Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Fairyland (video game)


 * 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   no consensus. (non-admin closure)  TheSpecialUser TSU 00:53, 15 September 2012 (UTC)

Fairyland (game)

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Unremarkable online game. No indications of notability, no reliable sources. MikeWazowski (talk) 03:43, 25 August 2012 (UTC)


 * (I created the article; it's my first activity here, so please excuse me if I'm doing something wrong) I agree that Fairyland is not a well-known or big MMORPG, but that is true for many other games listed at "List of free massively multiplayer online games", too. Most information about Fairyland is written in Asian languages; the English Wikipedia isn't meant only for articles interesting to the Western world countries, is it? Lager (250 employees, created in 1999), the developer/publisher of Fairyland, is one of the leading game developers in Taiwan. Fairyland is more than 10 years old and still active, which can not be said for many other MMORPGs, especially not free-to-play ones. It is listed on many MMORPG sites:, , , , . It has got enough votings at mmorpg.com to be listed in the top 200 of all MMORPGs. The official English (!) forum has more than 18000 posts (additional 61000 posts in the archived forum). Cherry Credits offers Fairyland Points. The Thai Wikipedia has an article about Fairyland, too. What else to prove "notability"? --Flenggg (talk) 15:07, 25 August 2012 (UTC)
 * You need to show that it meets the General Notability Guidelines, which is done by coverage by reliable sources. I'm not entirely familiar with these websites you've given above, but I don't believe they qualify as "reliable" in the Wikpedia sense of the word. Try showing that websites like GameSpot, IGN, or Eurogamer have done articles or reviews on it, for example. They're pretty undeniably reliable. A list of commonly accepted sources for video game articles can be related at WP:VG/RS. This is your best bet at keeping the article. I'll wait and give my 2 cents once I know more about the game... Sergecross73   msg me   02:36, 27 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks, Sergecross73. GameSpot lists Fairyland (they also write: "Fairyland is a hugely popular online game in many Asian countries including Taiwan, Mainland China, Hong Kong, Thailand, Japan, Malaysia, and Singapore", FWIW in a press release). IGN lists Fairyland, too (here also). GameFAQs lists Fairyland, too. Coulnd't find an entry at Eurogamer, though. --Flenggg (talk) 11:29, 27 August 2012 (UTC)


 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of video game-related deletion discussions.  • Gene93k (talk) 23:34, 26 August 2012 (UTC)


 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Games-related deletion discussions.  • Gene93k (talk) 23:35, 26 August 2012 (UTC)


 * Comment - It's looks notable, but any reliable source is going to be in a foreign language publication. The Chinese Wikipedia article on the developers suggests that game has been around since 2003, and that a sequel, "Rainbow Bubbles"(?) debuted at the Tokyo Games Show 2009.  Here's an interview from 2003 - http://gnn.gamer.com.tw/8/9218.html, if you click through to the related news at the bottom, there's quite a bit of coverage.  I don't know how reliable any Chinese language sources are, but it looks professional enough. - hahnch e n 19:22, 30 August 2012 (UTC)
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 * Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Mark Arsten (talk) 13:58, 1 September 2012 (UTC)

 
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.


 * Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, BusterD (talk) 14:00, 8 September 2012 (UTC)


 * Keep - Upgrading my comment above given that no one else has expressed any opinion. - hahnch e n 12:04, 11 September 2012 (UTC)
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