Wiki143:Articles for deletion/Infantry units of the USA (C&CG)

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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 of the debate was Delete all. The nomination is persuasive, and the merges/keeps do not explain how the articles meet WP:NOT. Ultimately the content of the articles is unencyclopedic and meets the definition of cruft - not of general interest, excessive detail, targeted to a small minority. - CrazyRussian talk/email 16:15, 29 June 2006 (UTC)

Infantry units of the USA (C&CG)

This and the following pages comprise a guide on how to play Command and Conquer. Around 10 of these pages have already been deleted (see here, here, here, here, and here - a previous group nom that I thought had cleared them all up, but then I found some more). So this is a mass-nomination of the few that remain. Wikipedia is most emphatically NOT a how-to guide - this is stated specifically in Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not - and as per precedent at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Structures of the GLA and Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/General's Challenge (C&CG), this should be deleted forthwith. This is basically an abuse of Wikipedia's free hosting to allow someone to have images on their GameFAQs guide. Closing admin, please also note the vast array of dubious 'fair use' screenshots that are attached to these pages - these will need to be deleted should the articles be deleted. Proto///type 09:10, 22 June 2006 (UTC)

That is all.

Outside addendum: But wait! There's more!

Call this batch the Group II nomination. --Calton | Talk 11:12, 22 June 2006 (UTC)


  • Strong delete as nominator. Proto///type 09:18, 22 June 2006 (UTC)
    Comment - for the sake of clarity, I absolutely agree that the three further 'how-to' articles Calton identified should also be deleted. Proto///type 11:55, 22 June 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete China will grow larger, but Wikipedia is a bit more discriminating in article quality than this to curb size and keep it encyclopaedic. Jammo (SM247) 09:39, 22 June 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete - As per Wikipedia is not a computer game guide Wolfsbane Kane 09:45, 22 June 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete per nom, as well as (for the same reason) the ones I just added, . --Calton | Talk 11:12, 22 June 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete. Not a game guide. -- GWO
  • Delete all, Wikipedia is not a strategy guide. --Coredesat 11:23, 22 June 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete all, Wikipedia is not a strategy guide. Also delete images not used in other articles. feydey 14:46, 22 June 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete We99 23:02, 22 June 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete We fight for peace... It's the right thing to do Bwithh 23:21, 22 June 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete "I'll shoot at anything"- the official Generals site has enough info on these aspects of the gameplay to suffice.
  • Delete. NN.Voice-of-All 02:36, 24 June 2006 (UTC)
  • Merge. Why not just limit everything into three articles describing the three factions of C&C Generals? Why not just make this article as encyclopedic as those articles in Warcraft? If these articles should be deleted, it would be unfair to not include all articles that are related to the Warcraft universe since they are both games. --Darth Narutorious 13:59, 25 June 2006 (UTC)
    One thing at a time ... first C&Cruft, then Warcruft. Proto///type 12:06, 26 June 2006 (UTC)
  • Don't Delete Sure, other websites have stuff on this subject, but their information is not as extensive, may be biased, and probably does not have as those cool little links that help the more dull-minded of us. Also, I see no elements of "strategy guide" in any of these article. There is merely information on the game. Russian F 17:59, 26 June 2006 (UTC)
  • Don't Delete Just amalgamate this information so it takes up fewer pages. Wikipedia needs this kind of information if it hopes to be truly encylopaedic
  • Merge Same reason as written by Darth Narutorious (talk • contribs). Wikipedia is definitely not a strategy guide, and I did not see any traces of having a strategy guide in those articles. They are just descriptions or explanations of the aspects of the game. --Kapuso 15:16, 27 June 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete WP is not a gaming guide. GassyGuy 21:47, 27 June 2006 (UTC)
  • Merge --203.87.151.54 06:13, 29 June 2006 (UTC)
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