Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Head swap

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 Glossary of video game terms#H. Sandstein 06:56, 7 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Head swap

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Non-notable video game term, basically just a redux of the TV Tropes article of the same name and essentially WP:OR. _{ZXCVBNM (TALK)} 06:48, 23 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Video games-related deletion discussions. MT Train^Talk 07:19, 23 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Redirect to List of video game terms - No entry there on head swap yet, but someone can edit in a couple sentences there no problem, sticking to a straight definition rather than the examplecruft which populates the article as it is now. I haven't seen the sort of coverage on head swaps that would justify giving the term its own article.--Martin IIIa (talk) 16:05, 27 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]
- Should it REALLY have an entry there though? I can't find anything supporting the article's assertion that it's "famous" - or even a well known term. Reliable sources hardly mention it, and it's certainly not of interest to your typical gamer. It seems like minutia that doesn't need a mention on Wikipedia and is more fit for TV Tropes._{ZXCVBNM (TALK)} 21:36, 28 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 18:10, 30 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Of course it's not famous, hence why I don't support it having its own article. Whether it's of interest to readers... I dunno. I tried running site-specific searches for GameSpot and IGN using Goodsearch and came up with zero uses of the phrase. On the other hand, it was most likely at the height of its usage in the pre-internet era. So again, I dunno. I was hoping someone else would have thoughts on this.--Martin IIIa (talk) 15:15, 2 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I dropped a notification at Talk:Glossary of video game terms since I suggested a new entry to that article above, and we could really use more respondents here anyway.--Martin IIIa (talk) 13:26, 6 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Redirect to List of video game terms as per Martin IIIa. The article could actually build up to be notable if it covered both this and the increasing usage of use of a real person's head over another - which used to be limited to professional CGI. Putting that aside, I certainly would say there is enough for a couple of of lines in the List. Nosebagbear (talk) 18:13, 6 April 2018 (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.