Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Zangoose and Seviper

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 Speedy delete as GFDL violation. If the consensus is that articles of this kind are to be merged (which it may be, I don't know) then they can be merged using history merges. Copy paste moves violate GFDL. --Deskana (talk) 01:25, 25 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Zangoose and Seviper

Delete. Article has no proper intro, is a copy of two other existing articles, almost verbatim, and doesn't link back to either. Information is repeated on separate sections and overall. structure is poor. It even seems less informative than the Zangoose and Seviper articles are by themselves. At best, it's redundant to those articles. At worst, it's a confusing, unnecessary secondary listing for information. There are and will continue to be other "blood feuds" in the fictional world of Pokémon. This connection is not notable enough to deserve a separate, third article. It would be akin to making a Batman and Superman page, made solely from the content in both the Batman and Superman articles. Ace Class Shadow; My talk. 19:42, 24 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy Keep. The user failed to note that articles such as these have passed the AfD on multiple occasions. And not on any conditions. This is a merge in progress, and I'm tired of people jumping the gun to delete them without spending five minutes finding out of they should do it in the first place. - A Link to the Past (talk) 20:54, 24 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. What familiarity I have with the Pokemon project is that each character should get their own page. Unless someone can demonstrate a change that would have these paired up, my !vote will stand thusly. --Dennis The Tiger (Rawr and stuff) 21:37, 24 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- You have limited familiarity with the project, then. - A Link to the Past (talk) 21:59, 24 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete No reason I can see for these two Pokémon to be lumped together in one article TJ Spyke 21:53, 24 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- They're a pair. Seviper and Zangoose are enemies (Viper, Mongoose). Just like Lunatone and Solrock, one appears in Ruby, the other in Sapphire. - A Link to the Past (talk) 21:59, 24 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Weakish Delete and the point of the article is? Unlike the Lunatone and Solrock article, which has a much stronger relationship, I can't see the relationship here. Of course, the person who made the pages made the other two pages redirects, hence the weakness. Kwsn^(Ni!) 22:21, 24 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- I made the redirects. Also, I think it's a pretty clear connection - mongoose vs. viper? - A Link to the Past (talk) 22:33, 24 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Weak Keep- All other Pokemon have articles, even though these two are not connected posiblly split into two articles ChrisLamb 23:39, 24 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete: There is not enough coherence between the two halves of the article to justify merging them together like that. It's just two separate articles pushed together. --Brandon Dilbeck 01:08, 25 June 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.