Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Nintendo ds stylus

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 redirect to Nintendo DS. MBisanz ^talk 07:21, 24 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Nintendo ds stylus

An article about the stylus that comes with the Nintendo DS. Definitely not encyclopedic. Graymornings_(talk) 02:54, 19 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. First of all, its existence is only a matter of convenience: one may use any object, even one's fingers, as long as it doesn't scratch the screen. Second, because this device is nothing but a piece of plastic, it is definitely not worth its own article. A one-sentence mention in Nintendo DS is plenty. -- Blanchardb -^{Me•MyEars•MyMouth}- timed 02:58, 19 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete or Redirect to Nintendo DS. Minor accessory for the DS without encyclopedic interest to warrant an article. gnfnrf (talk) 03:03, 19 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - per above and the fact that an article about a generic plastic stylus is not encyclopedic unless a compelling reason is given. LinguistAtLarge • Msg 03:25, 19 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Merge into Nintendo DS. Some of the info there could fit well in a section about the features of the DS, but clearly does not deserve its own article. Firestorm (talk) 03:57, 19 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Redirect to Nintendo DS, since that's the main article. 76.66.198.171 (talk) 07:23, 19 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of video game related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 13:32, 19 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Are you being serious? Speedy Delete Mister Senseless™ (Speak - Contributions) 16:34, 19 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

If there were a criteria, I would've tagged it, but it's not nonsense, vandalism, or advertising, and A7 doesn't cover, well, styluses. Graymornings_(talk) 23:30, 19 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Delete per the snowball clause as well as that I cannot find anything encyclopedic in which to merge into Nintendo DS. I would only support a redirect if 1) consensus establishes that the page be redirected to either Nintendo DS or Stylus and 2) another redirect, Nintendo DS stylus (with proper caps) is created and pointing to the page determined per 1). MuZemike 19:32, 20 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect, definitely no need for a separate article. Pagra shtak 14:45, 21 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Plenty of short sources [1] and I strongly suspect some UI conference has an article on it (hey look at least a brief mention at [2]). That said, I'd strongly support a merge. But this is AfD, not AfM. Hobit (talk) 00:46, 22 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Something here might also be interesting. Hobit (talk) 00:50, 22 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

These short news/scholarly mentions might warrant a section in the main Nintendo DS article (interesting stuff!) but I'm not sure a separate article is the right way to go. Plenty of electronic devices have styluses, but we don't have/need an article for Palm Pilot stylus or HP Compaq tablet PC stylus. A redirect to a new section in the main DS article might be a good option if someone would be willing to do the research and add the relevant info. Graymornings_(talk) 03:48, 22 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, I agree with a merge editorially. But as I understand AfD the question is if the topic of the article meets our guidelines and policies. It does IMO. I personally think the information would be better presented in a merged article, but the topic is notable per guidelines as I read them. I believe that in AfD we should only "force" a merge if there is a guideline/policy requirement to do so. Hobit (talk) 13:35, 22 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

That seems like process overkill. Can't we discuss keeping/deleting/merging/redirecting here in one go? Why have one discussion for deletion, then a separate discussion for merging later? Let's get it out of the way—it's not like this is a controversial subject. Pagra shtak 14:05, 22 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Sorta. The thing is that editorial decisions are generally best made by experts. AfD isn't here to get articles merged (though that can be the result). It is here to remove pages that don't meet our guidelines. This one does, so IMO AFD's output should be "keep". Hobit (talk) 17:21, 22 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

What does everyone think of a redirect to Stylus#Modern_use? That section of Stylus mentions the Nintendo DS. If someone attempts to search for the stylus itself, it might be useful. Graymornings_(talk) 21:39, 22 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

That was my thinking and also what I have proposed in my above !vote. Frankly, there's nothing content-wise that is not already mentioned in both Stylus and Nintendo DS; hence, the only question that remains is where to redirect to, as I have mentioned above. We might very well, per WP:IAR, discuss that here; it's also not right to speedy keep an AFD due to a small technicality as it violates the spirit of that policy. MuZemike 22:57, 22 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Redirect - valid search term. Pretty sure it's not notable independently of the DS itself. Merge unnecessary as the material is unreferenced and not particularly well written. Marasmusine (talk) 17:04, 22 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Merge to Nintendo DS if equivalent content doesns't already exist there. SharkD (talk) 17:51, 23 January 2009 (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.