Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of Region Free Xbox Games


 * 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 delete. Nandesuka 16:25, 20 August 2006 (UTC)

List of Region Free Xbox Games
No references and wikipedia is not original research. AStaralfur 17:55, 9 August 2006 (UTC)
 * This AfD nomination was incomplete. It is listed now. DumbBOT 11:03, 10 August 2006 (UTC)


 * Delete Not cited and is orginal research. --Porqin 11:51, 10 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Comment I actually do not believe this qualifies as original research under WP:OR; the games themselves are the primary source, so I don't think simply popping the game into Xboxes from various regions qualifies as OR. -- Kicking222 13:02, 10 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep and Work on Citation Prod . I think that it would be very easy to cite this properly and make it a useful list-based resource. - Thorne N. Melcher 16:55, 10 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been added to the list of CVG deletions. PresN 18:02, 10 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete. Worthless unless you can reference a credible source verifying the list. If you can do it, fine, but it would seem difficult given the legal climate regarding this issue as well as the size of the list.  Cdcon  18:24, 10 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete —  unless sources are given. Also, what's a Region Free X-box game? American Patriot 1776 18:43, 10 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Strong Delete per Articles for deletion/List of Xbox 360 games without region encoding. RandyWang ( chat me up/fix me up ) 22:06, 10 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep. Verifying this is as simple as inserting the appropriate game into the appropriate console. These materials are not freely available, but then neither are many publications. Not all reliable sources are words on paper. Is this OR? Maybe, I'm not sure. Deco 22:20, 10 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Comment Nope, that way of verification is original research by definition. -- Koffieyahoo 00:53, 11 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Comment It is unfortunately original research because their region-free property is almost always obscured. It's not a developer credit, fictional character or plot summary, these things can be sourced from the original medium. Finding reliable sources for all individual titles to prove they are region-free may be difficult. For instance, this GameSpot article discusses that the Japanese version of Street Fighter Anniversary Collection was intentionally region-free. This sort of thing could be used. I do have a question though - can an established retailer, such as Lik Sang or Play-Asia, be used as a source, since they seem to have done the research and mark their region-specific games as region-free when applicable? --SevereTireDamage 06:43, 11 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Comment is would guess that would count as a primary source, so in that sense yes. However, it is not a very reputable primary, as it is a retailer. -- Koffieyahoo 05:41, 15 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete as OR It's not particularly encyclopedic even if you could source it. Ace of Sevens 08:44, 11 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep Given that region free games are the exception rather than the rule in home console games. As for the claim of original research, the works in question are the source. Dread Lord CyberSkull ✎☠ 11:35, 11 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete as per previous Articles for deletion/List of Xbox 360 games without region encoding nom. Combination 18:24, 12 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep per. Dread Lord CyberSkull. Havok (T/C/c) 11:03, 14 August 2006 (UTC)


 * Delete: per above --Peephole 16:06, 14 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete - it certainly looks to be OR, and no attempt has been made to provide references from a reliable source. -- Mako 22:04, 14 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete per WP:NOR and previous decision at Articles for deletion/List of Xbox 360 games without region encoding. --Satori Son 04:42, 18 August 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.