Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Zaku (video game)


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The result was keep. (non-admin closure)  NNADI GOOD LUCK  ( Talk &#124; Contribs ) 11:53, 10 January 2020 (UTC)

Zaku (video game)

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For a long time now I don't think this article has ever passed WP:GNG and I don't think it's going too. The game was released 12 years after Atari stopped supporting the Lynx by an independent group. It's so niche I highly doubt there will be enough sourcing out there for GNG. Govvy (talk) 11:41, 3 January 2020 (UTC)


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 * Delete The Lynx was discontinued in 1995, and this game came out 14 years after. Now granted, some games made well after a console was discontinued have the potential to be notable, but not this. If you take away the unreliable sources, then there's no references left. When a video game article has nothing for "reception", that's a bad sign. James-the-Charizard (talk to me!) (contribs) 14:43, 3 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Speedy Keep With the now provided expansion, the AfD is moot as the article is now well built and sourced. James-the-Charizard (talk to me!) (contribs) 04:41, 4 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Keep I've planned to work on this article for a very long time and there ARE sources out there with information about the game, which i plan to introduce them right now. So, in my honest opinion, this page must be kept... Roberth Martinez (talk) 17:42, 3 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete With almost nothing in the way of reception or really any sources, this page easily fails the notability criteria. Namcokid  47  (Contribs) 18:26, 3 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Keep The game looks like its gotten a significant amount of coverage. The work that has been done on the article recently has improved it steadily. They need to keep working on it obviously, but they deserve the benefit of the doubt. And any game that gets published on a dead console is pretty damn notable to me. Bluedude588 (talk) 21:57, 3 January 2020 (UTC)
 * We have articles for games that were cancelled that are more notable than this. Nothing on MobyGames or the Internet Archive that I was able to find on this, and barely anything in the case of reviews aside from some unreliable/questionable publications. There's no "significant coverage" to be found here. Namcokid  47  (Contribs) 23:07, 3 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Considering just how much the article has been improved over the past few days, it appears as if you were wrong. That more than satisfies what is needed for "significant coverage". Bluedude588 (talk) 17:04, 7 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Then why did Game Developer magazine cover it then...(1)? Just sayin' :) Roberth Martinez (talk) 23:50, 3 January 2020 (UTC)
 * I don't know. You tell me. Namcokid  47  (Contribs) 01:26, 4 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Weak keep. I think the sources KGRAMR added help this just barely nudge passed the basic notability requirements. JOE BRO  64  23:48, 3 January 2020 (UTC)
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 * Keep Passes WP:GNG.-Splinemath (talk) 17:30, 4 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Keep since KGRAMR has been able to provide a variety of somewhat reliable sources to the article demonstrating its coverage and hence its notability.  Spy-cicle💥   Talk? 14:09, 5 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Keep, KGRAMR added many sources. It is pretty unusual for games to be released for dead consoles, that only adds notability not detracts. --Duke of Chaos (talk) 15:14, 5 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Keep, Admittedly, a lot of the notability comes from the novelty of the timing. (2009 is too late for a Lynx release, but too soon for the modern fad of releasing retro-games.) But there's some solid sources here.  Particularly, the GDM mention. Which is brief, but in a game industry trade publication, so that lends some weight to it. The coverage on GameSetWatch and Destructoid are also reasonably solid. ApLundell (talk) 20:58, 6 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Keep - seems to pass WP:GNG. Videogameplayer99 (talk) 04:41, 9 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Keep per WP:SIGCOV. A game was created for an obsolete game console. WP:PRESERVE. Wm335td (talk) 18:48, 9 January 2020 (UTC)


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