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. MBisanz ^talk 02:31, 8 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Pokemon20[edit]

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As a notable event, this doesn't seem notable enough to pass WP:GNG. Also, with the lack of references establishing notability, this article seems like a WP:NOTWIKIA violation. Also, the article Pokémon already includes a couple of brief mentions of the fact that the Pokémon franchise recently celebrated its 20th anniversary, which seems to be about as notable as this event seems to be. Steel1943 (talk) 20:00, 29 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Events-related deletion discussions. /wiae /tlk 01:28, 1 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Video games-related deletion discussions. /wiae /tlk 01:28, 1 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Delete This is pretty much a press release translated into a Wiki article, and badly. Nate • (chatter) 03:49, 1 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - Not at all enough for independent notability. SwisterTwister talk 07:16, 1 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Neutral - Prompri (talk) 12:18, 1 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
@STEEL i have added much ref I could, u have to understand i don't have much time, besides wiki I have to take prep for math & science olympiads.
It doesn't seems like a news, general people are interested in this event,I am new to wiki & that was m 1st article,Do whatever u like bro :) (I don't know"whether wiki accepts fancy usernames like 'swistwis or steel' or not")

(in wikia, admins of central community would consider that user as a sock puppet) [n.b.: Wikia is also a part of wikimedia] Prompri (talk) 12:26, 1 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Opposing Promise.scout (talk) 12:34, 1 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
- On what grounds are you opposing, @Promise.scout:? soetermans. ^{↑↑↓↓←→←→ B A TALK} 13:59, 1 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Non-notable event, basic coverage in the main article will suffice. -- ferret (talk) 13:44, 1 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Delete, event not covered by reliable sources, merely mentioned in passing. soetermans. ^{↑↑↓↓←→←→ B A TALK} 13:59, 1 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Keep I have made heavy edits and this event has had alot of media coverage, so it is undeniably notable. The original poster was lax in almost all work and format, but the article has been rewritten and added to to fix it. Please reconsider the deletion. Lucasstar1 (talk) 18:15, 5 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

...And now, all references in the article were removed. Steel1943 (talk) 19:13, 5 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

...And soon after reappeared Lucasstar1 (talk) 04:08, 6 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Those sources help verify that those individual products are being released. They do nothing to aid the notability of the topic as a whole, especially as 3 appear to be primary sources. -- ferret (talk) 15:33, 6 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - All this is, is a marketing campaign that's happening this year with it being the 20th anniversary from the first game. Similar to the Year of Luigi of a few years back, its something that could be a redirect or mention on the main article, and maybe even mentioned in the development section of any games released, as being a minor part of these game's marketing schemes, but there's no reason for a whole article here. The sourcing focuses much more on the games than the marketing buzzwords associated with them.Sergecross73 msg me 13:23, 7 March 2016 (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.