Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Guitar Hero III


 * 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 Redirect to Guitar Hero. —Quarl (talk) 2006-12-31 06:50Z 

Guitar Hero III

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This article lacks any first party sources and the two sources it does have indicate that Guitar Hero II will be going multiplatform and that Guitar Hero III more Harmonix games will be made eventually. The information on the article itself is pure speculation and contains no factual data regarding the potential game itself. There is quite literally no information about the game aside from a VERY vague release date as reported by a third party. While I personally believe there'll probably be a Guitar Hero III, WP:NOT demands that we not treat Wikipedia as a Crystal Ball. Lankybugger 19:30, 26 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Comment There is a reliable source citing a release date. If we delete the article now someone will just re-create it.  The series is popular enough that the article name should at least be redirected if not preserved.  There have been several speculative edits.  I would suggest keeping the page, but protecting it until there is more public information available. - NickSentowski 19:48, 26 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Comment Perhaps a redirect to Guitar Hero would be sufficient until confirmed, verifiable information has been released? Currently the article is a collection of factoids and common knowledge and while Activision is PLANNING to release more Guitar Hero sequels there's been indications that future Harmonix releases might not be rock-related... I doubt they'd release a Country-themed guitar game as a core-series sequel, for example. Lankybugger 20:19, 26 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Comment Lets be realistic about this, and like Nick said, if we simply delete the article it will probably be remade. We really dont need this article though in my opinion, maybe just a short paragraph in the Guitar Hero II article. Cablebfg 21:19, 26 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Comment As this article shows, there's a vast difference between another game being made which uses the Gibson SG Controller released by Red Octane and a true sequel to Guitar Hero II. Harmonix could choose to start releasing the game with subtitles instead of numbers (like Guitar Hero: Metal or Guitar Hero: Country) as the GTA series did with Vice City and San Andreas, they could start to release the games under different "Hero" brands (like Country Hero or Metal Hero) or any other number of naming conventions. Right now there's zero indication that ANY of the proposed additions to the Harmonix lineup will actually be Guitar Hero III. It's PROBABLE that one of the games will be Guitar Hero III but it's not VERIFIABLE. Right now the only information the article contains is information that more games from Harmonix will be produced by the end of next year AND that Guitar Hero II will be going multi-platform. There is zero ACTUAL information about GHIII. I could just as easily make an article about Final Fantasy XIV with just as much information as the GHIII article has. It'll probably be made eventually and we can bet there'll be a dude named Cid in it, but that's speculation. Lankybugger 15:18, 27 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep. Does not meet crystal ball standard. --badlydrawnjeff talk 21:48, 26 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete There is no info at all for this game other than Activision plans to release a new Guitar Hero game. Also, keeping an article just because it will be created again in the future is not a reason to keep (otherwise we would keep the articles about sporting events 20 years away). TJ Spyke 02:44, 27 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep. It's a game, whether it's released or not. I wouldn't have known about it if not for this page. Isn't learning about things what Wikipedia is for? — Preceding unsigned comment added by CoastTOcoast533 (talk • contribs)
 * There is ZERO info abou this game though, other than Activision plans to make it. Anything else is pure speculation. TJ Spyke 05:48, 27 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep. Real game. - A Link to the Past (talk) 19:36, 27 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Comment I fail to see how a game which is not yet in development, and has not had any press releases from the developer on it can possibly be considered a "real game". Lankybugger 18:49, 28 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete per WP:V. No, this is not a "Real game", just a mention of some general promo, with no verifiable encyclopedic content.  Perhaps, given the game-chat-blog rumors, this title should redirect to Guitar Hero and be protected against crystal-ball recreation until there are facts, not rumors, published in multiple non-trivial independent sources.  Barno 20:16, 27 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete This does need to be deleted. The information is not relevant, and it is a prime example of what Wikipedia should not become.  Speculation.  --Atm153 23:47, 27 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been added to the list of CVG deletions. PresN 21:33, 27 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete The information here is all in the Guitar Hero 2 article, and there's not enough of it at all to justify its own article.  A redirect to Guitar Hero 2 should be sufficient.  Lateralus1587 08:08, 28 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete Unless, of course, I am allowed to create articles on Grand Theft Auto V, Final Fantasy XIV, Resident Evil 6, Gyakuten Saiban 5, etc. --Guess Who 23:20, 28 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Redirect to Guitar Hero II or Guitar Hero for now. Wait until more info about the song list (not speculation from fansites) and the game itself is provided. If the game is going to not be released until late 2007-Q1 2008, it's still a long ways from now. Douglasr007 06:24, 29 December 2006 (UTC)
 * The points made above have pushed me to my Delete decision. How can we create an article about a game before the official title or working title is announced?  I think this would be a good guideline for deletion. - NickSentowski 18:17, 29 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep - Greeves 21:45, 29 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep Suoerh2 22:50, 29 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Comment: I've added a link to the IGN page for Guitar Hero PS3. Dread Lord CyberSkull ✎☠ 03:22, 31 December 2006 (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.