Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Treasure hunt (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 merge to Scavenger hunt.  Sandstein  13:57, 8 August 2019 (UTC)

Treasure hunt (game)

 * – ( View AfD View log  Stats )

Essentially a duplicate of treasure hunting. I surmise that this article with almost no references is probably unnecessary. ZXCVBNM (TALK) 13:52, 23 July 2019 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Games-related deletion discussions.  CAPTAIN RAJU (T) 13:57, 23 July 2019 (UTC)


 * Merge as there is content in each that isn't in the other. Stifle (talk) 15:13, 23 July 2019 (UTC)
 * The content is largely unsourced however, making a merge untenable. When you get rid of things that are covered elsewhere, like Egg hunt, Scavenger hunt and Geocaching, you are left with nothing.ZXCVBNM (TALK) 18:38, 23 July 2019 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * Merge and redirect. Not concerned with the lack of sourcing, that can be fixed. SportingFlyer  T · C  02:08, 24 July 2019 (UTC)
 * Merge to Scavenger hunt. This has nothing to do with the article treasure hunting, which is about the act of looking for real treasure. This is about a game. It is (or at least was when I was young) the normal name in the UK for what is called a scavenger hunt in the US. -- Necrothesp (talk) 10:39, 24 July 2019 (UTC)
 * Merge to Scavenger hunt per Necrothesp. Agreed that the page has nothing to do with the page treasure hunting. One is a real-world attempt at riches and adventure, the other is a party game. Randy Kryn (talk) 11:28, 24 July 2019 (UTC)
 * Partial merge to treasure hunting (make a section for this in that article, which compares and contrasts with scavenger hunting). A scavenger hunt is a distinctly different concept. The difference between the "game" and professional treasure hunting is simply a matter of degree, and trying to separate them is like trying to separate baseball (game) from professional baseball. Perhaps, make a broad-concept article, as baseball, that covers them both. Spending all day treasure-hunting for gold in an area known to have small deposits, and finding less than $100 worth, is just a game, but then what happens to the game when you unexpectedly find several hundred dollars worth of gold? Too many links to this everyday, well-understood term are of the WP:OVERLINK variety, and readers can usually readily determine from the context, whether it's a "game" or not. A scavenger hunt is an organized activity; when Tom Sawyer went treasure hunting he wasn't following "clues" given to him by someone who organized the hunt. When someone plays a video game which involves a "treasure hunt" they aren't scavenger hunting. – wbm1058 (talk) 17:10, 27 July 2019 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks,  MBisanz  talk 22:52, 30 July 2019 (UTC)
 * Keep The fact that there's a specific world record for this indicates that it's a separate topic with a distinct title.  There are numerous books about the activity by this title and so it's quite notable and sourcing the topic will not be difficult.  Other similar activities such as egg hunts or geocaching have separate and distinct features and, per WP:NOTPAPER, there's no need or benefit from trying to cram everything together. Andrew D. (talk) 09:14, 31 July 2019 (UTC)
 * Keep. I added a mention with a link in the lead of treasure hunting. Deleting this would have the adverse effect of leaving behind a lot of red links (albeit some could be considered overlinks to a well-understood term in the context of use), and a big hole in the encyclopedia begging to be filled. – wbm1058 (talk) 15:13, 1 August 2019 (UTC)
 * Merge to Scavenger hunt (or vice versa). These are the same general concept with overlapping material and can be covered in the same article with no loss of content. Without an established definition it is a disservice to the reader to cover such a topic disjointedly across multiple articles, the name difference being subjective, regional, or colloquial. Reywas92Talk 21:07, 1 August 2019 (UTC)
 * I suppose a merger-of-equals to a new article titled Treasure and scavenger hunts would work, since there is significant overlap in meaning. That would eliminate the need for the parenthetical "(game)" in the title. Interestingly enough, the Google Ngram shows that the term "treasure hunt" predates "scavenger hunt" by about 30 years, and has (at least up to 2008) been the more popular term. Neither seems to have been much used before 1900. – wbm1058 (talk) 23:26, 1 August 2019 (UTC)
 * Merge to Scavenger hunt. Or, as noted above, it's fine to do the merge in the other direction too.  Treasure and scavenger hunts seems like an excessively complicated title.  The goal of a title is to be easy to search for and/or easy to remember.  That's usually better than being excruciatingly correct.  -- RoySmith (talk) 13:55, 8 August 2019 (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.