Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Uprising

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The result of the debate was Delete --Allen3 talk 13:32, August 13, 2005 (UTC)

The Uprising
Nominated for deletion because I judge this to be advertising, and as such it's a violation of Section 1.4.3 of WP:NOT The Literate Engineer 07:08, 5 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Advertisement, Wikipedia is not a Crystal Ball. EvilPhoenix talk 07:41, August 5, 2005 (UTC)

Author's Response I personally do not see how this is advertising, as, unless someone hits the page using "Random article" (and what are the chances of that?), they aren't going to stumble upon the page without actually looking for more information about the game itself.

Screenshots and the website for the game are due out in just a couple of weeks, and it is only a couple of months before the game makes its debut.

You say that Wikipedia is not a "Crystal Ball," and yet there are tons of pages about upcoming movie, music, and game releases. The only reason you are against my example of it is because I come from a very small, independent game company, which doesn't give me the same kind of voice.

I've had the same problem getting information about the game published on game websites--no one believes me. Yet this game has been in development for over a year, and is very far from an amateur attempt at an MMORPG. We have a rather large and fully capable team of coders, designers, modelers, and writers who have given enormous quantities of their time over the past year making this project a reality.

Delete it if you must, it'll just be recreated again when the game comes out this winter. Instead of trying to destroy every attempt at deleting every page that might be some kind of indirect advertisement, just have some trust, for once, and let the information about the game be out there for your audience to see.

That's all I'll say, and if you, the editors, still are not convinced, you are more than welcome to delete the page. End of (unsigned) author's response


 * Delete. Advertising, crystal ball, 'nuff said. --DrTorstenHenning 11:18, 5 August 2005 (UTC)

Second Author Response I have saved a copy of the article in .odt form on my computer, so feel free to delete it now. However, I still think that all of you are being absolutely ridiculous, not to mention completely hypocritical. The only reason I'm being treated this way is because I represent such a small game studio! Frag 11:46, August 5, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete Not relevant in the gaming world (yet). Good luck with the project, though. KevinGovaerts 14:32:11, 2005-08-05 (UTC)
 * Delete. Wikipedia is not a crystal ball.  Further, the lack of a website makes this unverifiable. --Carnildo 20:10, 5 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete - You've not yet completed one project. No one has seen any of your work.  When it's released, then maybe the article can be related.  Also, the attitude taken by Frag seems very unprofessional for an actual studio.  A small game studio can have a wikipedia article, after they have proven themselves, see Introversion Software. - Hahnchen 01:38, 6 August 2005 (UTC)
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