Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/GTA V

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 delete. Will create as a redirect to Grand Theft Auto (series) with full protection to prevent recreation until/if this sequel comes about. Shereth 22:19, 13 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

GTA V

Pure speculation about a video game, fails WP:CRYSTAL. Previous game only came out within the last month. TN‑X-Man 02:44, 8 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Delete per WP:CRYSTAL, no info exists yet. And why the heck is it semi-protected? Ten Pound Hammer and his otters • ^{(Broken clamshells•Otter chirps)} 02:47, 8 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per above, or redirect to Grand Theft Auto (series) for the time being. -- Comandante {Talk} 02:56, 8 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been added to the list of video game related deletions. -- Comandante {Talk} 03:07, 8 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Redirect to Grand Theft Auto (series) (ideally to a section about future games), fully protect this one. I suspect we'll otherwise fall into the create/delete cycle if there isn't something there, but nowhere close enough to justify an article at this point. --MASEM 03:13, 8 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect - per Masem --T-rex 03:28, 8 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Delete WP:CRYSTAL, too soon to call considering that Grand Theft Auto IV only came out on April 29. Wait a while, there is no deadline to Wikipedia Doc Strange^MailboxLogbook 04:16, 8 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Redirect GTA 4 has just been released. There is no info regarding GTA 5. --SkyWalker (talk) 07:25, 8 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Delete and protect from recreation. Do not redirect, there is no reasonable place to redirect this to as the game isn't even in production yet. JBsupreme (talk) 04:57, 8 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Redirect per Masem, knowing the frachises success, it'll come out eventually. MrMarkTaylor ^{What's that?/my contribs/e-mail me} 06:07, 8 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect per Masem. No reliable information regarding this game exists... yet. Una Laguna^Talk 06:20, 8 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Delete No information regarding this game yet. Dan the Man1983 (talk) 06:51, 8 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Delete and protect from re-creation as per above. --.:Alex :. 16:15, 8 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - WP:CRYSTAL, WP:NOR. ~~I don't think salting is really necessary though.~~ Sephiroth BCR ^(Converse) 04:45, 10 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, but Masem had an excellent point about falling into a create/delete cycle, as this is exactly what happened with GTA IV way before the game was announced (before conception even I think) and I have no doubt in my mind that this will happen again. --.:Alex :. 16:10, 10 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Yea, based on my experience with the guitar hero series, once there's a mention of this by a reasonable source, people are going to try to create it if it's not there. Obviously I wouldn't recommend GTA VI, PlayStation 4, or the like since there's no sourceable reliable mentions. --MASEM 23:20, 11 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Fair enough. I'll leave it to the closing administrator's judgment. Sephiroth BCR ^(Converse) 04:43, 12 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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.