Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Doctor Pong


 * 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 keep. — TKD::Talk 07:45, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

Doctor Pong

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Non-notable videogame.Zuxtron 16:45, 24 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep. I'd disagree, there's many entries here of video game coin-ops that are not well known to everyone.  That's the purpose of encyclopedic entries here, to familiarize the reader with subjects they may not be familiar with.  I could see calling for merging it with Pong, but calling for outright deletion is like using a bazooka to swat a fly.  I could also see questioning for deletion on the grounds of notability if it had been on someone's home brew hack they made and put up an entry on.  However, this was an actual product that was manufactured and sold by a major video game coin-op company.  It also represents a number of firsts - such as the first time Atari tried to enter a more consumer arena.  It's also the first time video game manufacturers explored non-traditional locations, a direct ancestor to later placements such as hotel rooms (pay for play games first started with the Atari 5200, all the way to current N64 or PlayStation setups), kiosks at fast food resteraunts (such as the N64 kiosks at McDonald's), and more.   The only thing that really needs to be done with that entry is have more content added, which I will do today or tomorrow sometime.  Also, I'm not sure if you're a shadow account for someone else on Wikipedia or what, but the bulk of your contributions to Wikipedia  ( 5 out of 7) seem to be just articles for deletion proposals.  And just about all with the simple "for the reasons above".  Also, simply labeling it with a "not-notable" tag with no explanation of what you mean by the tag or why you consider "not-notable" applies here does not give much of a reason for calling for deletion in the first place.    --Marty Goldberg 16:48, 24 August 2007 (UTC)
 * This AfD nomination was incomplete. It is listed now. DumbBOT 11:48, 28 August 2007 (UTC)


 * Keep. Just because you lost in it doesnt make it not notable. Keep working man! M.V.E.i. 16:39, 28 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep - The article appears notable enough to stay on Wikipedia. TheInfinityZero 17:13, 28 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep Is at least semi-notableMbisanz 06:14, 30 August 2007 (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.