Wikiquote:Votes for deletion/Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater


 * 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: merge and trim. BD2412 T 12:19, 17 November 2008 (UTC)

Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater
Even after deleting the recent copyvio addition of an entire script (166,000+ KB), it seemed evident that the article was already a copyvio, full of indiscriminate and unmemorable quotations. Unless someone wants to trim this to the new guidelines maximum of three quotes, it should be scrapped. - InvisibleSun 19:16, 18 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Vote closes: 20:00, 25 October 2008 (UTC)


 * Delete. - InvisibleSun 19:16, 18 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete . ~ UDScott 23:30, 18 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Merge and trim, as suggested by BD2412 below. ~ UDScott 18:32, 20 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Merge all six "Metal Gear Solid" entries into a single entry with no more than a handful of quotes per game. Currently there is also Metal Gear Solid, Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty, Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots, Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops and Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes. BD2412 T 04:03, 19 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Comment I would like to endorse the merger proposal if someone is going to carry it out. Add Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake to the list. ~ Ningauble 15:18, 21 October 2008 (UTC)
 * I'm not exactly volunteering - I don't play the games, so I don't know what in there would be of particular importance to someone with even glancing familiarity with them. I'd be glad to take out everything that I think doesn't look independently quotable, though. BD2412 T 06:21, 26 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Merge - definitely should be merged with the MGS page. Zarbon 22:44, 27 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete unless (a) it is trimmed before VfD expires, or (b) a deadline is set for completing a merger. ~ Ningauble 00:43, 28 October 2008 (UTC)
 * I have created a temporary page at User:BD2412/Metal Gear temp, as a staging ground to put together a much abbreviated Metal Gear page. I would welcome anyone who is familiar with the game helping trim it down to the quotes that are essential, after which I'll move the page to mainspace and merge all the histories together. Cheers! BD2412 T 04:32, 6 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Note: I've trimmed a lot of flatly non-profound stuff from the temp page, but could use some guidance from anyone familiar with the game if there's anything left that's really important to keep. BD2412 T 18:48, 10 November 2008 (UTC)
 * I disagree with all those saying it should be scrapped or merged. I don't really see the point, and saw no real problem with the full set of pages the way they were. I mean, not all the quotes are salient or highly memorable, but I don't see that as a reason to remove them. I'd always thought of wikiquote as a great place for a wide range of quotes from different sources, not as a very concise list of one or two especially important quotes. Quite honestly, I think it defeats the point of this place existing if we're constantly trying to scrap quotes because we don't find them memorable enough. Wikiquote serves a great purpose as a huge database of quotes that can be accessed by anyone. Deleting things for the sake of deleting things leaves this place without much use, no? - 92.8.234.41 17:43, 13 November 2008 (UTC)
 * What you haven't taken into account is: 1) copyrights; and 2) standards of quality which any wiki requires to provide a useful service. Wikiquote would be unmanageable, it would fail in all its goals, if it were to become a mere warehouse for quotes. Dedicated fans who want a database for quotations would do far better to build a website for the same. Don't say you weren't warned, though, if you end up getting sued by the entertainment industry.  See Limits on quotations for more. - InvisibleSun 20:44, 13 November 2008 (UTC)
 * What he said. There are many, many places on the internet where you can post whatever you want, and even where you can open that posting up to anyone else who wants to build on it - consider starting a blog and putting the password to access the blog on the front page for anyone to get to. BD2412 T 21:29, 15 November 2008 (UTC)
 * No, I agree, Wikiquote is to all extents, a large holding ground for quotes. There is a large number of 'profound' and relevant quotes - enough, I think, to garner it's own page
 * Profound? Like, "How does it taste?", "I want some instant noodles", "I've been waiting for this", "Put away your gun!", "Come out and play!", "Go get him!", and "Grenade!"? Profound is something that would give you something to think about even if you did not know where the quote is from. BD2412 T 11:19, 17 November 2008 (UTC)
 * 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.