Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/MAKO by Beyoncé


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The result was   merge to Beyoncé Knowles. Black Kite (t)  00:48, 18 November 2011 (UTC)

MAKO by Beyoncé

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Article about a video game canceled, the game will not have an official release, Beyoncé was sued in $100 million for breach of contract, several pages confirm this information (see nymag.com, supremereaction.com, gamertagradio.com, radio.com and other websites). Has only one source and not have a relevant content, this article fails notability video games. Truu (talk) 01:50, 10 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of video game-related deletion discussions.  Truu (talk) 02:34, 10 November 2011 (UTC)


 * Keep - I feel like the very sources you've presented in your case are examples of the type of third party sources that establish notability. Sergecross73   msg me   02:49, 10 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Delete or Merge - It seems like most of those sources are merely about the lawsuit, not the game itself. One reliable source, Rolling stone, reports on the lawsuit, but mentions a different game's name? ("Starpower"?) It's here: http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/beyonce-sued-by-video-game-developer-20110427 - Anyways, if anyone can sort out what this is all about, it seems like it would be more fitting to be in a "Lawsuits" or "Controversies" subsection of the main Beyonce article. If not, just delete it outright. The game itself doesn't appear to be notable. Sergecross73   msg me   03:56, 10 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Delete - The only notable thing about the game seems to be that Beyoncé is getting sued for backing out of the deal. It could be mentioned in the Beyonce section Origosan (talk) 06:30, 10 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Games-related deletion discussions.  —Tom Morris (talk) 08:46, 10 November 2011 (UTC)


 * Merge - With Beyoncé. Salvidrim (talk) 19:26, 10 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Merge to Beyoncé. I agree with Origosan and others. The only notable aspect is the lawsuit which would be more appropriate in Beyonce's page. There is not notability about the game that is enough to give it its own page. HotshotCleaner (talk) 18:03, 11 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Keep It can be developed further form this. ★Jivesh 1205★ (talk / ♫♫Give 4 a try!!!♫♫) 06:55, 13 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Yes, that's the same link I provided above. How is that an argument in favor of keeping the article? It doesn't even mention the game by name. It's a good source about this lawsuit, but says virtually nothing of the game the article in question is about. Sergecross73   msg me   00:58, 14 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Indeed, as explained lower, the lawsuit has nothing at all whatsoever to do with this article. Salvidrim (talk) 01:01, 14 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Sorry, when I wrote this I hadn't read what you later said below, as it didn't look like it was a response directly to this particular comment. Sergecross73   msg me   01:10, 14 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Delete or Merge (with Beyoncé Knowles). There will likely never be enough independant coverage for this article to stay. The lawsuit is mainly biographical information, so it could easily be merged. — WP: PENGUIN  · [ TALK ]  12:27, 13 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Question: Didn't the lawsuit turn out to be only a rumor? She released a behind the scenes video of the game a few months after the alleged law suit occurred. Why would she do that if it wasn't going to be released? Ratizi  Angelou  contribs 22:03, 13 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Explanation - This game has nothing to do with any of the above discussion This is MAKO, by Ubisoft, while the lawsuit is by Gate Five about a game called Starpower: Beyoncé.  This has been very widely reported, dozens upon dozens of news reporting outlets, copy of court summons, etc.  However, no information about the company Gate Five LLC can be found outside of these news reports whatsoever.  I have not found confirmation that the lawsuit was fake either, but with every news report reprising the same information... it's not exactly super convincing either.  The only ref in this article mentions to other lawsuit, so this is not the same game as the one that spawned the lawsuit.  It nonetheless should be merged into Beyoncé's article, in addition to the previous lawsuit by Gate Five. Salvidrim (talk)
 * In short, this is not an article about the cancelled game & lawsuit (Starpower: Beyoncé, by Gate Five), but about an in development game (MAKO, by Ubisoft), thus the nomination is incorrect. Salvidrim (talk) 22:35, 13 November 2011 (UTC)
 * To clarify, you mean that the nomination's description about it being the cancelled game is incorrect, but stand by your decision that the game should be merged, correct? Sergecross73   msg me   01:09, 14 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Several (potentially non-RS) sources mention the previous lawsuit and this new game. ((1), (2), and others.) Salvidrim (talk) 22:37, 13 November 2011 (UTC)


 * Merge to the artists' page. Stuartyeates (talk) 08:44, 15 November 2011 (UTC)
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