Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Locations of Half-Life (2nd nomination)

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The result was merge‎ to Half-Life (series)#Setting. Daniel (talk) 05:23, 4 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Locations of Half-Life[edit]

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This is effectively a list of locations of Half-Life, and it fails both WP:GNG and WP:NLIST. No source cited or in my BEFORE covers this topic in a non-game guide form. There is a reception but it is based on passing mention of a location or few in game reviews. Last AfD suggested some merge, and maybe something here can be rescued by merging, but the topic of this article is effectively a lengthy plot summary with a blown up reception section. _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 12:41, 27 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Fictional elements, Science fiction and fantasy, Video games, and Lists. _{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 12:41, 27 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Merge to Half-Life (series)#Setting and any of the "main article" links present in the current article (ie Black Mesa Research Facility) for any info that isn't WP:GAMECRUFT (it's mostly wikia cruft though.) Sergecross73 msg me 14:58, 27 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Merge to Half-Life (series)#Setting - the only other individual locale that is probably notable is City 17 while the others either already have articles or aren't notable. ᴢxᴄᴠʙɴᴍ (ᴛ) 17:25, 27 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Selective Merge to Half-Life (series)#Setting - The few listed locations that actually are notable, such as Black Mesa Research Facility, already have a separate article, and the rest are just in-universe descriptions of minor locations. The reception section is largely made up of cherry-picked quotes from general reviews of the games, rather than genuine significant coverage on the fictional locations themselves. Rorshacma (talk) 21:12, 29 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Merge I suspect most of the details of the individual locations are reflected in the respective game articles (eg I know Aparture's influence and style are mentioned within the Portal articles). Only one that I would think needs to be moved in wholesale is the section on Xen, since that's a well-known part of Half-Life for all the wrong reason. If anything. --Masem (t) 00:28, 30 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Merge per all. Not every game universe needs its own article, and this sits comfortably in te series page. No prejudice against recreation if there are more sources about the universe itself. Shooterwalker (talk) 03:57, 31 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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