Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Midway Arcade Treasures: Extended Play


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The result was keep. John254 17:12, 4 November 2007 (UTC)

Midway Arcade Treasures: Extended Play

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This collection of video games seems to fail WP:N. I leave it open here whether the individual games are notable; but it is completely obscure to me what encyclopedic content should be added about the compilation of games. (PROD was contested for formal reasons.) -- Sent here as part of the Notability wikiproject. --B. Wolterding 11:30, 31 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep The compilation has been independently reviewed by several reliable sources, Metacritic has no less than 24 reviews, this is no less notable than the next PSP game. I also notice we have individual articles for other compilations, namely Midway Arcade Treasures, Midway Arcade Treasures 2 and Midway Arcade Treasures 3 - this is just following on in the same tradition. Since notability is there would you consider withdrawing the AFD?Someone another 13:20, 31 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Strong Keep Absolutely notable. scope_creep 15:25, 31 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep extensive coverage of topic exists in reliable source, and thus is notable.--Jayron32| talk | contribs 18:05, 31 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep per above. SharkD 18:17, 31 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep - I removed the original PROD, and in this case I'm willing to contest the AfD nomination, too. The article requires serious attention, though, and I partly believe that the uneven collection of Midway Treasures game articles points to possible collapse of each into a "series" article. D. Brodale 18:40, 31 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep Significant game collection from a major publisher. Google News shows reviews in high-profile magazines, such as this. Andrew Lenahan -  St ar bli nd  19:41, 31 October 2007 (UTC)
 * WP:N requests sources not for counting them, but because they serve as a basis for writing a good article. Now what in these reviews should be written about the game collection that has not already been written about the games, all of which seem to have articles? --B. Wolterding 14:45, 1 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Comment - presumably something about the nature of the collection relative to its platform, the PSP. Which would also be the point of distinction between this title and others in the Midway Treasures series. No? I don't really follow where you're going with this line of inquiry. D. Brodale 14:52, 1 November 2007 (UTC)
 * The whole point of making a video game article is to list details over and above mere gameplay summaries. Do they compare with modern games? Do they seem less playable then they did now? Was the compilation delivered in an easy-to-use way? Were there problems with the release? How well has it sold? Does the compilation represent value for money compared to non-compilation games on the system? Yadda yadda yadda. The compilation has been sold as separate, self-contained piece of software and has been reviewed as such. Someone another 15:26, 1 November 2007 (UTC)


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