byuu - Aug 28, 2007
It appears that we have another Wikipedia user with absolutely no life on our hands. This time, it's TTN.
As of today, he has nominated all SNES emulation related articles on Wikipedia for fast-track deletion, including ZSNES, SNES9x, bsnes and the generalized SNES emulator list -- stating all of the aforementioned software is non-notable.
References:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zsnes
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SNES9x
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bsnes
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_SNES_emulators
Apparently, 20,000,000+ downloads from SourceForge and 400,000+ Google matches alone, as well as countless magazine articles discussing ZSNES isn't enough to make it notable, according to this one user's opinion.
Now, personally, I agree that specific emulators should not be listed in something claiming to be an encyclopedia. But I take issue with the fact that this sole user has taken it upon himself to target only the SNES. He has left all articles regarding every other console system in tact, including specific emulators such as FCE Ultra and VBA, as well as other lists such as List of NES emulators and List of Console Emulators. If the ZSNES article is removed, then so too should well over 300+ other emulator-specific articles for all platforms, virtually all of which are most certainly less notable than ZSNES (excepting perhaps MAME.)
Anyway, due to the fast track deletion requested, there isn't a lot of time to save these four articles.
So, if you guys want to see Wikipedia keep articles on various emulators in the future, please act now and voice your opinion. On this guy's user page (not that he will care, he seems to have a God complex judging from the comments on his page, but moreso to document his behavior), by challenging his four deletions above, by requesting AfD discussions on them, by raising community awareness so others can join in to oppose these deletions, by raising this point to any admins you know, etc etc.
Otherwise, they're all going to end up gone. I've given up caring about Wikipedia at this point, as there's too many people like TTN to make it worth caring about, but since it was brought up to me, I figured I'd mention it here.
At the very least, I will concede that bsnes is not a notable software program. So feel free to support its' deletion, I could care less. But I take personal offense to stating that ZSNES and SNES9x are not notable. At the very least, they are pioneers of the entire emulation movement, even if their fame has diminished with the SNES' age.
Personally, the next time I get a chance, I'm going to be blacklisting all referrals from Wikipedia on my domain. I've had enough of this. But it's up to you guys if you want to save every other emulator article there or not.
Anyone can edit these pages, so have at it if you care.
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EDIT: it would seem you guys don't care all that much. Nonetheless, Panzer88 risked his account by removing the deletion marks. You can see the initial marks here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=ZSNES&diff=154019395&oldid=153626241
Given TTN's user talk page, it's unlikely he'll back down from such a small setback. Oh well. Anyone know if authors are allowed to request removal of pages to projects they own? Or does Wiki suffer from Cowerings Syndrome, too?
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