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The result was no consensus. PhantomSteve/talk|contribs\ 23:49, 19 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Nintendo optical disc[edit]

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Fails general notability criteria: no reliable third-party sources with in-depth coverage on the subject. Almost all of the statements in the article are unsourced, and I could not find any reliable sources to confirm the more technical details, such as the burst-cutting area section. I think the few sourceable details on the discs (manufacturers, disc size/capacity, backwards compatibility) would be better merged into the console articles, that is if the information is not included there yet. Prime Blue (talk) 19:03, 26 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of video game related deletion discussions. (G·N·B·S·RS·Talk) • Gene93k (talk) 02:14, 27 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I'd like to point out that the Nintendo optical disc article was created as a merger of the content of the Nintendo GameCube Game Disc and Wii Optical Disc articles, as they were not considered notable enough as separate entities (they are both the same format, just different diameters). jhsounds (talk) 16:04, 27 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Comment shouldn't this be in the GameCube and Wii articles? 65.94.47.63 (talk) 05:15, 28 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Delete and move content to the Gamecube, Wii, and Wii U articles. Content added would not be a detriment to the respective pages, consolidating insights to the consoles in one area. Kiranerys 05:33, 29 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:02, 3 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Merge To an appropriate section in Gamecube and Wii articles, not inherently notable but can serve a mention in the article. Sincerely Subzerosmokerain (talk) 23:17, 5 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Double-checked, and after a minor edit, all sourcable information is now included in the three console articles. Couldn't find a reliable source for the Wii disc capacities (4.7 / 8.54 GB), though. Prime Blue (talk) 01:40, 7 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Keep - I see no good reason to delete this page - it is sourced and informative. Taking the sources together, WP:GNG is met. If it is thought that the content could be organised better, that is more suited to a separate discussion. Bridgeplayer (talk) 15:52, 11 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]
- Of the 12 references added by Ost316, only a single reference has significant coverage on the topic, and is considered reliable by the project. All others are either unreliable, fleeting mentions, or are duplicate reports on the same things. Prime Blue (talk) 16:13, 11 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  - Note that my edits weren't necessarily to prove notability, but to verify coverage even if the information is merged; I'm indifferent toward the topic and don't feel that I searched extensively enough to determine if their is a blanket umbrella term that encompassed all the media formats. It's not a good argument, but the articles in ((Optical disc authoring)) show precedent for articles on marginally notable formats. While merging to the specific consoles may be valid, there may be opportunity to merge more formats into a list of optical formats. I'm a little surprised that even optical disc in not tagged under the scope of WP:WikiProject Media as is Compact Cassette, and that project may have additional feelings on how media formats should be handled in general. —Ost (talk) 19:36, 11 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]
    - Sorry, the references just seemed pretty offhand to me. Save for the Nintendo World Report one, of course. That one's a good find, and I would endorse a keep if more sources of that nature and scope were found to properly expand the article. Prime Blue (talk) 19:47, 11 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, causa sui (talk) 04:10, 12 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. Good quality references, more than enough substantial content to make up a small article, and having an article for a proprietary video-game disc format is not without precedent, see Universal Media Disc, the format for the PSP. It's Malpass⁹₃! (_drop me a ^___) 12:15, 12 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - Seems well referenced enough, and I think it is better to have the history of Nintendo's optical disc format in a single article rather than spread out across the GameCube, Wii and Wii U articles. Dread Lord CyberSkull ✎☠ 10:25, 18 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Delete as not notable and unsourced. It's just a variation on CD/DVD, and serves only as a carrier for games. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.141.22.95 (talk) 17:36, 19 July 2011 (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.