Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of games in the public domain

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The result of the debate was keep (no consensus). For those interested in vote count, there are 5 delete votes and 3 keep votes and no comments which sway me to ignore the two-thirds guideline. If anyone wants to merge this with List of freeware games, they can just be bold and do it. Sjakkalle (Check!)  08:24, 9 August 2005 (UTC)

List of games in the public domain
This list is unmaintainable. Currently has little actual content. I also assume that the user means video games, but that's not obvious from the title. Also, what's public domain in one country may not be the same as elsewhere. Mmmbeer 14:33, 29 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. If it's a list of video games, then at the rate copyright is going, it'll be a perpetually empty list. --Carnildo 20:28, 29 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep for now: Maybe if it was a list that had languished in obscurity for months, but not a nominee eight minutes after creation. There might be some worthwhile variation of this, maybe List of commercial computer and video games released for free which would contain some very notable entries (America's Army, Tribes 1 and 2, and GTA 1 and 2 off the top of my head). Nifboy 23:11, 29 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep, or possibly merge with List of freeware games. Kappa 23:48, 29 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Unless the mandate of this list is declared up front I can't see the reason to keep it. It is currently poorly defined; in fact the addition of chess, draughts, etc. makes the list far more confused. Presumably there are any number of games that are not protected by copyright, if that's what is meant by "public domain", and the list is therefore unmaintainable. Flowerparty talk 23:56, 29 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, unmaintainable. Pavel Vozenilek 00:07, 30 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep, a potentially useful list if restricted to board games, which seems to be the intent. It serves an encyclopedic purpose of telling people what games they are free to release versions of without copyright problems.  Practice for a buding game programmer or a new game manufacturer, perhaps? --best, kevin  · · · Kzollman | Talk · · · 00:42, July 30, 2005 (UTC)
 * comment, the board games were added after nomination as a joke. Mmmbeer 01:03, 30 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Ironic joke, I still think the list should be kept for that purpose --best, kevin  · · · Kzollman | Talk · · · 08:46, July 30, 2005 (UTC)


 * Delete - If a list exists create again. This doesn't make it as an encyclopedic article.  -  T&#949;x  &#964;  ur&#949;  19:27, 3 August 2005 (UTC)
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