Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Katawa Shoujo


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The result was   keep. (non-admin closure) – Davey 2010 •  (talk)  19:57, 27 August 2014 (UTC)

Katawa Shoujo

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Independent "visual novel" video game. Lacks notability.


 * Most of the references are to things like the dev blog of the developers.


 * One Kotaku citation. Kotaku however is a very trashy tabloid style group blog.


 * gamesetwatch news piece. I am not too familliar with that site. May be another group blog.

In addition, I can find two reviews:


 * Screw Attack - Under the "blog" section and not a formal review section.


 * Escapist Magazine - This probably counts

I think that there are too few reliable sources discussing this to establish notability for this indie game. Harizotoh9 (talk) 05:01, 22 August 2014 (UTC)
 * Strong Keep - Eeeeh, with the amount of stuff I have read about this game (which lead me to actually play it recently), I have a hard time coming to the conclusion it is not notable. I can't look at the links directly since I'm at work and I can't be bothered to bypass their firewall, but according to WP:VG/S there are plenty of coverage in reliable sources
 * Kotaku is reliable for posts after 2010.
 * GameSetWatch is also reliable
 * Screw Attack can be used for opinions and reviews per per WP:VG/S
 * Escapist is, as you said, definitely reliable
 * IndieGames review
 * Rock, Paper, Shotgun review
 * Technology Tell article (this one is not on WP:VG/S but looks good anyways).
 * So, plenty of significant coverage in reliable media sources. Subject comfortable passes WP:GNG. ☺ ·  Salvidrim!   ·  &#9993;  14:45, 22 August 2014 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been added to the WikiProject Pornography list of deletions. • Gene93k (talk) 19:31, 22 August 2014 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of video game-related deletion discussions.  • Gene93k (talk) 19:32, 22 August 2014 (UTC)


 * Keep and withdrawal recommended. The sites in the nom (save for perhaps Screw) are vetted at WP:VG/RS. That with Sal's sources put it past the GNG. Should something else be done with it (merge into something else) if the coverage is not substantial? That's a conversation for outside AfD. czar ♔   22:45, 22 August 2014 (UTC)
 * Strong keep, and WP:BEFORE wasn't followed properly here. A simple Google search would've shown that a large number of sources exist, such as
 * http://indiegames.com/2012/01/four_leaf_studios_katawa_shouj.html
 * http://www.gamesetwatch.com/2009/04/4chan_group_releases_eroge_dem.php
 * http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/128886/This_week_in_video_game_criticism_From_proceduralism_to_Katawa_Shoujo.php
 * http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2012/01/10/impressions-katawa-shoujo/
 * http://www.gamesradar.com/14-dating-sims-break-all-romantic-barriers/
 * http://www.theaureview.com/games/reviews/pc/katwa-shoujo-four-leaf-studios-2012
 * http://www.kotaku.com.au/2012/01/unexpected-sincerity-disabilities-girls-and-katawa-shoujo/
 * http://kotaku.com/5905626/that-game-about-dating-disabled-girls-is-excellent-and-you-should-play-it
 * http://www.technologytell.com/gaming/133218/dont-get-upset-katawa-shoujo-sequel/
 * http://www.vg247.com/2012/01/05/katawa-shoujo-out-now/
 * http://www.avclub.com/article/march-5-2012-70201
 * To name a few. WP:GNG is easily passed here. Satellizer   (´ ･ ω ･ `)  01:15, 23 August 2014 (UTC)


 * Keep per above points. There is significant third party coverage from reliable sources and easily passes WP:GNG. Green  Runner  0  22:12, 24 August 2014 (UTC)
 * Keep per Salv's and Satellizer's source hunting. Sergecross73   msg me  12:13, 26 August 2014 (UTC)
 * Keep - GNG was already met, but the sources listed here are enough to take the article to it GA. Developer notes are important for a certain aspect, but they do not conifer notability - so there is no N or GNG issue to be found. WP:BEFORE next time, please. ChrisGualtieri (talk) 20:26, 26 August 2014 (UTC)
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