Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Namco System 23

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The result was Merge boards pages to one article. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk) 09:55, 6 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Namco System 23

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Non-notable arcade game board. Very little for this exists in reliable sources. Namcokid47 ^(Contribs) 22:41, 29 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Video games-related deletion discussions. Namcokid47 ^(Contribs) 22:41, 29 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I beleive either both Namco System 22 and 23 pages should be removed, or updated. Redirecting to either with no evidence that the redirect is appropriate is unreliable. Bobbydilley (talk) 22:51, 29 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

• Merge (and likely most of the other Namco arcade hardware tech) to a single hardware on Nacmo's arcade technology. That Namco developed novel arcade boards for their games is notable but I don't think any individual board is, but they can all be documented to this degree.--Masem (t) 02:23, 30 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • I've definitely thought about doing that before in the past, but I wasn't sure how many sources existed to make one seem reasonable. Some of these boards I think could have their own pages, like the System 21 and System 10, but lots of these are very minor and don't even have proper names. Namcokid47 ^(Contribs) 02:29, 30 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]
    • I also agree that merging to one page would make a useful resource. From a quick google search I can't see why the System 21 and System 10 would be notable, and think they should remain with the other systems in one page. Bobbydilley (talk) 11:49, 30 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]
    • Even for boards that could have their own pages, unless they are going to be very long pages, it would likely be better to have a single page covering them all, so that the non-notable ones are documented as well. You still redirect all the names so they remain searchable, you don't lose information, just have everything in one place and don't lose these non-notable ones. --Masem (t) 15:52, 30 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

• Merge all of the arcade system board pages for Namco. Not to be a proponent of WP:OTHERSTUFFEXISTS, but we as an encyclopedia tried this once with List of Sega arcade system boards, and that worked out pretty well. What I came to find is usually arcade system boards will get occasional mentions in magazine article, sometimes with a spec list. That may mean it'll be a bit arduous to put together good quality referencing for such a list, but it should be doable. With Namco being such a popular arcade company, I imagine such coverage would be in magazine articles for the particular games or in interviews with Namco's arcade developers, quite possibly even in English-language media. Red Phoenix ^talk 20:00, 4 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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