Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Zoophoria


 * 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 delete. Eddie891 Talk Work 13:46, 1 September 2021 (UTC)

Zoophoria

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I propose that Zoophoria should be deleted primarily because after searching I could not find Reliable Sources.

I could certainly find nothing that would justify the level of detail the page is written in. After searching I did find two Dice Tower video reviews (albeit by different people). The first of these was very helpful in giving an overview of the game play but disclosed that it was a paid for review. The second was a mildly positive review, though it did criticize the art style and said that the game dragged. Both of these videos featured in the failed Kickstarter campaign. That's it. Everything else seems to link back to either the game designer or Wikipedia.

It does not do terribly well on notability given the above comments. There is a BGG page but there is absolutely no activity there. The kickstarter campaign failed. It was not picked up by a publisher other than the self-publishing website Gamecrafter.

I did wonder if there was an element of self-promotion. However I could find no obvious evidence of that since the failed kickstarter campaign predates the Wikipedia page by about two years. Slimy asparagus (talk) 07:58, 15 August 2021 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Games-related deletion discussions. Slimy asparagus (talk) 08:06, 15 August 2021 (UTC)

*delete I put some work into nominating this for deletion, and I can't see it surviving on reliable sources grounds alone.Slimy asparagus (talk) 07:37, 16 August 2021 (UTC)
 * Comment: This AfD was not transcluded to the log, I have done that. — Danre98 ( talk ^ contribs ) 14:25, 25 August 2021 (UTC)
 * Delete - I am finding no coverage or reviews on this board game in reliable sources at all. According to Board Game Geek, the game was self-published, and I can't even find any listings for the game to be bought or sold anywhere.  I did find a failed Kickstarter for the game, though.  With all of this, combined with the fact that this article was created by an WP:SPA right around the time the game is said to have been released, leads me to believe that this was nothing more than an attempt to promote what wound up being a failed, self-published product that gained no coverage or notability at all.  Rorshacma (talk) 19:20, 26 August 2021 (UTC)
 * I disagree with the timing. The Kickstarter was in 2014. The article was created in 2016. Slimy asparagus (talk) 19:31, 26 August 2021 (UTC)
 * The Kickstarter failed in 2014, but the actual game wound up being self-published in the latter half of 2015, according to its page on the Game Crafter website that was ultimately used to self-publish. Regardless, though, its kind of a moot point given how no coverage of the game exists either way.  Rorshacma (talk) 19:37, 26 August 2021 (UTC)
 * Ah I missed that. Did you find the two Dice Tower reviews? One was paid for. Slimy asparagus (talk) 19:44, 26 August 2021 (UTC)
 * Delete No evidence of significant coverage in reliable, independent sources. What is significant is either not reliable or not independent and vice-versa. Eggishorn  (talk) (contrib) 14:12, 27 August 2021 (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.