Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Operation Black Mesa


 * 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.  MBisanz  talk 17:28, 3 February 2009 (UTC)

Operation Black Mesa

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Basically a lack of verifiability of any of the content via reliable secondary sources, in which it follows that notability cannot be established via such sources. It seems that a rough consensus, according to two mergers that I proposed at Talk:Black Mesa (video game) and Talk:List of Source engine mods, indicates nomination for AFD. MuZemike 17:44, 29 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of video game related deletion discussions. MuZemike 17:45, 29 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete pointless. ILovePlankton (talk) 20:17, 29 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Weakish Keep article needs expanded and referenced but a quick google search for the game brings up a fair chunk of hits, including on the offical steam website. I feel this article is similar in notability to the Garrys Mod article but that remains to be seen Cabe  6403  (Talk•Sign!) 07:47, 30 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Weak delete. Although there are some exceptions like Gary's Mod, my understanding is unauthorized game mods aren't eligible for articles unless they establish independent notability (or are sanctioned by the original game's publisher). No objection to this being merged with the Half-Life article if that's preferable to losig the information. 23skidoo (talk) 03:40, 30 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete -- this is about a modification of a video game and rates no more than a mention in Half-Life 2. I'm going to go ahead and be bold about this, moving the title so as not to have this confused with the serious articles on Wikipedia about real military operations.  Mandsford (talk) 13:36, 30 January 2009 (UTC)
 * That would only be justifiable if there was a real Operation Black Mesa to take up that namespace. There isn't, so there is no need to disambiguate it. Reading the first line easily tells someone that the article is not about a military operation. -- Sabre (talk) 14:20, 30 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete - As far as I can tell, there is only one claim of importance; 5th place in MOTY. I don't consider this substantial enough to even list in the "list of mods" article. Marasmusine (talk) 15:26, 1 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete Doesn't meet the general notability guideline due to a lack of reliable independent sources, which is hardly surprising since it isn't even complete. Gary's Mod is mentioned regularly in the media, used in competitions and features, and is on a different level to this. It's just another non-notable mod and as such doesn't need merging or redirecting anywhere. Someoneanother 03:24, 3 February 2009 (UTC)


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