Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting/Games

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Art Fight

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Fails WP:GNG. Besides the The Verge source referenced, I couldn't find any other independent coverage. ~ A412 ^talk! 17:14, 27 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Arts and Websites. ~ A412 ^talk! 17:14, 27 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Visual arts, Events, and Games. WCQuidditch ☎ ✎ 18:16, 27 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Delete: Other than the Verge, there are no sources to be found. I can only get hits on various uses of the term. Sourcing in the article is primary otherwise, no nothing we can use. Oaktree b (talk) 00:28, 28 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Comment: I agree that it fails WP:GNG. Is there no other subject-specific notability test that this might fall under? It's an event with 400k participants, which seems logically notable to me, but I'm not as well-versed in Wikipedia's notability guidelines as you folk are. Aspharon (talk) 13:52, 1 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Spinout (video game)

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This is an article about a minorly successful Playstation 2 game. This article is completely unsourced. Found coverage at the time of publishing in the form of a page on game site IGN, and a Metacritic page. There's one review on said IGN page. Because of this, this page fails WP:GNG, WP:SIGCOV, (there really isn't any) and the coverage is WP:ROUTINE. tl;dr this article shouldn't exist. AnonymousScholar49 (talk) 20:12, 26 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Video games, Games, Products, Technology, and United Kingdom. AnonymousScholar49 (talk) 20:12, 26 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. [1] Jeuxvideo for Spinout. Slightly more coverage under RealPlay PuzzleSphere: [2] Eurogamer, [3] GameSpot, [4] Videogamer.com. ~ A412 ^talk! 20:37, 26 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

[5] Eurogamer for Spinout as well. ~ A412 ^talk! 20:40, 26 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

This is bizzare. From French Wikipedia I learned that this was released for Wii as Vertigo, and JV confirms it: [6]. Why the developer released the same game under three different names for three different systems is beyond me, but they appear to be the same game. This gives at least [7] Gamekult, and others here [8]. Enough for a keep in my book. ~ A412 ^talk! 23:35, 26 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Nom is not a familiar name in the VG deletion queue, so I'll pre-empt the question and note that all of the sources I explicitly identify in this comment thread are identified as consensus reliable per WP:VG/RS. ~ A412 ^talk! 23:46, 26 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

For some reason I can't see the sites you mentioned, but if they are just game reviews per WP:PRODUCTREV, it's not grounds for notability. AnonymousScholar49 (talk) 00:03, 27 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Keep Per A412. ᴢxᴄᴠʙɴᴍ (ᴛ) 22:36, 26 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Keep per A412. Sources have been provided to fix the article's lack of necessary information and notability in general. MimirIsSmart (talk) 05:20, 30 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Mechanical Dream

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Unfortunately obscure tabletop rpg. The only "source" is a listing in the Quebec Business Registry which won't work properly for me. Aside from that, I can only find forum posts. Industrial Insect (talk) 15:29, 25 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Fictional elements, Science fiction and fantasy, and Games. Industrial Insect (talk) 15:29, 25 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
~~Delete~~Keep - Two pieces of significant coverage: Review of two supplements in Backstab magazine, Review in Fictional Reality magazine. Of the two, only Backstab seems like a reliable source, Fictional Reality is a self-published e-zine. Not enough to satisfy WP:GNG. --Mika1h (talk) 06:57, 26 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I found a bit more coverage here if that helps at all. BOZ (talk) 13:26, 26 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for that, I also found a review by Casus Belli magazine here: [9]. I changed the vote to keep. --Mika1h (talk) 15:01, 26 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The Realm of Fantasy article doesn't provide much coverage aside from a basic summary of the premise. Backstab and Casus Belli look fine to me, though. Industrial Insect (talk) 01:02, 27 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
'Keep I added three of the above sources to the article. Guinness323 (talk) 22:15, 26 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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