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The result of the debate was Delete  (aeropagitica)  (talk)  06:04, 19 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

List of fighting game terms[edit]

Transwikied to Transwiki:List_of_fighting_game_terms, no longer needed in Wikipedia--Zxcvbnm 23:51, 14 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep, encylopedic, has far too much information for a dictionary. Kappa 23:53, 14 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment: It is actually a list of dictionary terms, each needs their own Wiktionary article.

Wikipedia is not a dictionary, or a usage or jargon guide. Wikipedia articles are not:

1. Dictionary definitions. Because Wikipedia is not a dictionary, please do not create an entry merely to define a term. An article should usually begin with a good definition; if you come across an article that is nothing more than a definition, see if there is information you can add that would be appropriate for an encyclopedia. An exception to this rule is for articles about the cultural meanings of individual numbers.
2. Lists of such definitions. There are, however, disambiguation pages consisting of pointers to other pages; these are used to clarify differing meanings of a word. Wikipedia also includes glossary pages for various specialized fields.
3. A usage guide, or slang and idiom guide. Wikipedia is not in the business of saying how words, idioms, etc., should be used. We aren't teaching people how to talk like a Cockney chimney-sweep. However, it may be important in the context of an encyclopedia article to describe just how a word is used in order to distinguish among similar, easily confused ideas, as in nation or freedom. In some special cases an article about an essential piece of slang may be appropriate.
   — WP:NOT

--Zxcvbnm 00:19, 15 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

• This is essentially a collection of short encylopedia articles, not just definitions. Anyway as you are aware, Wikipedia also includes glossary pages for various specialized fields. Kappa 00:48, 15 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete - Article encourages original research and the saturation of an unecyclopediac article. Wikitionary is present for a reason. -Zero^Talk 08:29, 15 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete, a true "textbook deletion". For once we specifically have a rule saying that a specific class of articles should not exist, and this article is a perfect example of that class. Next, please. Stevage 11:52, 15 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete per Zxcvbnm and Stevage. Angr (talk • contribs) 09:18, 16 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep - It covers not just terms but also elements of strategies, various glitches, and things of the like; it probably should be expanded to something like "fighting game general terms and strategies" though... right now as far as stuff like strategy content goes, it's just the basic level of it all (IE things like wavedashing are generally used as parts of strategies, but alone aren't technically a "strategy"). In short: keep, but expand it to include more than just terms at the basic level... also try to keep it from game-specific examples, and more towards things that are common or are existant in a number of fighting games. MadLordOfMilk 17:23, 16 April 2006 (UTC) **EDIT** Or, this could be moved to say Wikibooks... **/EDIT**[reply]

User only has two edits. [1] -Zero^Talk 19:26, 16 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete, Wikipedia is not gamefaqs.com or a dictionary. Stifle (talk) 23:38, 17 April 2006 (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.