Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Zu Online (2nd nomination)


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The result was delete. Michig (talk) 08:16, 30 December 2018 (UTC)

Zu Online
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Non notable video game that fails WP:GNG and WP:SUSTAINED. All references in the article are from the official website of IGG, making them primary. I was not able to find any other significant coverage from reliable secondary sources that satisfy WP:SIGCOV. Have in mind MMOHut, MMOs, Onrpg, MMORPG and MMOSite are all unreliable sources per WP:VG/RS, and looking at sources from the first AfD, they are interviews on MMOSite and IGN (making it primary sources) or just a passing mention like Gamasutra one.

True, this exists https://www.engadget.com/2008/01/23/first-impressions-zu-online/ (it is the same as the Massively source in the first AfD word by word), but that is it Jovanmilic97 (talk) 13:56, 15 December 2018 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Video games-related deletion discussions. Coolabahapple (talk) 12:39, 16 December 2018 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * Delete - WP:BEFORE did not turn up anything beyond sources deemed unreliable. As stated by nom, there is a single legitimate source. I do not believe a single RS qualifies as significant coverage. The IGN link mentioned in the first AfD that was used as a reason to keep the article is an interview from the developing company, which would be considered a primary source. The fact that this was supposed to be an MMO and the only mentions of it are MMO aggregates and routine interviews/press releases (and a single post on a Minecraft forum), speaks to the lack-of-notability. There are/were so many MMOs created, this is another one that disappeared into the dust.  Denied Club ❯❯❯ talk?  08:31, 21 December 2018 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Xymmax So let it be written   So let it be done  17:13, 23 December 2018 (UTC)
 * Delete per nomination. Subject fails WP:NVG. -The Gnome (talk) 12:23, 29 December 2018 (UTC)
 * Delete Briefly discussed in Social Exclusion, Power, and Video Game Play: New Research in Digital Media and Technology p. 111 in a paragraph about racial options for characters in fantasy worlds, but as more of an illustrative example than significant coverage of the game. So, unless there are much better sources out there, probably can delete without prejudice against recreation, should someone locate adequate RS later. Bakazaka (talk) 03:24, 30 December 2018 (UTC)


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