Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Multiplayer (disambiguation)

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The result was delete. Ad Orientem (talk) 04:54, 9 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Multiplayer (disambiguation)

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Most if not all the links given here take the meaning of multiplayer in the same context, don't really seem to fit the meaning of "disambiguation". Its more like a see also section. Daiyusha (talk) 16:56, 1 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Comment - I’m not sure I follow the deletion rationale. It sounds like you want to delete the dab page for...being a dab page...? I don’t see the issue here. Sergecross73 msg me 17:27, 1 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]
@User:Sergecross73, Shouldn't Disambiguation pages be usually for not closely related topics, like for example A page called "Blue" and then writing down "Light Blue", "Dark Blue" and so on inside it is might not qualify for it.This page is kind of similar. Daiyusha (talk) 17:35, 1 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Dab pages are for whenever a certain term might refer to multiple articles. There is no need for the subjects not be closely related, just that a user might reasonably expect to find any of the articles listed when searching for "multiplayer". Regards So Why 20:16, 1 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Disambiguation pages are for exact name matches. --Izno (talk) 18:32, 1 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Disambiguations-related deletion discussions. Bakazaka (talk) 19:37, 1 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Video games-related deletion discussions. -- ferret (talk) 19:47, 1 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Games-related deletion discussions. Izno (talk) 21:39, 1 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Comment I hate to WP:OTHERSTUFF, but this doesn't seem any different from Rice (disambiguation), which is the second example at WP:DAB. Multiplayer's primary topic is multiplayer video game, however there are several other topics "multiplayer" could refer to. A another example from WP:DAB is Football (disambiguation) which seems to fit the exact same mold. -- ferret (talk) 21:49, 1 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

~~Keep~~ The name matching for different articles reasonably means that the disambiguation page should exist! MarkH21 (talk) 22:39, 1 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Revised to Delete upon the realization that almost all of the links are actually redirects or pipes to pages not containing "multiplayer" in the name. MarkH21 (talk) 00:08, 5 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Delete for being a prime example of what a dab page is not supposed to be: 100% WP:partial title matches. Clarityfiend (talk) 07:52, 2 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. Every entry is a WP:PTM. Shhhnotsoloud (talk) 13:46, 2 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Comment I'll go away after this but since no one is replying to me I'll ask one last question? Are the deletes for PTM acknowledging that the primary topic for Multiplayer is so strongly associated to multiplayer video game that there is zero confusion or association of multiplayer with the other articles? I disagree, but just want to understand the thoughts here. -- ferret (talk) 13:53, 2 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Reply. No. What we're saying is that none of the entries are synonymous with "multiplayer". Let me give you an example. Consider the fictitious Abysmal River. If it's an actual river, then that's fine, because someone could say, "There's a bridge crossing the Abysmal to the north." But say it's a community. Then it's no good because people wouldn't normally refer to it as just Abysmal. The point is that people don't commonly refer to any of the entries as just "multiplayer". (Now it may be that the redirect from Multiplayer to Multiplayer video game is questionable, but that's a separate issue.) Clarityfiend (talk) 10:35, 3 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Addendum. I see that there are some unacceptable entries in Rice (disambiguation) (e.g. wet rice), which I will now delete or demote to See also. That may have added to your confusion. Clarityfiend (talk) 10:39, 3 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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