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 Keep, there is a weak consensus for keeping this article but with a definite need for cleanup. There is some support for merging but certainly no consensus for it here. Davewild (talk) 18:23, 25 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

PlayStation Portable homebrew[edit]

PlayStation Portable homebrew (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) (delete) – (View log)

The article is mostly just an changelog of different versions of PSP homebrew, and thus, in the format given, not encyclopedic. _→AzaToth 21:57, 17 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete, unencyclopedic. Some of it may be merged, but the whole changelog for a product doesn't need to be here. Nakon 21:58, 17 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete, not notable. A paragraph or mention on the original PlayStation Portable page is sufficient _→Nehle^talk҉ 22:12, 17 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • Considering the pervasive nature of hacking/homebrew on the PSP (and the allegations that it's affected business in such a negative way that, despite outselling the Wii in Japan, developers are loathe to support it because of piracy concerns), I think a detailed article covering the phenomenon is warranted. It's obviously had an extreme effect on the device and how it's used. —Locke Cole • t • c 06:19, 25 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
• Weak Keep notable enough, but needs condensing to a much smaller size. I tried to keep a handle on it for a while, but it spiralled out of control. It might be beyond saving at this point, don't think I'd argue too much against deleting it, but it'd still be worth keeping if it was cut down. Thanks! Fin©™ 23:38, 17 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
• Weak Keep as per Falcon9x5/Fin. It's in desperate need of cleanup. I don't really see articles on other platforms' homebrew, but I still feel it's somewhat notable. Perhaps a small section in the PSP article may be sufficient. Λύκος 02:47, 18 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
• Weak Delete - Admittedly I don't understand everything the article is trying to say but, it has been tagged for improvement for a long time and has multiple issues which may make cleanup an insurmountable task. Perhaps a condensed, factual, referenced section could be included at the PlayStation Portable article. Jasynnash2 (talk) 10:10, 18 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
• Weak Keep Page is a small train wreck, which I assume prompted the AfD. It really just needs boatloads of pruning work. 83.203.175.207 (talk) 00:19, 20 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

• Note: This debate has been added to the list of video game related deletions. MrKIA11 (talk) 09:05, 20 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep - I think it's notable enough. It just needs cleaning up. Toxicroak (talk) 17:30, 20 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

• Neutral: In a rush and don't have time to do a quick search, but I have a pretty good feeling that this topic has enough information in reliable sources to support it as notable. It's written in a really poor, unencyclopedic way. But there's merit in keeping this and cleaning it up, if it is notable. This article verges on violating WP:NOTDIR and WP:VGSCOPE guideline #8. That's a concern. Randomran (talk) 16:46, 22 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep – Similar articles, such as iPodLinux, which employs parallel concepts with the PSP homebrew, is certainly acceptable for notability; the same should apply to this. However, extensive cleanup is needed. MuZemike (talk) 19:07, 23 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep – Potentially shorten and maaaaybe merge, but avast, there be sources, arr. --Hawkian (talk) 20:33, 23 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep, but it obviously needs to be cleaned up a bunch (and if any of these hacked firmwares are notable enough to warrant their own articles, changelog type material can be moved there instead). —Locke Cole • t • c 06:16, 25 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep - It is very informative, and is a good collection of information. In addition, it is cited. 69.40.205.30 (talk) —Preceding comment was added at 17:52, 25 June 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.