Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Pokémon: Original Generation

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. Sandstein 20:16, 11 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Pokémon: Original Generation

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Duplicates content from Pokémon (anime); no reason to break it out separately Mhking (talk) 04:05, 6 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I dont see the problem, it displays the details of the original series. Would the title be diffrent. It displays all the character and movies that only exist in the original series.--Wikialexdx (talk) 04:20, 6 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy Delete Absolutely nobody calls this show this at all, it's just plain Pokemon. Wikialexdx, you would be advised to stop creating so much cruft which is anal in detail and not known except to the extreme fans who are usually pushed aside by a fan community. Everybody could care less about things like program airing patterns and just care about the characters and the story, like they're supposed to. Nate • (chatter) 07:27, 6 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

See WP:ITSCRUFT. Also, you don't speak for "everybody" and what they could "care less" about, let alone what they are "supposed" to care about. 208.245.87.2 (talk) 13:04, 6 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Where have I heard that, before? MuZemike (talk) 16:39, 6 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I confess I learned it from another afd. ^_^; 208.245.87.2 (talk) 16:58, 6 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Comment I'm just saying if the fandom doesn't acknowledge it, no one else does either. Also, I'm trying to point out that Wikialexdx has been going on a cruft-spree involving All That and Nickelodeon marathons that in the grand scheme, do not deserve articles here; I don't want to see him move on to the Pokemon articles when the members of that project have been doing a great job keeping things in control. Nate • (chatter) 17:57, 6 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I'm sorry, what you just said I couldn't understand at all. Give me reasons on how this seems a duplacate of Pokemon (anime). Do you not see info about May, Max, Burch, Dawn, her mom, Rowan, or their pokemon, plus the Advance Generation movies + DP films. I don't think so. All I see on this article is just the first five seasons, Kanton, Orange Islands, and Johto. I apologize for whatever I did wrong on this article, and I just want this to say present, like how the Advaced Generation, and Diamond and Pearl have and article. Plus maybe because you entered P: OG on Google wrong, no quotes, but I do understand what you mean by that on Google, so If this is the right thing to do, then go ahead, deleted all the hard work I put into doing this article. --Wikialexdx (talk) 12:37, 6 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- Please read WP:OTHERCRAPEXISTS and WP:LOSE. I can point to essays, too! MuZemike (talk) 16:42, 6 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- Comment Sorry, the original search string combines the results with the accented "é" and the plain "e". Removing the colon gives the same results. Nate • (chatter) 17:57, 6 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of video game related deletions. MuZemike (talk) 16:35, 6 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Delete — No verifiable sources present. Wikipedia is not a publisher of original thought. MuZemike (talk) 16:39, 6 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. Covered by Pokémon (anime), plus title is dubious/original research.--Boffob (talk) 17:40, 6 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Comment: What if the title was changed to this: "Pokémon! (Original Series)" or : Gotta Catchem' All!--Wikialexdx (talk) 21:30, 6 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Uh, no. The content is at issue. The article should not exist in its present form. Period. To paraphrase a recent trueism, you can put lipstick on a pig... --Mhking (talk) 02:04, 8 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

- Stop!! You cannot make up article titles at all. You have to go with the original title, and this is a duplicate of the original article for the series. Nate • (chatter) 00:59, 7 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
What a Mess (merge/redirect/delete): Let me see if I have the organization correct:
- Pokémon (anime), the parent article, which briefly summarizes each of the main characters
- Pokémon: Original Generation, Pokémon: Advanced Generation, and Pokémon: Diamond and Pearl (anime), which covers three "sets" of seasons and all participating characters.
  - Comment; both of the other articles cited here are listed as WP:AFD candidates as well. --Mhking (talk) 04:33, 8 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- Ten individual lists-of-episodes with plot summaries, with varying naming conventions and seasons ten and eleven condensed into List of Pokémon: Diamond & Pearl episodes
- A dedicated List of characters in the Pokémon anime series, which most of the individual character articles have been merged into.
All that having been said, it becomes pretty darn obvious this and the other two "set" articles (Pokémon: Advanced Generation and Pokémon: Diamond and Pearl (anime)) are 100% redundant with content found elsewhere (including EACH OTHER), except where it goes into too much detail, i.e. the lists of pokemon used by the characters. Nifboy (talk) 22:11, 6 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Comment: Ok, I also agree the article way too big, so I shorted the Gym Leaders to Sides instead of sections, and decreased the info on the episode list. If this still doesn't please anyone, I understand. I just wanted to improve this.--Wikialexdx (talk) 23:30, 6 October 2008 (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.