Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Eighth-generation video game console

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The result was speedy deleted by Darthgriz98 as repost. (non-admin closure) —Resurgent insurgent 2007-04-13 05:05Z

Eighth-generation video game console

It's too early to talk about these newly proposed video gaming consoles. Wikipedia is Not a Crystal Ball. This might actually be considered a fourth nomination, because a prior article similar to this, History of video game consoles (eighth generation) was AFD'd three times and deleted three times; the article in question may, then, be a Speedy G4. JRHorse 01:11, 13 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy Delete and Salt, going G4 since the article has already been recreated and AfD'd successfully another four times. Enough is enough, already! --Dennis The Tiger (Rawr and stuff) 01:15, 13 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Who's to say when it's too early to talk about these consoles? They have been mentioned by Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo several times already, so I think it's fair to have an article dedicated to them. I am not predicting anything; I know Wikipedia is "Not a Crystal Ball". I simply stated the obvious, in accordance with Wikipedia's guidelines. That article will need to be there eventually, so why not start it now in its basic form? Why is it that we have articles describing technology that will not be available for many years to come? Such as this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holographic_Versatile_Disc or this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TeraDisc

Why not simply put one of these things on the page: {{future product}} Please consider it. Alex 01:20, 13 April 2007 (UTC)

We don't keep articles like this around because nobody has made announcements to when they are to be out. It is not a future product at this time. Read WP:CRYSTAL. When they come out or the maker has actually made the announcement, then we put the articles up. Now, if either Sony, Nintendo, or Microsoft have made announcements, please, provide them. Until then, this is not only deletable, but this is probably speedy-able under WP:CSD#G4. --Dennis The Tiger (Rawr and stuff) 01:29, 13 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- Addendum, here: the first link you provided is well cited, and meets verifiability guidelines, has information on this from reliable sources, and is well attributed. As such, it seems pretty notable. For the second one, a {{notability}} tag does the trick nicely, since it's out there and announced, and somebody is working on it. It may get deleted, though.
Comment - Interesting tidbit, the page as titled was moved to History of video game consoles (eigth generation) on April 7 by Akb4, where it was subsequently deleted from by the looks of things, and it looks like Alex had added the page shortly thereafter on the 9th. This is definitely a speedy, if that's any indication. --Dennis The Tiger (Rawr and stuff) 01:31, 13 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Speedy Delete and Salt There won't be any concrete info for at least 2 years. Just confirmation that the next gen systems are in development is not enough and this article had already been deleted multiple times by AFD. TJ Spyke 01:34, 13 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete and salt until at least one such console has at least been officially announced. The present stub is pure speculation. Crotalus horridus (TALK • CONTRIBS) 01:55, 13 April 2007 (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.