Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Gapper (video game)


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The result was delete. Given that this is an old game, recreation of this article would be reasonable if sources were uncovered. Sam Walton (talk) 13:57, 5 July 2015 (UTC)

Gapper (video game)

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No WP:RSs (only Google Books hit just mentions in passing, no news, websites are just legally grey abandonware sites), fails WP:GNG. Ian.thomson (talk) 21:29, 24 June 2015 (UTC)
 * This has been added, which is not a legally grey abandonware site, but the primary purpose of slider.com does not appear to be an encyclopedia (rather a search engine), and I cannot find out who their editors, authors, contributors, or sources are. Ian.thomson (talk) 21:39, 24 June 2015 (UTC)

I have since updated the article to include additional references and content about the game, which I believe is of value worth keeping within Wikipedia. The mentioned Google Book hit above is not talking about this game and is not relevant. It was a MS-DOS product created back in 1986 and was a PC game that many people loved. If you look at a simple Google search, you will see any number of hits related to this game: []. Angrygreenfrogs (talk) 21:36, 24 June 2015 (UTC)
 * The number of hits on Google does not indicate whether a subject is notable -- books actually do a better job of that. You added one source, which cannot be demonstrated to be reliable.  Ian.thomson (talk) 21:39, 24 June 2015 (UTC)

I've cleaned up the article, removed anything that could be called original research, added 5 sources, including one from Mobygames, which is more relevant. Beyond that it'll simply be a personal judgement call as to relevance. Angrygreenfrogs (talk) 21:57, 24 June 2015 (UTC)
 * The following sources do not meet our reliability standards, and are legally grey abandonware sites: Demu, theisozone, MyAbandonWare. theisozone appears to have plagiarized Mobygames.
 * Mobygames is not reliable.
 * You need to provide evidence that Slider is written and edited by qualified individuals. Ian.thomson (talk) 22:16, 24 June 2015 (UTC)

I admit, MobyGames and Slider are the best sources of information about Gapper. If they are unacceptable sources, then I'd be stuck there. The author of the article on MobyGames is original content and was written by this guy: http://www.mobygames.com/user/sheet/userSheetId,49363/ and unfortunately I can't find any information about the author of the article on Slider. Angrygreenfrogs (talk) 14:08, 25 June 2015 (UTC)
 * Delete no indication of importance. -- Anar  chyte   08:34, 29 June 2015 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of video game-related deletion discussions.  • Gene93k (talk) 20:09, 29 June 2015 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Software-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 20:09, 29 June 2015 (UTC)


 * Delete. Article topic lacks significant coverage from reliable, independent sources. (?) It had no meaningful hits in a video game reliable sources custom Google search. MobyGames doesn't have a single review of the game recorded. There are no worthwhile redirect targets. Please ping me you find more (non-English and offline) sources. – czar   15:27, 30 June 2015 (UTC)
 * This paper is the full citation of the passing mention in the nom. – czar   15:30, 30 June 2015 (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.