Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Respecification

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The result was Delete. Michig (talk) 10:24, 9 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Respecification

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Non notable term, dictionary definition. No reliable sources reportage in the article neither in search. Ammarpad (talk) 00:29, 26 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Video games-related deletion discussions. Ammarpad (talk) 00:57, 26 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete or merge. This might merit a brief mention in MMORPG but there is no encyclopaedic topic here for a separate article. In addition to the nominator's concerns it also falls foul of WP:NOTDIC. The links above suggest that this is not even the primary usage of the term and Wiktionary does not mention it. --DanielRigal (talk) 01:05, 26 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Change !vote to Redirect as suggested by Coin945 below. --DanielRigal (talk) 11:16, 26 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Change back to delete if this isn't the correct form of the term. Sorry for flip-flopping. --DanielRigal (talk) 17:40, 3 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Delete per WP:NOTDICT and failing WP:GNG. Non-notable gaming term, not covered in detail by reliable sources. Sergecross73 msg me 02:18, 26 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Delete I was just about to AFD this myself haha. Cannot find any sources about this. Actually come to think of it, it might have more of a home being Redirected to Glossary of video gaming terms.--Coin945 (talk) 09:09, 26 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Delete As per nom — Preceding unsigned comment added by EvilxFish (talk • contribs) 17:11, 28 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect to Glossary of video gaming terms. The term normally used is "respec(ing)", so "respecification" is reaching a bit, but as such it is very common (although like most gaming slang not exactly well covered in "reliable" sources). About the same level as "frag", which has been around for 25 years and duly gets a mention in another article, but not one to itself. --Elmidae (talk · contribs) 20:12, 28 December 2017 (UTC) Delete, point existing redirect Respec to Glossary of video gaming terms - following Hevesli. --Elmidae (talk · contribs) 08:47, 3 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - According to Wiktionary, "respec" is short for "respecialize", making this page patent nonsense._{ZXCVBNM (TALK)} 21:47, 29 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Woah, slow down there mate. Just because it's not in Wiktionary does not mean it's 'patent nonsense'. A simple search [1] demonstrates that the term is applied to just about every modern CRPG. It may not be worthy of an article, but denying a link to an existing definition in an article seems remarkably purblind. --Elmidae (talk · contribs) 07:47, 30 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Relisting comment: It'd be good to come to a consensus about straight deletion or redirecting.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Killiondude (talk) 07:01, 2 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Merge into Glossary of video gaming terms. Boomer Vial^{Happy Holidays! • Contribs} 07:04, 2 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Change !vote to delete, per Hevesli. Boomer Vial^{Be ready to fight the horde! • Contribs} 08:40, 3 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. Glossary of video gaming terms already has the term Respecing which is respecIALIZation not respecIFICation. Respecification is not used as a video gaming term therefore merge makes no sense.Hevesli (talk) 07:55, 2 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

...that's actually true - it's originally based on specialization, not specification. Duh. - Okay, let's kill this one and point the existing redirect respec to the glossary. --Elmidae (talk · contribs) 09:42, 2 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Delete as per nom - i.e. non-notable term. Nick Moyes (talk) 14:04, 5 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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