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Wikipedia:Pokémon test
The Pokémon test is an argument that was made at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion, before specific fictional Pokémon species were merged into lists of Pokémon. It asserted that an article on a subject should be kept because it was at least as notable as an average Pokémon.
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Until mid-2007, Wikipedia had standalone articles for each of the 493 Pokémon species which then existed. A discussion that year found consensus that not all Pokémon are notable, and most were eventually redirected to list articles such as List of generation I Pokémon. As of May 2024, there are 36 Pokémon species-based articles (one being a glitch).