Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/PS2 Independence Exploit


 * 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   redirect to Homebrew (video games). History has been left intact, if sourceable content can be viably merged to that article or to a better target, then please do. It's clear that some of this information belongs somewhere, but the general consensus here is against a separate article. ~ mazca  talk 20:36, 14 April 2010 (UTC)

PS2 Independence Exploit

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Prod was removed by IP with the reasoning "deprod - extensive thrid-party coverage all over the web shows notability, saving a dead platform from piracy does not seem a good excuse for censorship". I will take on his points 1x1:
 * 1) extensive third-party coverage - while indeed there is a lot, they are mostly from unreliable sources. The only one would possibly meet WP:RS I found was this book which appears to be a how-to book, ie it doesn't show anaylisis or anything or talk about the impact this has on the industry. Since it is a how-to book it would be too close to the source for any meaningful independant analysis per WP:N as well.
 * 2) Piracy issue, while we don't censor wikipedia, we don't go out of out not a guidebook teling people how to do things, which this article does, especially when they have potential copyvio implications. It is also not a repository for links and such to discussion forums and fansites for such stuff per WP:ELNO, which all of those appear to violate in some manner. At the end of the day only the first section has any marginal value if all of that can be verified and found someplace to put, but even then I'd question that amount of detail in any other article as WP:UNDUE. 陣 内 Jinnai 00:56, 1 April 2010 (UTC)
 * This AfD nomination was incomplete (missing step 3). It is listed now. DumbBOT (talk) 10:38, 6 April 2010 (UTC)


 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of video game related deletion discussions.  • Gene93k (talk) 14:47, 6 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete - No significant coverage from any reliable sources. Mostly blogs and forums.  Any usable information should be added to the Softmod article, as that's where all the info for other console softmods are. --15:23, 6 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Merge to Homebrew (video games) and set up a redirect. -Thibbs (talk) 17:26, 7 April 2010 (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.