The result of the debate was delete. W.marsh 01:00, 29 June 2006 (UTC) reply
This is a wholly unencyclopedic game-guide article that...well, let me reprise my comments from the last AFD (nine months ago):
We have an excellent place for descriptions of common or signature Pokémon attacks: in the articles for the individual Pokémon involved. The fact remains that there aren't many (none that I can think of) common Pokémon attacks that aren't plainly obvious, and the uncommon ones don't bear mentioning (for the same reason that List of Pokémon characters doesn't include every single Pokémon trainer in the games; there are hundreds and most are more-or-less interchangable). Anyone with a basic grasp of English or a dictionary understands that Flamethrower is going to be a blast of flame, Water Gun is going to be a jet of water, and that Thunderbolt is going to be a blast of electricity.
As for attacks that aren't as obvious, in both the manga and the anime (where the effects of the attack are extremely fluid, depending on the needs of the plot) they are immediately explained, in all but the oldest games they're described in the game, and, most importantly, it's exceedingly unlikely anyone without access to those primary sources will ever have cause to look up further information on Wikipedia (unless that information was specific in a technical way, a la GameFAQs, which isn't Wikipedia's thing anyway).
This article serves no encyclopedic purpose, and each major revision only adds more game-guide-style detail (such as specific accuracy/damage, specific chances of inflicting a status effect, etc.) - A Man In Bl♟ck ( conspire | past ops) 22:09, 22 June 2006 (UTC) reply
Strong Keep It is inappropriate to discuss attacks in Pokémon articles, as not every attack is a signature attack of some Pokémon, and some Pokémon have the same signature attacks. Many things which may be “plainly obvious” to you will not be to the average wiki reader( as is always mentioned in Pokémon FA noms. While minor trainers may be interchangeable, I challenge you to have your attacks randomly replaced with different ones in battle and say it makes no difference. I think there is a place in Wikipedia for nontechnical descriptions and lists of attacks. -- WikidSmaht ( talk) 03:06, 24 June 2006 (UTC) reply