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Video games-related deletions

Shutdown of online games

Shutdown of online games (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)

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This is a bit of a non-topic really, spun out into a short reflective essay. Obviously old online games get shut down, but if we’re going to have an encyclopedia article about that topic we need more than a couple of random examples. Mccapra (talk) 07:43, 27 June 2022 (UTC)

• Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Video games and Internet. Mccapra (talk) 07:43, 27 June 2022 (UTC)
• Alternatively, what do you think if we combine this article into online games? Dr. Greywolf (talk) 07:57, 27 June 2022 (UTC)

I’d be happy with that as an alternative to deletion, yes. Mccapra (talk) 07:58, 27 June 2022 (UTC)

• Merge to Online game as a WP:ATD. With such a clear merge target, this really should not have gone to AfD. ᴢxᴄᴠʙɴᴍ (ᴛ) 09:55, 27 June 2022 (UTC)

Galactic Frontiers

Galactic Frontiers (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)

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Only references are a couple of reviews from a single publication, one of which is very, very tiny. Archive.org search also comes up with nothing. If there are additional reviews please let us know and I will gladly withdraw the AfD, but as it is, this is a very clear fail of WP:GNG and such a prolific article creator should know better? ᴢxᴄᴠʙɴᴍ (ᴛ) 11:31, 26 June 2022 (UTC)

• Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Video games-related deletion discussions. ᴢxᴄᴠʙɴᴍ (ᴛ) 11:31, 26 June 2022 (UTC)
• Delete per norm. --Vaco98 (talk) 12:07, 26 June 2022 (UTC)
• Comment found these two sources from the Human Media(the developer) website [1]], [2]. Timur9008 (talk) 15:19 ,26 June 2022 (UTC)

• Sources from a developer don't count towards notability, as they are WP:PRIMARY. Not that those really have much beyond a description of what the game is. ᴢxᴄᴠʙɴᴍ (ᴛ) 21:14, 26 June 2022 (UTC)

• Redirect to List of Macintosh games for now until more sources can be found. BOZ (talk) 12:35, 26 June 2022 (UTC)

  I agree, but you're the article creator. Why did you publish the article in the first place? Sergecross73 msg me 17:52, 26 June 2022 (UTC)

  That also assumes that lists should include non-notable games. I think that most people would agree that games appearing on any (non-developer-specific) list in Wikipedia should either be bluelinked or redlinked (having article potential)? Otherwise the criteria for inclusion would be tremendously broad. Redirecting a non-notable game to a list is literally useless for readers, they may as well head to Mobygames. ᴢxᴄᴠʙɴᴍ (ᴛ) 21:11, 26 June 2022 (UTC)

Yifeng Sun

Yifeng Sun (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)

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Not particularly notable Starcraft player. Fails WP:GNG. – Ploni (talk) 22:00, 23 June 2022 (UTC)

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• Delete: Little to no relevant articles, fails WP:N 182.65.93.32 (talk) 11:28, 25 June 2022 (UTC) Anon

PaoLUL

PaoLUL (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)

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No evidence of notability in article or online, just one mention in GNews[3], very few mentions of him in general[4]. Fram (talk) 14:08, 23 June 2022 (UTC)

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• Delete - None of the sources are reliable: #1 is a primary source, #2 is from Fandom, #3 is from YouTube, and number 4 is from another Fandom wiki. weeklyd3 (message me | my contributions) 19:57, 23 June 2022 (UTC)
• Delete - Fails WP:NBIO. – Pbrks ^(t • c) 02:52, 25 June 2022 (UTC)
• Delete - Fails GNG per nominator. —Princess Faye ^{(my talk)} 04:21, 25 June 2022 (UTC)
• Delete - per nom. Videogameplayer99 (talk) 20:45, 26 June 2022 (UTC)

Chris Wang (ThunderCore CEO)

Chris Wang (ThunderCore CEO) (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)

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No evidence of notability. Only a single source. Searches reveal very many hits but all appear to be social media, YouTube, blogs etc. There may be non-English sources available. Author moved Draft directly to mainspace immediately following a failed review. Fails WP:GNG  Velella  ^{Velella Talk}   07:45, 23 June 2022 (UTC)

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• Delete fails WP:GNG. Theroadislong (talk) 07:46, 23 June 2022 (UTC)
• Speedy delete Per WP:G11 as the creator was a WP:SPA who only created articles about the company and its founder; it is unambiguously advertising/spam. ᴢxᴄᴠʙɴᴍ (ᴛ) 08:11, 23 June 2022 (UTC)
• Speedy delete both fails WP:GNG and was indeed created by an SPA. Best Alexandermcnabb (talk) 09:47, 23 June 2022 (UTC)
• Delete. No evidence of notablilty. Maproom (talk) 11:02, 23 June 2022 (UTC)
• delete and block the creator - neither he nor his business ventures are notable. PRAXIDICAE🌈 15:22, 23 June 2022 (UTC)
• Speedy delete per WP:G11 and above comments. Ovinus (talk) 22:35, 23 June 2022 (UTC)
• Delete, should have been speedily deleted. Not notable at all. ✠ SunDawn ✠ (contact) 23:08, 23 June 2022 (UTC)
• Delete Chris Wang is not passing WP:GNG. His sources are missing and this is also not independent source, [5].Jimandjam (talk) 10:58, 24 June 2022 (UTC)
• Delete per nom. Timur9008 (talk) 15:46 ,26 June 2022 (UTC)
• Delete - article just doesn't pass WP:GNG. Videogameplayer99 (talk) 20:47, 26 June 2022 (UTC)

Ence (esports)

Ence (esports) (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)

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The article relies on non-notable announcements/press-releases, and very much on its website. Fails to meet WP:NCORP Bash7oven (talk) 07:16, 21 June 2022 (UTC)

also seems to be a cross-wiki spam Bash7oven (talk) 07:18, 21 June 2022 (UTC)

• Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Video games and Finland. ––FormalDude talk 07:41, 21 June 2022 (UTC)
• Keep. Having gone through the article, I disagree with the description of the sources. While there's certainly press releases, blog posts and the odd Twitter reference in there, there's definitely enough non-trivial news coverage to satisfy WP:GNG as well: ESPN ("ENCE the most unlikely of IEM Katowice finalists"), Ilta-Sanomat ("ENCEn menestys synnytti ennätyksiä Veikkauksella ja DNA:lla – myös IS:ssä ja Ylellä kovia lukuja", "Suomalaisen pelijoukkueen fanilaulusta tuli jättihitti – Kauppatorillakin kuvattua musavideota katsottu yli 9 miljoonaa kertaa", "Aikakausi päättyy – ENCEn CS-joukkueessa ei pelaa yhtään suomalaista", "ENCE perustaa CS-akatemian: Hakee suomalaisia ja maksaa palkkaa", "ENCE teki kovan kaappauksen – kiinnitti maailmanmestarin"). There are also shorter pieces or more trivial content, which helps build the article but isn't worth pointing out here. //Julle (talk) 11:14, 21 June 2022 (UTC)
• Keep (as creator) -- The Video Game Wikiproject considers Dot Esports, The Esports Observer, Red Bull, and Upcomer to be reliable. Add in ESPN and Ilta-Sanomat, the second biggest newspaper in Finland, and there are ~35 reliable sources, many of which discuss the organization in quite some detail. And I could find a lot more because news orgs in Finland have entire esport beats essentially dedicated to covering ENCE. Alyo (chat·edits) 14:00, 21 June 2022 (UTC)
• Keep per Julle's and Aylo's analysis. – Pbrks ^(t • c) 14:50, 21 June 2022 (UTC)
• Keep Plenty of independent indepth coverage in reliable sources, esp. Finnish newspapers already in the article. Plenty further coverage that is not currently cited in the article, e.g. (paywalled) articles in Helsingin Sanomat and on the YLE website. Also bunch of on-TV coverage by YLE, including a 26 minute TV special. See [6] for more YLE coverage. These go far beyond announcements/press-releases. -Ljleppan (talk) 08:50, 22 June 2022 (UTC)
• Keep - per above, article seems to pass WP:GNG. Videogameplayer99 (talk)