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* {{afdl|Muslim Massacre: The Game of Modern Religious Genocide||2008-09-11|2008-09-13|Keep}}
* {{mfdl|Wikipedia:Wikiproject Red Faction||2008-09-07|2008-09-13|Delete}}
* {{afdl|Auto (Mega Man)||2008-09-07|2008-09-12|Merge to [[List of Mega Man characters]]}}
* {{afdl|Jennifer MacLean||2008-09-07|2008-09-12|No Consensus}}
* {{mfdl|Wikipedia:WikiProject Nintendo/Award||2008-09-03|2008-09-12|Keep}}
* {{afdl|Primordiax||2008-09-06|2008-09-12|Delete}}
* {{afdl|Weapons of Gears of War||2008-09-07|2008-09-12|Delete}}
* {{afdl|Trevor Chan||2008-09-06|2008-09-11|No Consensus}}
* {{afdl|Harpy (Puyo Puyo)||2008-09-05|2008-09-10|Redirect to [[Puyo Puyo]]}}
* {{afdl|List of Chronicles of the Sword characters||2008-09-05|2008-09-10|Delete}}
* {{afdl|Combine Forces||2008-09-05|2008-09-10|Redirect to [[Combine (Half-Life)]]}}
* {{afdl|Xuchilbara||2008-09-05|2008-09-10|Delete}}
* {{afdl|Bayview (Need for Speed)||2008-09-04|2008-09-09|Delete}}
* {{afdl|Final Story||2008-09-04|2008-09-08|Delete}}
* {{afdl|Halo Surf Mod||2008-09-08|2008-09-08|Speedy Delete}}
* {{afdl|Construction Mod||2008-09-03|2008-09-07|Delete}}
* {{afdl|Nicktoons: Final Fury||2008-09-03|2008-09-07|Delete}}
* {{afdl|Game On (exhibition)||2008-09-02|2008-09-07|Keep}}
* {{afdl|Prism3D||2008-09-02|2008-09-07|Delete}}
* {{afdl|Zoo Tycoon Wii||2008-09-04|2008-09-06|Speedy Delete}}
* {{afdl|Boxing Action||2008-09-01|2008-09-06|Delete}}
* {{afdl|List of Elite Four members||2008-08-31|2008-09-06|Keep}}
* {{afdl|Ninja-Blade||2008-09-01|2008-09-06|Delete}}
* {{afdl|Minor characters of Crash Bandicoot||2008-08-31|2008-09-05|Merge to [[List of Crash Bandicoot characters]]}}
* {{afdl|Screen peeking||2008-08-30|2008-09-05|Delete}}
* {{afdl|PSPseq||2008-08-24|2008-09-05|Delete}}
* {{afdl|EivaaGames||2008-08-28|2008-09-05|Delete}}
* {{afdl|Soul Edge (weapon)||2008-08-29|2008-09-05|No Consensus}}
* {{afdl|Master game server||2008-08-30|2008-09-05|Delete}}
* {{afdl|Odessa (Wild Arms 2)||2008-08-28|2008-09-05|Delete}}
* {{afdl|Hyper Shadic||2008-08-30|2008-09-05|Delete}}
* {{afdl|Wipeout teams||2008-08-31|2008-09-04|Delete}}
* {{afdl|Questfrp||2008-08-30|2008-09-04|Delete}}
* {{afdl|The Order (Silent Hill)||2008-08-28|2008-09-03|Delete}}
* {{afdl|Portable Nintendo System (2009)||2008-08-29|2008-09-03|Delete}}
* {{afdl|Power Saves||2008-08-29|2008-09-03|Delete}}
* {{afdl|Smackdown vs Raw 2009 Roster||2008-08-27|2008-09-03|Delete}}
* {{afdl|Guardian Units of Nations||2008-08-28|2008-09-02|No Consensus}}
* {{afdl|Drake and Josh (videogame)|Drake and Josh (videogame) (2nd nomination)|2008-08-28|2008-09-02|Keep}}
* {{afdl|Rosso The Crimson||2008-09-01|2008-09-01|Speedy Delete}}
* {{afdl|Knight Online|Knight Online (2nd nomination)|2008-08-24|2008-09-01|Keep}}
* {{afdl|List of Nintendo DS chess games||2008-08-23|2008-09-01|Rename to [[List of chess video games]]}}
* {{afdl|End (video game)||2008-08-22|2008-08-31|Delete}}
* {{afdl|X Operations||2008-08-25|2008-08-31|Delete}}
* {{afdl|Pungeon crawler||2008-08-29|2008-08-31|Delete}}
* {{afdl|Diadem of Maunstraut||2008-08-20|2008-08-30|Delete}}
* {{afdl|Mew2King||2008-08-26|2008-08-30|Delete}}
* {{afdl|Almagest (game)||2008-08-24|2008-08-29|Delete}}
* {{afdl|Crash Bandicoot 2D||2008-08-24|2008-08-29|Delete}}
* {{afdl|Quinta Essentia (Video Game)||2008-08-24|2008-08-29|Delete}}
* {{afdl|Galaxy Angel Eternal Lovers: Kazuya & Chitose||2008-08-29|2008-08-29|Speedy Delete}}
* {{afdl|Barkley, Shut Up and Jam: Gaiden||2008-08-24|2008-08-29|Keep}}
* {{afdl|Moshi Monsters||2008-08-20|2008-08-28|Delete}}
* {{afdl|Merchant Empires||2008-08-27|2008-08-28|Speedy Delete}}
* {{afdl|Eisenstern||2008-08-22|2008-08-28|Delete}}
* {{afdl|Finders Keepers (casual game)||2008-08-20|2008-08-28|Delete}}
* {{afdl|List of minor Tekken characters||2008-08-22|2008-08-27|Delete}}
* {{afdl|List of Crusader enemies||2008-08-22|2008-08-27|Delete}}
* {{afdl|List of minor characters in Xenosaga|List of minor characters in Xenosaga (2nd nomination)|2008-08-22|2008-08-27|Delete}}
* {{afdl|Naruto Ultimate Ninja Heroes 3||2008-08-23|2008-08-27|Delete}}
* {{afdl|Ferrari Challenge (video game)||2008-08-22|2008-08-27|Keep}}
* {{afdl|Salvation (video game)||2008-08-22|2008-08-27|Keep}}
* {{afdl|Near future in video gaming||2008-08-22|2008-08-27|Keep}}
* {{afdl|Redspotgames||2008-08-19|2008-08-25|Delete}}
* {{afdl|TopSpeed||2008-08-20|2008-08-25|Delete}}
* {{afdl|Ratchet & Clank Wiki||2008-08-23|2008-08-24|Speedy Delete}}
* {{afdl|Ecco II: Sentinels of the Universe||2008-08-22|2008-08-24|Delete}}
* {{afdl|Coin-Op Interactive||2008-08-18|2008-08-23|Delete}}
* {{afdl|Lisa (Dead or Alive)||2008-08-18|2008-08-23|Merge to [[List of Dead or Alive characters]]}}
* {{afdl|Kokoro (Dead or Alive)||2008-08-18|2008-08-23|Merge to [[List of Dead or Alive characters]]}}
* {{afdl|Tina Armstrong||2008-08-18|2008-08-23|Keep}}
* {{afdl|Delta 9 (computer game)||2008-08-21|2008-08-23|Speedy Delete}}
* {{afdl|Madden NFL 2010||2008-08-22|2008-08-23|Delete}}
* {{afdl|Francoism (Gaming)||2008-08-18|2008-08-23|Delete}}
* {{afdl|Little Witch Parfait||2008-08-18|2008-08-23|Delete}}
* {{afdl|Nano-Nano Pudding||2008-08-17|2008-08-23|Merge to [[List of Galaxy Angel characters]]}}
* {{afdl|The Network (AdventureQuest)||2008-08-17|2008-08-23|Delete}}
* {{afdl|Simtractor||2008-08-17|2008-08-23|Delete}}
* {{afdl|Arcade perfect||2008-08-17|2008-08-22|Merge to [[Porting]]}}
* {{afdl|Battlefield 3|Battlefield 3 (3rd nomination)|2008-08-17|2008-08-22|Delete}}
* {{afdl|MLB 09: The Show||2008-08-15|2008-08-20|Delete}}
* {{afdl|Harvest moon ds recipes||2008-08-15|2008-08-20|Delete}}
* {{afdl|Riot of the Blood||2008-08-15|2008-08-20|Delete}}
* {{afdl|Darkness Within: The Dark Lineage||2008-08-09|2008-08-19|Keep}}
* {{afdl|Ubisoft Singapore||2008-08-14|2008-08-19|Merge to [[Ubisoft]]}}
* {{afdl|Mortimer Goth||2008-08-13|2008-08-18|Delete}}
* {{afdl|The sims 2 store||2008-08-16|2008-08-18|Merge to [[The Sims 2]]}}
* {{afdl|Characters of Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines|Characters of Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines (2nd nomination)|2008-08-13|2008-08-18|Delete}}
* {{afdl|The Young Ones (video game)||2008-08-16|2008-08-18|Nomination Withdrawn}}
* {{afdl|Frontlines: Fuel of War 2||2008-08-13|2008-08-18|Delete}}
* {{afdl|Solium Infernum||2008-08-12|2008-08-18|Keep}}
* {{afdl|Silkroad Online||2008-08-12|2008-08-17|Delete}}
* {{afdl|Alexey Yanushevsky||2008-08-10|2008-08-16|Keep}}
* {{afdl|Wind and Water: Puzzle Battles||2008-07-31|2008-08-15|No Consensus}}
* {{afdl|Stilwater||2008-08-09|2008-08-14|Redirect to [[Saints Row]]}}
* {{afdl|Game Industry Map||2008-08-09|2008-08-14|Delete}}
* {{afdl|UKTrainSim.com||2008-08-09|2008-08-14|Delete}}
* {{afdl|Arathi||2008-08-10|2008-08-14|Nomination Withdrawn}}
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Video games-related deletions[edit]

Creative Vault Studios[edit]

Creative Vault Studios (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)
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Fails notability IgelRM (talk) 01:55, 2 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Astra Superstars[edit]

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I could not find any coverage in reliable sources, hence fails both WP:GNG and WP:NVG. Cocobb8 (💬 talk • ✏️ contribs) 01:47, 2 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Griffin Burns[edit]

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WP:BLP of a voice actor and singer, not properly sourced as passing inclusion criteria for actors or singers. As always, neither actors nor singers are automatically entitled to have Wikipedia articles just because they exist, and have to be shown to pass WP:GNG on third-party reliable source coverage about them and their work -- but this is very heavily reference bombed to primary sources that are not support for notability (songs sourced to Spotify or YouTube or their own lyrics on Genius, acting credits sourced to IMDb, YouTube "interviews" where he's talking about himself, Facebook posts, etc.), with virtually no evidence of GNG-worthy reliable source coverage about him shown at all.
This is different enough in form from the prior versions that I wouldn't feel comfortable speedying it as a recreation of deleted content without a new discussion, but it hasn't built any stronger case for the subject passing any notability criteria than the prior versions did. Nothing stated here is "inherently" notable enough to exempt him from having to be referenced better than this. Bearcat (talk) 17:29, 31 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

sorry for the late response, been busy. i believe that Griffin's article does fall under notability due to him being cast in multiple significant roles in noteworthy projects (tartaglia in genshin, nate adams from yokai watch, Mule from berserk). Minmarion (talk) 03:50, 2 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

KreekCraft[edit]

KreekCraft (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)
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This streamer is not notable and this article has major BLP issues. I could not find significant coverage of him in reliable sources. The sources cited in the article are mostly his own videos, as well as sites like this. voorts (talk/contributions) 00:20, 30 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

  • Delete with over 9 million subscribers I thought this would be a slam dunk, but sure enough the only coverage is low quality churnalism/AI video summaries. BrigadierG (talk) 00:53, 30 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete I too thought there would a lot about KreekCraft on the internet seeing the fact that he is nearing 10 million subscribers, but all I found were these [1][2]. The article also only uses primary sources and self published sources, and the Esports articles seem very unreliable. Still can't believe no good sources on KreekCraft. I would've said draftify but theres nothing else to put in this article. MKsLifeInANutshell (talk) 07:58, 30 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Weak keep - I could only find three/four reliable sources that would possibly count towards notability. The following are all reliable per WP:VGRS: Esports Insider, Venture Beat, and PCGamesN. Also, Esports Advocate is probably reliable, but Dexerto is rarely suitable for BLPs per WP:DEXERTO. – Pbrks (t·c) 15:13, 30 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Esports Insider and Venture Beat are run-of-the-mill announcements based on the same press release which don't provide any significant coverage of KreekCraft other than to mention that he's part of the thing being announced. PCGamesN just describes what he found in one of his videos, which isn't really significant coverage in my view. voorts (talk/contributions) 19:29, 1 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Homa (company)[edit]

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Routine announcements only, not meeting NCORP. BoraVoro (talk) 13:13, 29 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Mundfish[edit]

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Does not meet WP:NCORP. Cited coverage in secondary sources is limited to coverage of the subject's sole published game, Atomic Heart, and the page should thus redirect to there. Other coverage falls short of WP:ORGCRITE specifications: unbylined pieces in news aggregators (themselves citing a non-independent interview [3]), interviews ([4], [5], [6]), an unbylined press release in Armenian cited as if it were multiple sources ([7], [8]), and business churnalism [9]. None of the above even begin to make a case for NCORP, and searching for additional coverage online just turned up results about Atomic Heart again. signed, Rosguill talk 17:17, 29 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Big the Cat[edit]

Big the Cat (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)
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Notability. I redirected this article on (to quote article) a minor character in Sonic to List of Sonic the Hedgehog characters; edit was reverted. Seeking a broader consensus. I note from the edit histort that there has already been some discussion of the topic, concluding that a redirect is appropriate.TheLongTone (talk) 12:25, 29 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

  • Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Video games-related deletion discussions. Owen× 13:08, 29 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep. This AfD does not have a policy-based reason for merging; being a minor character in Sonic is not relevant to whether he is notable. It also misquotes the article; it does not say that this is a minor character, it says that Big plays a minor role in a single Sonic anime series. In his debut role, he's one of six main characters of the game, and he later appears as one of the four trios of characters in Sonic Heroes. - Cukie Gherkin (talk) 13:13, 29 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Redirect per the consensus in this past discussion. And a second time here. I asked the article creator what's changed, and it's been days and they haven't responded. It's unclear to me what sources represent significant coverage of the character itself. Even if notability is met, it should be sent back to the draft and copy edited. These prose is extremely rough. No idea why a draft like this was rushed out. Sergecross73 msg me 14:39, 29 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Redirect There is a bit of significant coverage from Escapist, but overall there doesn't seem to be enough for a standalone page on the character. ᴢxᴄᴠʙɴᴍ () 16:20, 29 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Redirect again. Target should be List of Sonic the Hedgehog characters#Big the Cat. The character is too minor for a full article even given that he has some fans. There are a lot of references but all they do is verify that this is a minor character that some people like. This article is also poorly written. I see some people trying to fix that but I think that the notability problem would doom it even if they fixed everything that is fixable and so I recommend that they don't waste too much time on it. Instead, if there is anything worth saving, maybe merge a few sentences (not more) into the redirect target. Also, Froggy (Sonic the Hedgehog character) should be redirected to the same target to avoid a double redirect. --DanielRigal (talk) 18:43, 29 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Fictional elements-related deletion discussions. WCQuidditch 19:42, 29 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Redirect. It is quite unfortunate that I thought the 2 Eurogamer sources would help, but it really doesn't; just like the Kotaku source. The Escapist alone wouldn't help, but the worst part is this [10]. 🍕Boneless Pizza!🍕 (🔔) 11:51, 30 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Update to that last bit of your comment. Sergecross73 msg me 15:55, 30 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Redirect I was the one that challenged this being redirected boldly since I had a feeling this character could be notable and I felt as if this users past creations constantly being redirected for not being notable was a little harsh. But now that I see the comment that was linked above, and looking at the article for myself, not only is it not notable, but the writing is horrendous. Not to come off as harsh, but comment above and the user rushing the draft instead of waiting for feedback despite their past failures strikes me as the editor not being competent. λ NegativeMP1 14:28, 30 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Mario vs. Donkey Kong[edit]

Mario vs. Donkey Kong (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) – (View AfD | edits since nomination)
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I am procedurally nominating this article for deletion, as it has been WP:BLAR'd multiple times despite clear opposition to it, which its detractors claim is pointless bureaucracy. I have no opinion on whether or not it should be kept or redirected yet, but I should note that this spin-off series has several mentions in reliable sources, which makes me think it should be put up to a real AfD discussion rather than hidden on a talk page. Despite technically being part of the Donkey Kong series, the "Vs. Mario" sub-series is long-running and its games have gotten large amounts of coverage, making it possibly undue to simply be merged. ᴢxᴄᴠʙɴᴍ () 23:21, 28 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

  • Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Video games-related deletion discussions. ᴢxᴄᴠʙɴᴍ () 23:21, 28 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep. (EDIT: See below) I'm trying to follow what's going on here. There's a video game (and its remake) with the same name as the series that it is part of. All of this is fairly well-attested. Currently, the non-disambiguated title is the article for the series, and the game(s) of the same name are at the "(video game)" article. At least one editor is unhappy with this arrangement and wants the main article to be the video game. There has been blanking and redirection attempted to enforce that desire, and so this has ended up here as a "procedural" nomination, despite no one having forwarded a reason why we should actually not have an article for a series with like 7 games in it. Did I miss something about how all this process is intended to work? Lubal (talk) 00:49, 29 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    You have to also make a case for why it should be kept. For example, an argument you could make is akin to the nominator's, that it's discussed in reliable sources, or that it would be given undue weight if redirected. I don't agree, but those would be arguments you can make. You can also make "per nominator" rationales for keeping, though when tallying results, weighing in with more may be beneficial to the article ultimately being kept. - Cukie Gherkin (talk) 00:53, 29 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • I understand how AFD works, just not how this AFD works. What is the actual reason we're here? Even the nomination cites sources suggesting this is a valid topic. Additionally, this is a listicle but it's a list of entirely this series's games, bylined, and from a site with a stated editor and editorial policy. This book about platform games mostly talks about one specific game in the series, but does take time to deem it a "series" and list the then-included games. What is an argument for retention being asked to argue against here, exactly? Lubal (talk) 01:22, 29 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • The nominator opposed a redirect on procedural grounds, my understanding is that the nominator does not want the article deleted and believes that because two users want it to be merged, it should go through AfD. - Cukie Gherkin (talk) 01:41, 29 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    @Lubal: The reason we're here is because this is a procedural AfD on behalf of editors who simply wished to soft delete the article without prior discussion, despite WP:BLAR being reserved solely for uncontroversial topics. I believed it deserved a full deletion discussion so that others outside said narrow, stringent group had a chance to gauge its notability. ᴢxᴄᴠʙɴᴍ () 02:32, 29 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    To be entirely clear, it was extremely clearly uncontroversial. There had hardly been any major edits to the article for several years, there was nothing in the article suggesting individual notability. The only reason it could be said to be controversial is because you opposed it, an opposition that did not exist until after the move. BLAR was perfectly appropriate in this case. - Cukie Gherkin (talk) 02:48, 29 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    What was the controversy? I don't see any opposition on the talk page or in the recent page history. Sergecross73 msg me 03:05, 29 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Okay, I've spent way too long reading through the sources and discussion here. What's almost certainly going to happen is: 1) move this article to Mario vs. Donkey Kong (series) over the current redirect, 2) then redirect it to Donkey Kong#Mario vs. Donkey Kong (to preserve history), 3) move Mario vs. Donkey Kong (video game) to Mario vs. Donkey Kong over the move-created redirect. That said, I would have structured all of this differently from first principles. Sources are split about whether some of these games (especially the Donkey Kong Country games, but to a lesser extent these as well) represent their own independent series or are merely facets of a larger gorilla gestalt. From an outside observer, it's not immediately clear why a Lemmings-inspired game where you play as Mario is in the same series with a game where you play a rhino-riding monkey, and not all sources treat them as if they are. But some do, and editorially, that's where this went. The result, at least for now, is fine; what we have at AFD right now is effectively a content fork. But while I've come around to endorsing the current structure, I'd also urge those working in this area to be open to the idea that, if content continues to release for this sub-series or whatever you want to call it (or especially if some miracle revives Donkey Kong Country) that it may become reasonable and prudent to treat them somewhat more separately. And with that, this is off my watchlist. Lubal (talk) 13:12, 31 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Redirect. The BLAR was entirely valid, and this is definitely an AfD done for bureaucratic purposes. I also find the argument of reliable sources highly questionable considering the nominator cited an article that discusses Mario vs. Donkey Kong as part of the overall Donkey Kong series, which I would argue makes the case for redirecting, not keeping. The fact that the Mario vs. Donkey Kong series is itself, with only one exception, sequels to Donkey Kong for Game Boy and not its own unique thing like Paper Mario or what have you is also very telling to me of how independent it is from Donkey Kong. - Cukie Gherkin (talk) 00:51, 29 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Redirect The original BLAR was an entirely valid move, and the sources cited by the nominator only help support that the sub-subject is perfectly valid to discuss within the context of the main Donkey Kong series article. Additionally I feel this AfD disrupts an ongoing move discussion at Mario vs. Donkey Kong (video game), where the nominator had several established editors not only agreeing with the decision but with the assessment that the sources found by Zx only helped to re-affirm the BLAR was the right move. While I assume good faith on the nominator's part, that should have been taken into account, especially as the individual that did the original BLAR has been actively working to improve articles related to this subject on wikipedia.--Kung Fu Man (talk) 01:02, 29 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Redirect per others. This discussion shouldn't even exist, there is one already ongoing where many agree with the BLAR, including me. Even if this series was notable, I believe that it's better off as part of something else as it is uninformative and not necessary as a standalone article. We don't need a useless split off. λ NegativeMP1 02:14, 29 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    With all due respect a move discussion is not how you discuss deleting articles. It's something you do after the discussion is over and the pages have to be organized, rather than a backdoor deletion venue. ᴢxᴄᴠʙɴᴍ () 20:55, 29 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    This is a misstatement of the sequence of events. The article was redirected to Donkey Kong, and then a move discussion due to the redirect. The point being made is that the discussion had several editors making clear that they viewed the series article as not being independently notable from Donkey Kong. - Cukie Gherkin (talk) 22:30, 29 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Redirect - series articles aren't necessary when there's little to no content actually about the concept as a series. The article largely just sloppily regurgitates basic outline info from each individual article. We've got the individual articles for that sort of thing. Sergecross73 msg me 02:45, 29 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Redirect No significant coverage of the series outside of the context of the Donkey Kong franchise itself, given that the games are considered spiritual successors to the DK series. --Masem (t) 12:27, 29 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Redirect I understand the nom's procedural BLAR here. Unfortunately, with the discussion ongoing, I feel this should not have come to AfD until a true outcome was available. Here it just feels like the redirect should have happened regardless. Under normal circumstances, it still would have been a redirect from me. Conyo14 (talk) 21:01, 29 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Redirect. Speaking as the one who originally redirected the article, I've been rewriting Donkey Kong for the past several months and there simply isn't really much to say about Mario vs. Donkey Kong that can't be said at Donkey Kong. What you'd have is little more than a list of entries, a purpose already served by List of Donkey Kong video games, and it's worth noting that there already exists consensus that Donkey Kong Country, a subseries with a far greater claim to notability than Mario vs. Donkey Kong, doesn't need to have an independent article. JOEBRO64 19:54, 30 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Wired (demoparty)[edit]

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I wasn't able to find significant coverage of the subject in reliable sources. A possible alternative to deletion is a redirect to Demoscene#List of demoparties. toweli (talk) 20:21, 28 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was keep‎. Possible rename or merge can be discussed on the article talk page. Liz Read! Talk! 01:09, 3 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Grossology (books)[edit]

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Non-notable book series. Insufficient sourcing for 15 years, no independent sigcov provided to establish notability. PROD removed due to talkpage message from anon who "loved the books as a kid". Jdcooper (talk) 01:11, 27 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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  • Keep: The anon was right. Grossology was an incredibly popular book series that spawned a TV show and a traveling museum exhibit, and I can find tons of newspaper articles about it. Here's a few: "Teaching the oozy gooey science of grossness" (Allentown Morning Call, Aug 2013), "Museum exhibit uncovers all things gross" (Lincoln Journal Star, Sept 2005), "Totally Gross" (Louisville Courier Journal, Feb 2007). Keep the article per WP:NEXIST. Toughpigs (talk) 05:38, 27 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep And move to Grossology as the primary topic per Toughpigs and the reliable sources he has found. ᴢxᴄᴠʙɴᴍ () 08:17, 27 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    • Comment, these sources seem to refer to the exhibition, so I'm not sure they establish the books as the primary topic. The article about the TV series is far longer (though with a large amount of unsourced excess trivia). Maybe all the articles (+ info on the exhibition from the sources) should be merged into one. Jdcooper (talk) 10:29, 28 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
      I'll start one big page to see how a merge would work out at User:Jellyfish/Grossology and see how it looks all together. Will edit when time allows. Jellyfish (mobile) (talk) 18:30, 28 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
      On second thought - Grossology (TV series) is absolutely massive, at least on my phone. Unless there's a significant bit of fat to trim off the article, I think it'd be best left as a summary with the main article template thrown on top of the section. Jellyfish (mobile) (talk) 18:40, 28 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
      • I removed the worst of the fancruft, but yeah it's still a large article in its own right, so I agree with you. Jdcooper (talk) 13:46, 29 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
        Also just realized it has one incredibly nonspecific and presumably un-archived source. Lovely! Jellyfish (mobile) (talk) 04:44, 30 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep - traveling museum exhibit appears notable and has received nationwide coverage (albeit, from multiple local newspapers) from about 2007 to 2021. I also tracked down this NYT article, though it looks to just be a passing mention of the book. jellyfish  19:00, 27 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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The result was soft delete‎. Based on minimal participation, this uncontroversial nomination is treated as an expired PROD (a.k.a. "soft deletion"). Editors can request the article's undeletion. Liz Read! Talk! 21:57, 2 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Studio Yotta[edit]

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Not notable, looks like a company portfolio. IgelRM (talk) 15:24, 26 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Juhani (Star Wars)[edit]

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Source analysis from reception: Of all sources that have been used, Gizmodo [13] is the only sigcov here. [14] Passing mention. [15] A trivia coverage from a listicle. [16] trivia coverage. [17] just a passing mention of Juhani being a lesbian character and can have lesbian relationship with trivia coverage [18] passing mention [19] listicle [20] just talked about her being created as a lesbian and the romance, a bit useful but this and Gizmodo isn't enough to pass the notability threshold. The rest of the sources that I didn't mention aren't reliable/situational and cannot help WP:GNG. 🍕Boneless Pizza!🍕 (🔔) 10:49, 21 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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  • Merge to the character list. The reception consists of trivial mentions with no indication of standalone notability at all. Simply being a milestone for something is not enough to merit a page, unfortunately. ᴢxᴄᴠʙɴᴍ () 14:22, 21 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • The character's milestone status does seem to have gotten her some attention from outside the normal fan-coverage sources, however. Whether it's sufficiently significant coverage, I'm a terrible judge. But see: Dym, Brianna (2019). "The burden of queer love". Press Start. 5 (1): 19–35. (pp. 24-26 in particular) and Shaw, Adrienne; Friesem, Elizaveta (2016). "Where is the queerness in games?: Types of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer content in digital games". International Journal of Communication. 10: 3877–3889. (admittedly, only one paragraph on p. 3883 but includes context and analysis outside the first game). Snippet view (and Google Scholar) suggest there might be some discussion of the character in chapter 8 of this Routledge-published book, but I don't have immediate access and my library doesn't have a copy handy. Lubal (talk) 18:26, 21 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Redirect There are only passing mentions of this in reliable sources. It isn't enough to pass the notability threshold. Jontesta (talk) 03:17, 22 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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  • Keep - The character's apparent status as the first LGBT SW character is certainly notable, and sources used in the article like The Advocate [21], Out.com [22], TheWrap [23] and Polygon [24] are reliable.— TAnthonyTalk 16:43, 29 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Weak merge to the character list. While I do understand there's *reaction* to her status as a LGBT character, that alone doesn't particularly feel as notable when there's not a lot of discussion about it to warrant observing her as a character. I feel that's a significant factor her we need to consider.--Kung Fu Man (talk) 15:45, 30 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Starwing Paradox[edit]

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Digging around on this, there's nothing online that I could find but announcements of the game's development and content (mostly press release regurgiation), with zero reaction, review or critical response. The most notable aspect was a tournament being cancelled, but that was due to Yoshiyuki Sadamoto being tied to the game as a character designer and not the game itself. Game required a server connection that's since been shut down, with little commentary about that either. WP:BEFORE just shows no real indication of notability. Kung Fu Man (talk) 16:11, 20 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

  • Comment, leaning keep: Does someone know the Japanese sources? I imagine that they'd be the most relevant for determining notability of an only-in-Japan game. In general, JP media tends to be more "fannish" than American video game outlets (lots of open regurgitation of the plot & characters), but I'm seeing some coverage. Famitsu has an overview here (yes, with lots of fannish "here are all the characters" rather than commentary, but see above, it's a Japanese game and it's going to get JP media standards), including links to 6 interviews with the voice actors, staff, and singers. Of which the staff ones are probably the "most" relevant (e.g. [25], [26]). Even if the game flopped, flops are interesting too. I'd be inclined to give the benefit of the doubt to a case of borderline notability if this was a Sunrise collaboration, Sunrise is a big deal. SnowFire (talk) 21:55, 20 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • @SnowFire: The problem isn't that it was a flop, it's that there was no reaction to the game itself. We still need at least some sort of reception here, even for an arcade game, for the purposes of notability. Even Japanese sources didn't indicate that from what I dug through, just famitsu's interviews and the usual "this is what's in this update!" sort of PR articles.--Kung Fu Man (talk) 05:44, 21 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    • There does exist media that is only questionably notable as media (i.e. a game / book / film / etc.) but are notable anyway under GNG. Comes up with canceled games most obviously, which never get reviews but might have eaten up a bunch of time / money at a studio. The whole "tournament canceled" thing seems similar - obviously not relevant as a game, but sourced and covered overall on the topic-as-a-whole.
    • I do agree that the coverage is not very substantial by English-media standards, but it does look like there is at least some coverage. This Famitsu first-look report talks about the game-as-a-game. And I know you've already mentioned it, but there are trivial-ish "Here's what's in this update!" stories floating around, a la the 5 related articles at the end of [27] - all dealing with the work, just in "Hey you can buy this" or "there's a new mode now" form.
    • And to be clear, yeah, I'm not saying that the delete argument is that it was a flop, but the fact it doesn't appear to have done too well is surely the cause for why it's a bit difficult to find sourcing. Don't get me wrong, this is a very borderline notability game, but when the sources are largely not in English but clearly existent, I'd be inclined to kneejerk on the side of keep. SnowFire (talk) 21:34, 22 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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  • Weak keep. In addition to the current sources (of which Siliconera is probably the highest quality site), there's initial announcement reporting from Anime Herald. I'm not familiar with them, but they have a reasonably large set of staff editors? But perhaps more to the point, this was primarily a Japanese release, and so we should be looking for Japanese reportage. Forcing Google to give me what it thinks are Japanese news articles relevant to "星と翼のパラドクス"... reminds me that I do not speak or read Japanese even enough to pretend. But I don't think there has to be very much more there than we're already seeing to drag this over the line. Lubal (talk) 19:11, 28 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • @Lubal: I mean generally we wait til sources are *found* first instead of assuming, that's kinda the problem. Also the Siliconera and Anime Herald sources aren't giving reception; the only one that is at all is the one Famitsu source Snow found, and that's not enough for an article...--Kung Fu Man (talk) 19:23, 28 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • I'm not sure I quite read our notability guidelines to imply that only sources giving explicit reception of the game would contribute to notability. But that aside, I have tried to bumble through the Japanese sources with the help of Google Translate. As a disclaimer, it's going to be exceptionally hard for me to judge the reliability of some of these sources due to the language barrier. This, from ASCII Games seems particularly promising. It's a bylined full-length article about the initial demo reveal of the game, including review elements and details like the arcade game per-play cost that are absent from our current coverage; the site has some sort of editorial review policy but I cannot speak to its overall source quality. This is the online footprint of what appears to be a print magazine with what looks like a two-page spread about the game, although the way this is presented, I can't actually translate the pages themselves. This is a full length interview with the game's creators; I'm aware that there's some contention about to what extent, if any, interviews contribute to crossing inclusion thresholds. I'm confident there are more, as my capacity to search for, read, and evaluate this material is very poor. Lubal (talk) 20:12, 28 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Weak keep per above and Lubal's sources. There's some sources to work with here. I'm not a huge fan of using previews for Reception, but I think it's better than nothing since the preview version of the game sounds pretty close to the released version. And per above, it really would not surprise me if there exists better sources buried in Japan-only magazines and the like that are difficult to find due to releasing long after the heyday of Japanese arcades and just a year before COVID would wreck the remnants of the arcade market. SnowFire (talk) 01:53, 3 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Snow I'll be honest, I really don't like the approach of WP:SOURCESMUSTEXIST simply because it's Japan. There's been plenty of times that's been disappointing. I'm not going to fight on it but it's just not a particular route I'm fond of given the track record is all.--Kung Fu Man (talk) 01:56, 3 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Redirects[edit]

I think CS2 should point to either Counter-Strike 2 or CS2 (disambiguation), rather than Carbon disulfide (CS2)

Googling "CS2" overwhelmingly shows Counter-Strike 2, and the names have been used interchangeably by most who are familiar with the game, including the developers.[28]

Out of the articles shown on CS2 (disambiguation) that could arguably go by the name "CS2", carbon disulfide is the lowest-trafficked, and Counter-Strike 2 the highest [29]. BugGhost🪲👻 21:02, 30 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

  • Retarget and hatnote to Counter-Strike 2. I highly doubt most people looking for information on carbon disulfide don't also know its full name.
Thanks,NeuropolTalk 15:24, 31 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Move disambiguation page to the base title. I don't see a clear primary topic and redirecting this to the disambiguation page would result is a WP:MALPLACED page. In addition, the abbreviation has been used for a long time, and redirecting it to Counter-Strike 2 would create WP:RECENTISM problems. - Eureka Lott 17:45, 31 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Move disambiguation page per EurekaLott. I don't feel that elevating the game to the status of primary topic is justified. Nickps (talk) 19:14, 31 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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  • Move disambiguation page to base title. I am not convinced that search hits relying on the internet-based nature of the gaming community are adequate justification for WP:PRIMARYTOPIC, any more than the fact that Google Scholar hits overwhelmingly refer to the chemical would be adequate justification for choosing the other topic as primary. —David Eppstein (talk) 21:10, 31 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Disambig per "Counter-Strike 2 is more likely to be searched, but not fully the primary topic either per WP:RECENTISM" Chaotic Enby (talk · contribs) 23:26, 31 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Disambiguate No obvious primary topic. ᴢxᴄᴠʙɴᴍ () 23:42, 31 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]