Category talk:Candidates for deletion/Archive 5

SimsVille
I don't know... On one hand, it was cancelled. On the other, it is part of the history of the series, and might be worth a mention on that account. Dharden 06:05, June 22, 2010 (UTC)


 * Keeping even scrapped releases is a nice additional feature in my opinion. It is a fun piece of trivia and are often quite informative. Duskey ( talk )( blog ) 05:10, July 14, 2010 (UTC)


 * On one hand it's not exactly 'The Sims' material, on the other hand, my point above. I put it to a vote at the talk page. Duskey ( talk ) 20:40, July 18, 2010 (UTC)

Voting has ended. Ten votes were cast, but one was withdrawn. The final vote was Agree 0, Neutral 0, Disagree 9. Dharden (talk) 00:02, August 1, 2010 (UTC)

File:Cute Luv Guy.jpg
Using 'TinEye' I've found the image on many others sites: http://www.tineye.com/search/9f9b7f6d81251e7e73a60dbaa1e78c2e74260f02/ (The link will expire on July 15, 2010). It's being used as an avatar many places and have been uploaded to places such as flikr, but I'm unable to find any info on it's original creator. At the moment it's 'No License' and not covered by 'Fair Use', which normally leads to deletion on The Sims Wiki, right?

On the other hand it might be that the image is under a free license or even public domain and we just don't know about it. The original uploader has recently been temporarily banned and has proven not be helpful in order to track down the source.

tldr: What's the next step?

Duskey ( talk )( blog ) 22:51, July 11, 2010 (UTC)


 * Additional: The user who uploaded it has also not made any claims to be the creator or original copyright owner of this image. Duskey ( talk )( blog ) 04:41, July 14, 2010 (UTC)

Is it all right if i delete this pic. right now?--Danny(Monster2821) 23:00, July 18, 2010 (UTC) I deleted this too.--Danny(Monster2821) 23:09, July 18, 2010 (UTC)

Astronomi
Someone added some info in Indonesian. Now we don't have a page on Astronomy, not to say we shouldn't. How do you treat pages like this? I wouldn't just delete it, since it could be stored under language link or something, say this person is the future founder of the indonesian The Sims Wiki. Duskey ( talk ) 10:31, July 19, 2010 (UTC)
 * It has been deleted. Duskey ( talk ) 16:41, July 20, 2010 (UTC)

DBPF
I don't know much about the actual mechanics of the game; is there some other article that this could be merged with? -- Patrick (LostInRiverview) (talk)(blog)(random page) 19:17, July 29, 2010 (UTC)
 * Deleted by Monster. Duskey ( talk ) 00:49, July 31, 2010 (UTC)

Nutikk
The reasons are obvious. It's probably vandalism and/or a way to increase The Sims Wiki's articles to 5000 in an unfair way! ---  Rodrigo X    12:28, July 30, 2010 (UTC)

Fire Extinguisher
This page is nominated based on a question - depending on the answer to that question, this page may or may not be useful. Does this page refer to the fire extinguisher that Sims automatically generate when fighting fires, or does it refer to a Buy Mode object or an object that can be purchased? Thanks. -- Patrick (LostInRiverview) (talk)(blog)(random page) 19:54, July 31, 2010 (UTC)


 * This page is no longer nominated for deletion. -- Patrick (LostInRiverview) (talk)(blog)(random page) 07:06, August 2, 2010 (UTC)

Unused templates
Currently HeadingA, HeadingB, HeadingC, SWN Timer, Timer and Wikia Gaming are not in use and some of them have been replaced. I fail to see a use for any of them and have therefor nominated them for deletion. Duskey ( talk ) 15:53, August 2, 2010 (UTC)
 * I have updated HeadingA and HeadingB with our current colors. They could be used on the main page again and other places. I don't think Wikia Gaming will be used again. --a_morris (talk) 16:20, August 2, 2010 (UTC)
 * Ah yes, the main page would be an excellent place to use them. I don't think we should delete any of the heading's then. Duskey ( talk ) 16:49, August 2, 2010 (UTC)
 * Removed the headings as candidates. The others are still valid though. Duskey ( talk ) 14:28, August 4, 2010 (UTC)
 * Deleted the rest. Duskey ( talk ) 08:13, August 6, 2010 (UTC)

Bobo the Bum
Is this an actual character from the game? Duskey ( talk ) 08:11, August 6, 2010 (UTC)
 * He is on List of Sims. That's all I know. --a_morris (talk) 20:02, August 6, 2010 (UTC)
 * I don't know. I don't have The Sims for console (what I have for console is 2 and Pets), but one thing is for sure: in console games you can't have children, as far as I know; the article sates he has children... Vote below please if you agree with deletion or not.. ---  Rodrigo X    14:08, August 7, 2010 (UTC)
 * I don't think we should vote on this since it's quite simple: He's either in the game or not. Since the article is in a poor state we're in our right to delete it if no one can confirm him as being in the game or tidy up the article. Duskey ( talk ) 17:45, August 8, 2010 (UTC)
 * Vote is canceled; Wiki voting procedures state that votes should only be conducted after an adequate amount of time has passed; I hardly consider two days to be "adequate". Further, Wikipedia suggests (though I don't remember on which page of theirs) that voting on deletes, merges, etc should be kept to a minimum; rather, consensus should be developed through discussion before resorting to a vote, which is in line with the concept that Wikipedia (and TSW) is not a democracy. As to this specific sim, I think it is as simple as determining if Bobo is a real character; if he is, keep the page. -- Patrick (LostInRiverview) (talk)(blog)(random page) 21:44, August 8, 2010 (UTC)
 * "Greet and give Bobo the bum food [unlocks] The Park (2 player mode)" "He doesn't come up to your door by himself, but on stages 3-5, he will walk down your neighborhood a few times a day. With your main Sim, greet Bobo. then, use Feed. Then, you'll pay 20 simoleons to give Bobo a meal and unlock The Park." --a_morris (talk) 22:06, August 8, 2010 (UTC)
 * We'll keep it then, but it does need cleaning up. Duskey ( talk ) 10:26, August 9, 2010 (UTC)

Articles for minor NPCs
I nominated the articles for the default Pleasantview drivers (Amber Hiatt, Celeste Rossi, and David Thompson) for deletion because carpool drivers are essentially ciphers. They don't do anything but drive, Sims can't really interact with then even if they're made selectable, and there's not much that can be said about them. Sure, have a list of default drivers by neighborhood, but they don't rate individual articles. Dharden (talk) 14:26, August 7, 2010 (UTC)
 * If you check out Special:NewPages now there's roughly 8-10 pages with only the text "The Sim is from x neighborhood" what do we do about those? Duskey ( talk ) 21:18, August 8, 2010 (UTC)

Sexy Man
Vandalism by an anonymous user. ---  Rodrigo X    14:32, August 16, 2010 (UTC)


 * Deleted Dharden (talk) 16:52, August 16, 2010 (UTC)


 * It's not vandalism, it is merely a new user not aware that player stories are not allowed in the main namespace. Duskey ( talk ) 03:21, August 17, 2010 (UTC)

Travelin’ Joe
There's no need for this article, as the NPC is spawned by the espresso cart, never leaves it, and cannot be interacted with. There's nothing to say about him. Dharden (talk) 23:12, August 17, 2010 (UTC)
 * Added him to List of minor Sims and created a redirect. Duskey ( talk ) 13:49, August 18, 2010 (UTC)

Color images
Before we delete these we need to be certain of something: The templates using them needs to be updated and after that I'm not sure if the userpages will update until someone edits them. If we delete the images they will break on the userpages until they're edited to point to the new image. So don't delete them yet. Duskey ( talk ) 23:11, August 18, 2010 (UTC)
 * We're in the clear:

Hi Duskey,

Thanks for contacting Wikia. If you add a new image to a template, or replace an image in a template with another one, then the change will appear on all pages where the template is used once the server and individual caches have a chance to catch up. You wouldn't have to manually do anything other than what you're doing to the actual template. Hope that helps!

--

Best regards,

Brandon Rhea

Wikia Community Support Helper

Find wiki help guides at http://help.wikia.com Duskey ( talk ) 18:51, August 19, 2010 (UTC)

Deleted them. Duskey ( talk ) 22:04, August 19, 2010 (UTC)

File:250 Main Street.jpg
That image is of a residential house, whereas 250 Main Street is a community lot in Pleasantview which looks like this. Does anyone know if that house exists anywhere as a pre-created lot? Otherwise, it should be deleted. -- Patrick (LostInRiverview) (talk)(blog)(random page) 16:25, August 23, 2010 (UTC)
 * I'm quite sure Main Street is only in Pleasantview. I could be wrong though. Duskey ( talk ) 02:26, August 24, 2010 (UTC)
 * That's no Pleasantview lot I recognize, and that it has a driveway and car means it can't be from the TS2 base game. Dharden (talk) 13:37, August 24, 2010 (UTC)
 * Bingo! I thought it might be the junk car from FreeTime, so I went looking. According to the list in this article, there is a 250 Main Street in Desiderata Valley, which is the residence of the Aspir family. Dharden (talk) 13:44, August 24, 2010 (UTC)
 * It is now in use and no longer nominated for deletion. Duskey ( talk ) 13:04, August 26, 2010 (UTC)