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Why a page concerning Game Develop should be allowed on Wikipedia
I've created a page concerning the software Game Develop but it was quickly removed as the page seems to be unambiguous advertising which only promotes a company.

Even if I perfectly understand that it could have been considered as advertising, the section G11 of the criteria for speedy deletion also says that an article about a company or a product which describes its subject from a neutral point of view does not qualify for this criterion.

And in my sense, the way I wrote the article was quite neutral, describing the basic features of the software as it was also done for some others software in this category ( See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Construct_2 ( Don't get me wrong, I totally agree that Construct 2 deserves to have a Wikipedia page :) And it deserves it more than a lot of other softwares which are in the category Video games creation software in my sense ;) : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Video_game_creation_software ) )

So I would like to mention some aspects making it possible for Game Develop to have a page on Wikipedia:
 * The software is not a brand-new software, it is (actively) developed since 2008 and it is not developed by a brand-new company that need to vandalize Wikipedia so as to get public attention :)
 * There a lot of similar softwares which have a Wikipedia page ( again, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Construct_2 but also http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stencyl or http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GameSalad ; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Games_Factory ; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_Maker ; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/App_Game_Kit ... )
 * Some of these software are younger than Game Develop and yet they have a page ( see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_Flow_%28software%29 ) ( By the way, by looking on the forum of this software, the community seems to be quite small ( See finished project page: http://darkflow.net/portal/forum.php?id=9 ), or at least smaller than the Game Develop one ( Some projects using GD are available here: http://compilgames.net/jeuxEN.html ) so it seems quite unfair for Game Develop to get its page deleted ;) ).
 * Game Develop already have a page on Wikipedia french website ( http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_Develop )
 * Game Develop is not "yet another game creation software project" : It is actively developed since 2008 as said before, and it was published in some French magazines ( L'ordinateur individuel, Freelog, Computer Arts... ).

Finally, maybe the biggest issue with Game Develop is its lack of visibility, making it not as famous as some others more recent ( and not free ) game creation softwares. But in my view ( Of course I'm biased :) ), Game Develop features can compete with similar softwares, and even exceed them in a lot of cases, so much so that a even little page about Game Develop on Wikipedia should exists :)

Thank you for your reading :) Florian.rival (talk) 15:38, 29 May 2012 (UTC)