Obvious delete - Cruft. Shadowjams (talk) 23:14, 2 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• Strong Delete - Gamecruft. This article also has zero verifiability since this will always be based on people's opinion, in turn making it original research. --Teancum (talk) 18:11, 3 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete Opinion/original research + gamecruft. --Pboyd04 (talk) 00:18, 4 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete POV by definition -Drdisque (talk) 03:13, 5 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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