Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Question mark glitches in Pokémon

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. I am discounting the delete and merge votes, which are illegal. As for the straight merge minority, they fail to make a case as to WP:NOT. - CrazyRussian talk/email 18:37, 20 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

• Question mark glitches in Pokémon
• Bad EGG
• Pokémon cloning

Extremely detailed cruft about a bunch of "Pokémon" that are just placeholders in the game code, accessible only with a cheat device or a short circuit (really). There's nothing in this article that could possibly be sourced anywhere (the only source is a particularly bad Bulbapedia article), and I can't imagine how this could possibly be encyclopedic. Pokémon is notable, but every single glitch associated with it ever is not.

I came across these while working on merging the wholly crufty and unsourced glitch articles into Pokémon glitches, which is not included in this AFD. Suggesting that this article be merged there, however, isn't very helpful unless someone can also offer a reliable source with which to verify the claims in this article. (The sourced or sourcable ones went into that merged article.) - A Man In Bl♟ck (conspire | past ops) 09:44, 15 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I've added a couple more wholly unsourced glitch articles, all laden with how-to information. - A Man In Bl♟ck (conspire | past ops) 10:00, 15 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete Wikipedia is not an indiscriminate collection of information; list/gamecruft hoopydink^{Conas tá tú?} 09:49, 15 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
• Note: This debate has been included in the list of Japan-related deletions. -- TheFarix (Talk) 12:01, 15 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete per above. --Zoz (t) 15:13, 15 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete gamecruft Bwithh 16:07, 15 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
• Merge/redirect into Pokémon glitches, do not keep as separate articles. -- nae'blis _(talk) 17:40, 15 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
• Merge into Pokémon glitches and make these Redirects. Most Wikipedia articles are unsourced, and the believability of this is a lot higher than many of those unsourced articles. Who would make this up? I believe it is very probably all true, therefore do not just delete it but merge. Eventually it can be sourced, I am confident. Herostratus 18:33, 15 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

• Merge per Nae'blis and Herostratus. These are sourceable. -- NORTH ^talk 22:37, 15 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete these, then delete Pokémon glitches. All cruft. Recury 23:37, 15 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
• Partial delete, rest merge Anything that can only be accessed with a cheating device isn't a real glitch and should be removed. The handful left should be merged into Pokémon glitches. Ace of Sevens 23:53, 15 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete and Merge Per nomination. *~Daniel~* ☎ 03:04, 16 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • The nomination is Delete and DO NOT merge, for the record. - A Man In Bl♟ck (conspire | past ops) 03:11, 16 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
• Partial delete, rest merge per Ace of Sevens --Cornflake pirate 05:43, 16 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
• Note: This debate has been added to the list of CVG deletions. SevereTireDamage 05:10, 17 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete most of it, merge the verifiable and the valid (non-cheat device) glitches per Herostratus and Ace of Sevens. --SevereTireDamage 05:10, 17 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
• Merge with Pokémon glitches per above. Cpt. Morgan (Reinoutr) 08:31, 17 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete. This is crrrrrrruft, with a capital crrrr. Note that any 'partial delete and merge' vote is, unfortunately, not valid, as information must be kept (in the edit history of a redirect, at least) to adhere to Wikipedia's GFDL requirements - all contributions must be attributable. Proto::type 10:35, 17 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
• Merge with Pokémon glitches. Despite needing to use ActionReplay/Gameshark to get them, they were programmed into the game. I even remember hearing Bad EGG was programmed because of hacking device stuff, but I'm not exactly sure where. Ryulong 05:25, 18 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete and Merge These subjects really don't merit having their own article. Davidpdx 01:12, 19 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
• Merge with Pokemon glitches article. This was an interesting read for me. Toastypk 05:33, 19 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
• Merge I agree with Herostratus. --Davidjcobb 16:56, 20 July 2006 (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.