Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Sad Satan


 * 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 keep. Missvain (talk) 21:28, 7 May 2021 (UTC)

Sad Satan

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Most articles on the topic have been removed (for good reason) after speculation that the game itself was an ARG intended to function as a publicity stunt. Loads of OR content and ultimately not notable enough to justify the issues it brings by having a wiki page Deku link (talk) 23:18, 29 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Video games-related deletion discussions. Deku link (talk) 23:19, 29 April 2021 (UTC)

Delete - Supporting deletion. The sources listed in this article are generally tabloid sources that I wouldn't trust as an editor, such as Metro, BuzzFeed (not BuzzFeed News), and Kotaku. This article is really the type of article that would be on a fandom website, not on Wikipedia. Wizzito (talk) 23:25, 29 April 2021 (UTC)  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * Delete - A game that, from what I can tell, never really existed and was just an attempt at some kind of creepypasta or hoax. The handful of sources in the article, many of which are not from reliable sources, are all just reporting on the same information from the games "reveal", and there does not appear to be any kind of real coverage after this point that would indicate lasting notability.  The article itself is also a mess, consisting almost entirely of WP:OR, and would need to be largely gutted regardless. Rorshacma (talk) 00:01, 30 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Keep While many sources in the article seem to be unreliable, there are few non-trivial things I was able to find (some noted as reliable at WP:VG/RS). Meristation, GQ Germany , Die Welt , Kotaku , Pelit , Vice (magazine) , Gamestar  (sadly paywalled) and was briefly mentioned in El Comercio (Peru) . The Daily Dot  and Geek.com (owned by Ziff Davis)  seem decent as well. The article absolutely needs a rewrite, but the subject passes WP:GNG in my view. Jovanmilic97 (talk) 10:12, 30 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Keep as per Jovanmilic97's statement above. Yitz (talk) 03:34, 7 May 2021 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Natg 19 (talk) 19:10, 7 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Keep per Jovanmilic97, with the addendum that WP:RSN clearly considers Kotaku reliable, although interestingly enough it doesn't seem to be on WP:RS/PS. Vaticidalprophet 20:04, 7 May 2021 (UTC)


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