Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The End (video game)


 * 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 Konami. The "keep" opinions don't make policy-based arguments.  Sandstein  10:44, 15 March 2016 (UTC)

The End (video game)

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Article topic lacks significant coverage from reliable, independent sources. (?) It had no meaningful hits in a video game reliable sources custom Google search. No hits in MobyGames database either. A redirect to a Konami list as a search term would be fine. czar 02:11, 27 February 2016 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Video games-related deletion discussions.  czar  02:12, 27 February 2016 (UTC)

This is a game from a significant company (Konami) representing one of their earliest games distributed in the United States, so there is historical value. A redirect removes all of the information currently on the page except the name. Dgpop (talk) 04:18, 27 February 2016 (UTC)
 * You're welcome to expand the list at the redirect target to contain some basic information about the game (from reliable sources), but we don't have nearly enough information for a full article about this arcade game as it stands. czar  07:44, 27 February 2016 (UTC)


 * Comment I don't know if it's notable or not (had a bit of difficulty finding sources about it), but I noticed it's a copy of the Space Invaders type of a game. There were many mentions of copycats in the Space Invaders article. However, I looked into the sources of The End if the sources had mentions of the copycattism as well. As it happens, they do, but of Galaxian and Rip-Off (which copied Space Invaders but further refined the style). The former had a very large section for just its copycats: Galaxian. I think even a two-sentence paragraph could be added about The End there. --Mr. Magoo (talk) 14:13, 27 February 2016 (UTC)
 * I added a mention of The End there in any case. --Mr. Magoo (talk) 14:24, 27 February 2016 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * Delete at best for now because none of this satisfies the applicable video games notability, nothing else convincing. SwisterTwister   talk  07:05, 1 March 2016 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America1000 00:57, 5 March 2016 (UTC)
 * Keep Video game with historical value. Sander.v.Ginkel (Talk) 17:17, 8 March 2016 (UTC)
 * Redirect to Konami. Not enough coverage to warrant standalone article.  Onel 5969  TT me 13:28, 14 March 2016 (UTC)
 * Redirect per, or maybe even week keep, based on the references in the article, which are marginal, but perhaps enough . -- RoySmith (talk) 00:02, 15 March 2016 (UTC)
 * On second thought, just go with the redirect. -- RoySmith (talk) 00:03, 15 March 2016 (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.