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The result was delete. Cirt (talk) 08:43, 4 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Missingno.[edit]

Missingno. (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) (delete) – (View log)

Unreferenced article about a video game glitch, showing no evidence of notability. Attempts at redirecting have been reverted, and the PROD tag was removed due to a confusing log that gave the appearance of a previous AFD when there was none. Although the PROD remover has said he is OK with me readding the PROD tag, I'm afraid it won't stick now that it's been removed, so I'm taking it to AFD. Pagrashtak 20:24, 30 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

• Note: This debate has been included in the list of video game related deletions. Pagrashtak 20:26, 30 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
• weak keep/merge it does seem to be a very well known glitch and there are many extensive guides available on the internet ([1][2][3][4][5][6]), mostly unreliable sources although there are a few mentions is GoogleNews ([7]). Icewedge (talk) 20:36, 30 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • Not much in those Google News hits. Two are unrelated, one is a forum, and the other two are GamePro how-to cheat lists. Pagrashtak 21:20, 30 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete No coverage in reliable sources. Ten Pound Hammer and his otters • ^{(Broken clamshells • Otter chirps • HELP)} 20:40, 30 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
• Several of the sources unreliable or not mentioned that Nintendo made a statement about it. This still needs to be referenced within the article, but that shouldn't be much of a problem. If the main article on the game doesn't contain this info it should be merged and deletion isn't neccesary either, we can redirect to the game. — Preceding unsigned comment added by MacGyverMagic (talk • contribs)
• Delete while this is a glitch of some import in the Pokemon world, outside of it, other than some silly 4chan injokes it's not important. Should be on the Pokemon Wikia (which needs help). JuJube (talk) 06:11, 31 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete for a lack of significant coverage in reliable third-party sources, thus failing WP:N and WP:V. Randomran (talk) 23:12, 31 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
• Merge/Delete Personally, as a Pokemon addict, I would consider Missingno. as "hellah notable". But outside the fan-world there just isn't enough encyclopedic value/outside coverage to hold up an entire article.--Koji† 23:27, 31 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete.Redirect. Deserves mention in Pokémon Red and Blue (which it has). #5 of WP:DUMB? DARTH PANDA^duel 03:03, 1 November 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.