Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/D-Zone


 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review).  No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was delete. Rlendog (talk) 18:43, 29 February 2012 (UTC)

D-Zone

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Article was PROD'd for reasons below. User:IrinaPodkolzina may be a sockpuppet of User:Julian cochran (The developer), based on edit history (Claims to have "created the article"). The only source not from the Julian's digitalscoures website is an Xlinkbot protected blog written by the him as well. The external link to Borders appears to be a collection of Wikipedia articles (Self published ebook? Sometime odd about it.)

Reasons from original Prod by Derek Andrews: (1) i question the notability of this shareware - unable to find online references except at download sites, (2) this article seems to have been written by the author of the software, (3) the references are themselves published by the author -- ferret (talk) 20:50, 21 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Note that all Wikipedians should learn- Betascript Publishing is a company that packages up generally only tangentially-related articles, sticks them in a cheap book with an odd title based on one or more of the articles within, and sells them for high prices in the hopes that some unwary person will buy them. It's a scam, in other words, but probably not related to the author of this article or the game's creator. -- Pres N  22:24, 21 February 2012 (UTC)


 * Delete. I am unable to find any sources to support any notability, the mostly primary sources currently in the article cannot support the article alone. I have, for the obvious reasons mentioned above, removed the link to the Betascript book.  Я ehevkor ✉  23:01, 21 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Delete per my original PROD. Derek Andrews (talk) 00:36, 22 February 2012 (UTC)

1. I don't know Julian, thank you for calling me a sockpuppet but this is highly offensive and people who write the abusive words such as a sockpuppet don't have the rights to edit in Wikipedia. 2. I am not a sockpuppet but a fan of the game and Julian's music. 3. The subject is "D-Zone I", not offshoots such as "D-Zone II". D-Zone was only of significant market influence in 1992-1995 prior to the internet becoming large which is why you don't see the references everywhere. Game developers especially do mention it as influential occasionally. 4. The article will have visitors from all around the world showing that there is sufficient notability here for Wikipedia to have public value. Irina — Preceding unsigned comment added by IrinaPodkolzina (talk • contribs) 08:27, 22 February 2012 (UTC)


 * If you have access to any reliable printed sources then please use them.  Я ehevkor ✉  11:48, 22 February 2012 (UTC)
 * If this article is of such huge interest, how is that only two editors have made any significant contributions to it in two years? I'm sorry for any offense the sockpuppet label may have caused, but when only two editors work on an article, and when their only contributions to wikipedia are to this article, this must raise a red flag about their motives. Derek Andrews (talk) 13:18, 22 February 2012 (UTC)


 * Delete - Lack of coverage in reliable, third party sources. Notability not established. (It "being big before the age of the internet" isn't a valid excuse, as plenty of old-school video games, classic rock bands, etc, manage to do this just fine...) Sergecross73   msg me   14:48, 22 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of video game-related deletion discussions.  • Gene93k (talk) 02:42, 23 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Games-related deletion discussions.  • Gene93k (talk) 02:42, 23 February 2012 (UTC)


 * Delete. I cannot find reliable, secondary sources (WP:VG/RS) with significant coverage for the game to satisfy WP:GNG. The sources in the article appear to be primary and do not pass WP:RS. — HELL KNOWZ  ▎TALK 12:07, 23 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Delete - After some searches, not finding coverage in reliable sources to qualify this topic's notability per WP:GNG. Northamerica1000(talk) 02:05, 29 February 2012 (UTC)


 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.