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. - Mailer Diablo 12:08, 22 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

List of Summons in the Final Fantasy series[edit]

This article is a laundry list of summons appearing in each Final Fantasy game. Summons are already explained in the article Final Fantasy magic, which in itself is in need of some work once our WikiProject gets the chance to do so. Speaking of which, you know our stance on unencyclopedic information - we shun fancruft, and we devote free time to removing it. This "list" has no sources (let alone reliable sources like a strategy guide or magazene article), and serves as just a pointless extention to the adequete section on the magic page. Of course, then we have the traditional and obvious WP:NOT reasons, such as "list of loosely associated topics", but I try to not be a condecending deletionist (I'm a mergist, actually). — Deckill er 13:34, 17 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

delete as FFcruft. Niffweed17, Destroyer of Chickens 13:54, 17 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete, as nominator. Combination 14:01, 17 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. It's a meaningless list of names incomprehensible to people who've never played a video game in their lives. ' 16:47, 17 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The same could be said for the names of chemical compounds. It's only meaningless if you WP:IDONTKNOWIT. Oh, FYI, I don't know it either. That said, however, ... delete per nom (WP:NOT, WP:RS, etc.). -- Black Falcon 18:02, 17 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The important point is that it's meaningless without the context of the game articles, nor is it neccessary for understanding of the game articles. Do we have a WP:IDONTKNOWITANDTHISARTICLEFAILSTOCORRECTTHAT? - A Man In Bl♟ck (conspire | past ops) 04:28, 18 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I do know it. I just have sympathy for those who don't. A list composed solely of names like "Alexander" or "Bahamut" won't help them know it. I don't like the idea of lists consisting solely of names, even chemical, but that's another topic. ' 23:01, 18 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Merge The table into the main Final Fantasy article. It could certainly be meaningful for players of the game. The lists underneath are redundant and serve no purpose. Bbagot 18:40, 17 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
It's already merged in Final Fantasy magic#Table of appearances by the same author actually. Kariteh 11:14, 18 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for that information. Then I would certainly vote Delete Bbagot 05:18, 21 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete and do not merge, please don't clutter up a GA with a trivial table. --PresN 00:27, 18 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The Final Fantasy (series) and Final Fantasy magic are far, far from being GAs anyway. Kariteh 11:14, 18 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Indeed; Final Fantasy magic has been subject to a downward spiral. — Deckill er 12:08, 18 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Whoops, was thinking of Final Fantasy (video game) for some reason, though why it would be merged there I don't know. --PresN 18:30, 20 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. An indiscriminate list of things. - A Man In Bl♟ck (conspire | past ops) 04:28, 18 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete as per nomination. Nimrand 18:04, 18 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Comment The table of appearances was not merged into Final Fantasy magic until after I had a discussion with the author about the unencyclopedic value of this page and it's probable deletion, for the purposes of this AfD, we should assume that the table is not here. The table's appearance in Final Fantasy magic is a seperate issue. --Daedalus 15:47, 19 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

This comment segues into my next point:

Delete per nom. --Daedalus 15:47, 19 February 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.