Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mob (video games)
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
- 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 merge to Non-player character#Video games. RL0919 (talk) 13:22, 16 July 2026 (UTC)
Mob (video games)
[Hide this box] New to Articles for deletion (AfD)? Read these primers!
- Mob (video games) (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View log | edits since nomination)
- (Find sources: Google (books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL)
There is a complete WP:OVERLAP with non-player character#Video games, as it is simply a term used to refer to NPCs. I would suggest merging it there, or to glossary of video game terminology where it is already listed. ᴢxᴄᴠʙɴᴍ (ᴛ) 10:24, 9 July 2026 (UTC)
- Note: this discussion has been included in the list of Video games-related AfD discussions. ᴢxᴄᴠʙɴᴍ (ᴛ) 10:24, 9 July 2026 (UTC)
- redirect to glossary entry, per nom. meamemg (talk) 14:27, 9 July 2026 (UTC)
- Merge per nominator's rationale. "A mob is a computer-controlled non-player character (NPC) in a video game"... that's just an NPC FaviFake (talk) 14:40, 9 July 2026 (UTC)
- Merge to Non-player character#Video games of which it is a synonym. Entry in Glossary is fine as it is. Please be sure your vote is clear which merge you support. M kuhner (talk) 14:58, 9 July 2026 (UTC)
- Merge to Non-player character#Video games per nom HundredVisionsAndRevisions (talk) 20:31, 9 July 2026 (UTC)
- Merge to Non-player character#Video games per nom. They're synonymous; even allowing for a subtle shade of difference in meaning, they belong under one 'roof', and the NPC article is the appropriate place. GhostOfNoMan 14:56, 10 July 2026 (UTC)
- Merge. Yep. toby (t)(rw) 20:23, 13 July 2026 (UTC)
- Merge. Maybe even an early closure? ⇖ /.°°.\ ⇗ (They/Them/Their) 22:35, 15 July 2026 (UTC)
- 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.