Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Falling sand 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 no consensus. Ron Ritzman (talk) 13:18, 28 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Falling sand game

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Was deleted previously, this article is just a list of games that fail WP:NOTABLE. At the very least, it should be renamed as the name hints of just one game. Anonymax (talk) 01:07, 14 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of video game related deletion discussions. (G·N·B·S·RS·Talk) • Gene93k (talk) 23:15, 14 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Games-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 23:15, 14 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Keep There is no indication that an article by this title has ever been deleted before. This particular article has been been in existence for over a year with over 100 individual edits from various users, indicating that there is a consensus among those who have looked at the article that it be kept. WikiDan61^ChatMe!_ReadMe!! 13:04, 16 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

There is an indication of it being deleted in the old VfD process, as stated in the talk page. Anonymax (talk) 15:46, 16 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Reply The talk page indicates that someone deleted a large amount of content from the article in the past, not that the article ever underwent any deletion review process. WikiDan61^ChatMe!_ReadMe!! 11:09, 17 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Comment: The previous deletion review process can be read here. Mattg82 (talk) 00:17, 21 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Comment - articles for individual games have been deleted in the past, and I know there are dozens of unnotable variants out there. The question is, are there enough sources to support an article on the genre, even if it's just a "list of"? Joystiq, Gamezone, Game Set Watch and CNet may be able to help. Marasmusine (talk) 15:22, 16 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Delete as a non-notable video game genre. No VG RS cover this in enough depth to warrant an article. The games themselves have not established this as a prominent genre. 2D Particle physics simulator is barely a genre on its own. As from the perspective of this being about a game itself — there is marginal coverage on various adaptations. Some sources have taken a look at this, but no significant coverage. — HELLKNOWZ ▎TALK 00:22, 18 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Administrator note Nominator of this AFD has been indefinitely blocked as a sock puppet of a banned user. –MuZemike 14:04, 20 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:03, 21 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Keep, and move to Falling Sand ("game" isn't neccessary, as per precedent, the entry for RTS games is at Real-time strategy and not "Real-time strategy games"). As Maramusine has noted, there are sources for the games, plenty of articles featuring the genre. As for the question of whether there is enough content out there to adequately fill up the entry, I think there is, it just requires a bit of digging and cleanup. --Hongkongresident (talk) 01:02, 21 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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.