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List of Pokémon special episodes (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)

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This list greatly fails INDISCRIMINATE and OR. There is no real clear inclusion criteria as to what a "special episode" is. There are bonus anime shorts and exclusive anime episodes, which appear to be the focus, but it then transcludes information from a variety of unrelated Pokémon series, such as Chronicles, Generations, and Origins. Are these really "special episodes" when they're whole series unrelated to any larger Pokémon series? What correlation do these have to any other topics within the article? This article even includes random Pokémon Go promotional shorts that have nothing to do with even these other series, and shorts shown in planetariums, again with nothing to do with anything else on this list.

Normally I would consider working out an inclusion criteria, but this list physically cannot have one because of how loosely it is using the term "special episode." It's impossible to define it, and it's including content that is largely unrelated to each other under this one umbrella term, which gives me OR vibes, as it's impossible for this exact categorization to be determined. A brief search for the term "Pokémon special episodes" also yielded quite literally nothing across all of News, Books, and Scholar, indicating this term is not widely used in any capacity outside of Wikipedia, and as a result, means that it is impossible for any external sourcing to verify what a special episode is.

I would suggest a deletion of this list, primarily because not only is this list just an OR and INDISCRIMINATE mess, but it also happens to largely consist of items that have articles or alternative redirect targets. The Pikachu shorts, for example, can redirect to their respective Pokémon movie they were shown at. Special anime episodes can go to their respective anime series, as another example. While a few things are missed out on, those things largely lack any form of significant coverage or are just non-notable as a whole, and a few of them (Such as Bidoof's Big Stand) have potential to be made into separate articles and have the information carried over there. As it stands right now, this list is impossible to verify, largely redundant due to large swathes of transcluded content, and overall just a flawed article. Has one ever considered Magneton? Pokelego999 (talk) 13:20, 21 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

• Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Video games and Anime and manga. Has one ever considered Magneton? Pokelego999 (talk) 13:20, 21 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete As you say, its inclusion criteria are unclear. "Special" or not, episodes should be bundled with the list on the requisite series to most help the reader, not be thrown into a separate article. ᴢxᴄᴠʙɴᴍ (ᴛ) 13:54, 21 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
• Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Television, Lists, and Japan. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 14:28, 21 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete Per above.--Kung Fu Man (talk) 16:50, 21 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete: per WP:LISTCRUFT. A vast majority of the article is completely unreferenced, and the descriptions appear to be OR. SirMemeGod  18:58, 21 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete In the majority of the world these are just packaged the same as regular episodes and the rest are not part of the regular mainline series or not meant to be viewed as standalone episodes. Nate • (chatter) 19:17, 21 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete. It does not appear to serve a useful purpose, and the criteria for inclusion are unclear. Bensci54 (talk) 16:45, 23 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Dokibird (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)

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This streamer does not seem to meet WP:GNG or WP:ENT. The Siliconera sources are WP:ROUTINE, trivial, and based off of primary sources. The Japan Times and Polygon sources are based off of tweets and leverage notability from a corporate controversy. Doing a WP:BEFORE search brings up nothing else of use. Relisting this deletion discussion since the last one did not get much attention. Sparkl^talk 04:39, 21 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

• Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Women, Video games, Anime and manga, Entertainment, Internet, Japan, and Canada. Sparkl^talk 04:39, 21 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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