Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Draft:Battlefield 5

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the miscellaneous page below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the page's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.

The result of the discussion was: delete. Ricky81682 (talk) 08:06, 15 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Draft:Battlefield 5

Battlefield 1, which is actually Battlefield 5, was created last month. The draft is not useful anymore. AdrianGamer (talk) 15:10, 8 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

~~Redirect~~. --SmokeyJoe (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 02:52, 9 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Delete per nom, the draft was created based on a misconception. --SmokeyJoe (talk) 22:49, 14 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. Don't redirect, it'd be pointless. Anarchyte (work | talk) 08:48, 9 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

The point of the redirect is Battlefield 1, that Battlefield 1 exists, and any interest in a topic called "Battlefield 5", which has already demonstrably happened once, should be redirected to that article. Also note that redirects are cheap, much cheaper than deletions. --SmokeyJoe (talk) 12:22, 9 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I'd agree with redirecting Battlefield 5 to Battlefield 1, but how is a redirect from Draft:Battlefield 5 gonna be of use to readers? ☺ · Salvidrim! · ✉ 14:10, 9 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

DraftSpace is irrelevant for readers. It is only relevant for drafters. The redirect is for the drafters. The mainspace redirect could be created independently, it has nothing to do with drafters. --SmokeyJoe (talk) 21:47, 9 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

What drafters though? The singular IP address who wrote the article in 2 edits over 4 months ago and hasn't returned since? Sergecross73 msg me 03:18, 10 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

If not for the drafters, why talk about this page at all? --SmokeyJoe (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 04:13, 10 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

..To delete it...? I really don't see what you're driving at here. Sergecross73 msg me 12:15, 10 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, the best avenue would be to create the redirect, and delete this draft, since you're literally not able to link draft space to main space. Sergecross73 msg me 14:43, 9 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

That bringing "not useful" drafts to MfD is busywork, a net negative to the project, and that policy encourages admin-lighter actions if possible, and in this case it is more than possible. --SmokeyJoe (talk) 23:17, 13 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Well, that sounds like a fine conversation for you and the nominator moving forward, but this draft has already been nominated, so there's no real reason to factor that into the discussion right now. I'd also gladly shoulder the burden of the 2 button presses it'll take to delete this should there be a consensus to do so, since you're so concerned. We're talking about a 3 sentence, zero source draft written by an IP 4 months ago. It used the wrong subject title, and had no use in the respective subject's mainspace article. It served virtually no purpose as a draft, so I fail to see the purpose of a redirect. Sergecross73 msg me 13:04, 14 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - per my comments above. No practical use. If you want to clear up any confusion between the different names, put a redirect in the mainspace. Sergecross73 msg me 12:28, 10 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Video games-related deletion discussions. Satellizer el Bridget ^(Talk) 05:38, 12 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

OK, having looked harder into this. "Battlefield 5" is an anticipated new game, hinted at, due 2017, with very few details released. http://battlefield.wikia.com/wiki/User_blog:Awyman13/%22Battlefield_5%22_announced_to_release_in_Fiscal_Year_2017.

"Battlefield 1" is a retro/prequel version set in WW1; a prequel to the series original "Battlefield 1942", to be released very shortly.

The potential for confusion between "Battlefield 1" and "Battlefield 5" is obvious and huge, but they are not the same thing. Battlefield 5 should not redirect to Battlefield 1, but as an anticipated, no reliable sources, future game, it should probably be redirected to Battlefield (series) as a placeholder.

The page discussed here, Draft:Battlefield 5, was created in error, in confusing "Battlefield 1" and "Battlefield 5", and should be deleted as wrong information. --SmokeyJoe (talk) 22:47, 14 June 2016 (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 page's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.