For the real wars (Wikipedia-based ones), see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Lamest_edit_wars

For comic relief, start with: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Unusual_articles

No, this was not a war at all by Wikipedia standards.

The deletion nomination was closed under an informal Wikipedia guideline called “WP:SNOW”, which is shorthand for saying that there wasn’t a snowball’s chance in hell that it was going to result in deletion, because the comments to keep the article were so overwhelming. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletio...

It's silly nerd shenanigans, and I'm fine with a little of that showing up on HN. Although once sites like Kotaku start writing articles about it, the wacky fun has usually run its course.