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The result was delete. -- Cirt (talk) 03:50, 9 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

List of gangs in the Grand Theft Auto series[edit]

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I should have made a group nomination instead, but despite it making an attempt at third party sources rather than throw in a bunch of character quotes, it still suffers from failing WP:NOTINHERITED and WP:FICT. Rohedin ^TALK 21:04, 2 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Note. Parallel AfD discussion is taking place at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of gangs in the Grand Theft Auto 3 era. — Hellknowz ▎talk 15:03, 3 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Note. The following AfD Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/List_of_gangs_in_Grand_Theft_Auto_series was omitted from the AfD list above. — Hellknowz ▎talk 15:03, 3 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Delete Only of interest to players of the game, and then either as a "how to" feature (against WP not a how to) or else a "yeah isn't that cool" feature (fancruft). The whole list should be boiled down to one sentence in the main article on the game, something like: "The game features gangs of various races and ethnicities with which players can interact, helping or hurting them." Wolfview (talk) 21:17, 2 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of video game related deletion discussions. (Search video game sources) • Gene93k (talk) 14:29, 3 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Fictional elements-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 14:29, 3 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Lists-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 14:29, 3 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. This belongs on a gaming/GTA wiki, not here. Almost all of the list is unsourced and will never receive more coverage by media. It suffers from excessive fancruft and OR details that cannot be sourced. The individual gangs of the game do not inherit notability from the game and no reliable secondary sources establish enough notability to list every gang in such detail. This is nice, useful trivia for fans, but that is in direct contradiction to WP inclusion criteria. — Hellknowz ▎talk 15:03, 3 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - fictional elements that should be covered in the plot synopsis and gameplay sections of the relevant games. Marasmusine (talk) 20:55, 6 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - per. WP:IINFO. Claritas § 18:24, 7 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Delete lacks the reliable secondary sources to meet WP:N or WP:V. Shooterwalker (talk) 03:02, 9 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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