Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of WWE '12 Wrestlers

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 redirect to WWE '12. Tough one to close. Consensus is that a standalone article should not exist but is split on whether to delete & salt, delete & redirect, or redirect & merge. I think the consensus to delete outweighs the requests for merge but I think the is sufficient discussion to warrent a redirect. v/r - T P 21:13, 27 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

List of WWE '12 Wrestlers

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We have already decided this. We deleted a page like this twice. There is no reason to mention (there are no references). JC ^{Talk to me} _{My contributions} 03:28, 20 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Comment, I think that we need to prevent creation of pages like this. --JC ^{Talk to me} _{My contributions} 03:32, 20 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Wrestling-related deletion discussions. —Tom Morris (talk) 14:41, 20 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Lists-related deletion discussions. —Tom Morris (talk) 14:41, 20 February 2012 (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) 00:49, 21 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy Delete (and salt) - This article has already been deleted at AFD at least twice now, within mere months, and it's still the same as before. One giant violation of WP:GAMECRUFT and WP:GAMEGUIDE. Sergecross73 msg me 00:51, 21 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect (to the article for the game) or Reference and merge. No need for a separate article. Not much need to delete the page altogether, though. If it's left as a redirect, it's less likely to be re-created. GaryColemanFan (talk) 05:56, 21 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
- Comment How do you justify keeping it when it violates WP:GAMECRUFT and WP:GAMEGUIDE? It seems like the fact that it keeps being remade despite clear consensus to delete at AFD is more of a reason to salt it than redirect it... Sergecross73 msg me 13:53, 21 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Reference and merge or simply redirect to WWE '12. Cavarrone (talk) 11:50, 22 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Comment - Here are the previous two AFD's on this same exact article. The last 2 times it was titled with "characters" instead of "wrestlers" at the end, but it was the same content. The first, Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of WWE '12 characters, was closed on November 29th as a Delete, and the second, Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of WWE '12 characters (2nd nomination) was closed as a Speedy Delete on January 2nd because it had just been recreated without any changes. This is no different than the 2nd nomination. Both versions of the title, "character" and "wrestler", should be salted. Sergecross73 msg me 13:51, 22 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Merge I think this should be merged to WWE' 12 page. Because I don't think list of WWE' 12 wrestlers need it's own page. TheDeviantPro (talk) 18:00, 24 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Another note, I do not think there should be a merge to WWE '12. It's pointless, and, in my view, not needed. Those pages need to be salted. My next recommendation is to leave a hidden comment on the WWE '12 article or new section on the talk page discouraging users from creating these articles such as this. --JC ^{Talk to me} _{My contributions} 23:43, 26 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
- Comment - Agreed. It's the type of thing that I, among others, would typically remove from an article, because it's unsourced GAMECRUFT. Sergecross73 msg me 13:46, 27 February 2012 (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.