Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Video games based on Slender Man


 * 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__EXPECTED_UNCONNECTED_PAGE__ to Slender Man. Liz Read! Talk! 08:11, 6 April 2024 (UTC)

Video games based on Slender Man

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Non-notable as per WP:GNG. In short, the article as it stands has no sourcing overviewing the treatment of the character across multiple video games. There are also only three titles with an article of the fourteen noted, with two being from the same creator, suggesting that the treatment of this character in gaming media is not notable either beyond its appearances in those works. I don't think, at least in its current state, that the article adds value that couldn't be said in a sentence: Fourteen games have been based on the character, including the notable games X, Y and Z. Potential WP:ATD for discussion I think are worth exploring are a merge to Slender Man in a new category or move to a more discrete list (i.e. "List of video games based on Slender Man"), although the latter still has some issues re. WP:NLIST. ＶＲＸＣＥＳ (talk) 06:55, 30 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Video games-related deletion discussions. ＶＲＸＣＥＳ (talk) 06:55, 30 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Merge selectively to Slender Man. There's basically zero RS coverage of the non-bluelinked games, don't include them. As for the NLIST angle, I don't think there's enough here. The closest any source gets to acknowledging the set of games as a whole is Game Rant "The Slender Man mythos has resulted in a lot of indie games". Most other sources, even when discussing the 2023 release rumors, just reference it as a successor to Slender: The Arrival and Slender: The Eight Pages, not the previous body of work as a whole. ~ A412  talk! 10:03, 30 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Unrelated to this AFD, how is Slender Man such a bad IPC section in a GA, between primary sources, references in extremely minor works, and sources to wikis of all things? ~ A412  talk! 10:07, 30 March 2024 (UTC)
 * I'd say it's probably worth a GAR. With all respect to the nominator and reviewer, that GAN was almost a decade ago, and the review was fairly forgiving about the unorthodox structure and sourcing for the article by today's standards. The current article is better, but does wax on quite a lot to repeat the same message: the ambiguity of Slender Man's mythos and depiction makes him appealing and highly adaptable for fans. Anyway, just an aside. ＶＲＸＣＥＳ (talk) 11:43, 30 March 2024 (UTC)


 * Merge to Slender Man, This article is entirely messy with incorrect grammar, terrible layout and none of the sources show any good reason about the group of Slender Man games. In addition, a list of video games that Slender Man has appeared in would be fine as a section to the Slender Man article then rather its own article list. NatwonTSG2 (talk) 01:50, 31 March 2024 (UTC)


 * Merge as the article is not mature enough to be in its own, also noting that it is not notable enough. Toadette  ( Let's discuss together! ) 16:13, 31 March 2024 (UTC)
 * It's surprising to me just how few of the video games listed in the timeline here were covered at all by reliable sources. I do think a list of Slenderman games has potential for an article (there's this VG247 source and quite a few of these games are reported upon), but this article is not looking good. ~ Maplestrip/Mable ( chat ) 08:34, 5 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Slender was admittedly very influential in the indie scene and gave rise to a large amount of imitators and clones, but the vast majority of them were small-time indie releases with no coverage. I agree if there were more sourcing that gave coverage to them, it'd be worth keeping, so thanks for finding that source. ＶＲＸＣＥＳ (talk) 20:26, 5 April 2024 (UTC)


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