Wikibooks:Requests for deletion/Metal Gear Series

Metal Gear Series
Another video game guide. Xania 23:17, 27 October 2006 (UTC)


 * Wait -- to see if strategywiki or Minun want to import it first. -- SB_Johnny | talk 12:34, 28 October 2006 (UTC)


 * Keep -- It's not a strategy guide, it's meant to be a fact file on the storyline and characters, similar to the Half-Life Fact File. Jagged 85 04:29, 29 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Are you saying that this isn't a "game guide", and is actually more like an annotated text? I don't disagree that videogames can have background stories and driving narratives, I am disinclined to agree however that an annotated text about such a videogame narrative will remain an annotated text forever and not disintegrate into a strategy guide. However, if you will say that (a) this is actually an experimental annotated text about the videogame narrative for Metal Gear, and that (b) you are willing to actively contribute to and improve this book, then I will vote to give you that opportunity. --Whiteknight (talk) (projects) 18:51, 31 October 2006 (UTC)


 * Delete -- Works of fiction, just as game strategy guides I believe do not meet the requirements for Wikibooks. Strategy guides sometimes have storylines and fact files inside them. Also fact files without contents don't generally qualify as a book and for these fact files to be a book I think would require contents that doesn't meet Wikibook requirements. darklama 14:59, 30 October 2006 (UTC)
 * My keep vote has been based on the altered text of Annotated texts. If you assume that this videogame constitutes "narrative media", the story of the videogame can be analyzed without degrading into the strategy of the game, or the gameplay. It's a thin line to walk, but it makes for an interesting experiment to see if it is possible. --Whiteknight (talk) (projects) 02:12, 3 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Comment -- Based on my better understanding of Annotated texts and its alterations, I agree with your points. I change my vote to neutral for now, until Jagged answers (a) and (b) above, signs of continued contributions in the general direction of turning it into an Annotated text happen, and/or some time has past without either one of these things happening. --darklama 13:33, 7 November 2006 (UTC)
 * I have sent a message to User:Jagged 85 on his en.wp page. I told him that either he needs to become an active contributor to this book, or he should help us find somebody else who can be. If this book does not gather any active contributors, and does not progress beyond it's current state, then we might have to delete it as a lost cause and a failed experiment. --Whiteknight (talk) (projects) 14:01, 7 November 2006 (UTC)
 * I will continue trying to contribute to this book, and have made a little progress so far. If there is anything else wrong with the book, tell me and I'll see what I can do to fix it. Jagged 85 02:09, 10 November 2006 (UTC)


 * Keep -- I have been gone a long time, but I don't recall the video-game issue to have ever been resolved in Wikibooks. Even if it was, this page looks much like the Harry Potter book. Video Game characters can have a history and all that, especially when they span several game generations. --Dragontamer 18:55, 10 November 2006 (UTC)

Roy Campbell
The chapter Metal Gear Series/Roy Campbell in Metal Gear Series is very clearly copied from a Wiki of some sort without attribution. It doesn't appear to be based on the old Wikipedia article, which is now a redirect but has publicly available history here. --Mbrickn (discuss • contribs) 19:13, 7 July 2021 (UTC)


 * Okay I deleted it, and replaced it with the Wikipedia equivalent. Thank you for pointing this out! 2005-Fan (discuss • contribs) 20:47, 7 July 2021 (UTC)
 * No problem! Just wanted to make sure it's all good. --Mbrickn (discuss • contribs) 20:51, 7 July 2021 (UTC)