Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Optimization (role-playing games)

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The result was merge to Powergaming. The discussion suggests that the other mentioned articles should be merged there also. Sandstein 10:20, 1 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Optimization (role-playing games)

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The first line of the article points out that this means essentially the same thing as: Munchkin (role-playing games), Powerleveling, Powergaming, Min-maxing, Twinking. No need to have so many articles about the same thing. This particular term doesn't seem to have independent coverage. Coin945 (talk) 02:04, 25 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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Note: This debate has been included in the list of Video games-related deletion discussions. Happy holidays! ^{Babymissfortune} 02:59, 25 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Redirect to powergaming. It's the same thing but stripped of the pejorative connotation. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 18:31, 25 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Games-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 04:48, 30 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I agree with a merge, but am wondering if multiples of the articles the nominator brings up couldn't be better merged together. Jclemens (talk) 05:29, 30 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Maybe some of them - or all of them? - could actually be merged into the Optimization article? "Optimization" actually seems to be a pretty descriptive term for all of them, that I think an outside observer could understand, while all of the other terms seem to me like they would only really be immediately recognizable by a gamer. BOZ (talk) 17:14, 30 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Merge to Powergaming. And, yes, most or all of the rest of these should also merge there, per WP:NOTDICT, WP:NEO, WP:POVFORK, etc. Powergaming is the broad, overarching term. "Optimization", even disambiguated with "games", "gaming", etc., would be a big FAIL when it comes to WP:PRECISE, since the term in that context is just as likely to refer to building and tweaking systems for optimal game-play performance. It an also refer to tweaking the game's own settings to best suit the hardware platform. — SMcCandlish ☏ ¢ >^ʌⱷ҅_ᴥⱷ^ʌ< 14:25, 31 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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