RuneScape:Requests for deletion/Alt code 2

Alt code
Cool. I'm trying to get a page deleted that has gone through the process once before around a year and a half ago. Unfortunately, it didn't pass and the piece of junk got to live because of the consensus based around a rather lame argument.

I guess the article might have been something back then, but the game has changed; a lot. No one gets giggly over a special character like they used to (and that wasn't even a reason to keep the article to be honest). The page has a next to zero history with RuneScape. The only thing major it was ever somewhat related to was the mu crash, but the only reason that was is because Alt-230 just happened to be the easiest way to enter it. It was the character that caused the crash and µ would crash the game if entered from a fancy keyboard just as well as an alt code. We already have the bug documented on the respective page, so don't worry about mu.

As for alt codes as a whole: they are useless in the game. They do absolutely nothing. They don't provide any increase in efficiency (like Mouse keys as mentioned in the last RfD); they don't actually facilitate communication. Did you know a majority of the codes don't even register with RuneScape? The page also has lousy traffic.

I do however love the drama ensued by that one statement it has:
 * More are out there.

Epic! Woo! Makes me feel like I'm an adventurer on the search the esoteric knowledge. I wonder what will happen if I hold alt and keyboard mash the number page?... I might find something cool... Σ

So all in all the page is pretty stupid and unworthy. As much as I hate it though, I can go for a compromise and giving it a redirect to Chat where it will say a little tidbit about how they are (minimally) supported and provide a link to the Wikipedia page on alt codes.

Delete - It's dumb.╚ 23:23, February 3, 2013 (UTC)