- 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 Procedural close. Original redirect to Medabots restored. (non-admin closure) Natg 19 (talk) 02:14, 30 March 2022 (UTC)
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The article seems to be on an "innovative project" without coverage by any reliable sources online, and the references provided are not independent of the subject in my opinion. Furthermore, the article seems to be written similarly to an advertisement ("The main goal of this project is to create an environment where players are able to earn a sustainable income through gameplay alone") and provides an encyclopedic roadmap. This is my first AfD, so many thanks for your time and help. VickKiang (talk) 01:29, 23 March 2022 (UTC)
- Speedy delete I’m not quite sure that’s a valid vote at AfD, but this article is entirely unsourced and is clearly an advertisement. Internet search results indicate that “MetaBots” refers to multiple subjects different from the article subject, and turns up no evidence for the subject of this article. Toadspike (talk) 05:03, 23 March 2022 (UTC)
- Keep. It was created years ago (in December 2005) as a redirect, which I have restored. The newly registered editor who was trying to turn it into an advertisement will be blocked if necessary. – Athaenara ✉ 07:37, 23 March 2022 (UTC) 09:14, 23 March 2022 (UTC)
- Keep original redirect and protect if necessary. The recently added text would have been an easy speedy deletion decision per A7 and/or G11 if it had been created as a new article (and yes, Toadspike, speedy deletion is a valid !vote if the article is seen as meeting the criteria). @VickKiang: Better course would have been simply to revert the spam rather than taking it to AfD, but no harm done. It's never a bad idea to check the edit history to get a better picture of what can/should be done. --Finngall talk 19:18, 23 March 2022 (UTC)
Thanks for your help and advice, will check article history next time. Should this AfD be closed, as the article was already redirected? Cheers. VickKiang (talk) 01:57, 24 March 2022 (UTC)
- It's good practice for initiating AfDs, which is complicated and finicky. – Athaenara ✉ 00:38, 24 March 2022 (UTC)
- Hello all, thanks for all the feedback. I'm a frequent user of Wikipedia, but it's the first time that I decided to create a informative page about a project. Please note that Metabots is not the same as Medabots, so I'm not sure why the page got deleted and redirected to Medabots. Metabots is an upcoming P2E videogame within the Metaverse. Pupose of the page was to provide useful information about the project and videogame, since even Google often confuses and redirect Metabots searches towards the older and well know videogame/tv series of Medabots. Furthermore, I'm not a developer or team member myself, but just a fan of the project who wanted to contribute by starting an informative wikipedia page. I hope this answers all your concers. Hopefully the Metabots page can be restored with the previous content. In case of any additional questions please let me know. Thanks and best regards, Black Eagle NL — Preceding unsigned comment added by Black Eagle NL (talk • contribs) 18:23, 24 March 2022 (UTC)
This should definitely not be restored, it is promotional like an advertisement and unencyclopedic, unless you provide two reliable sources for video games (e.g., IGN, PC Gamer etc... see the video game project for a better list, not merely its homepage itself, which is not independent) and write in a neutral manner (i.e., your version: "MetaBots is an innovative project that combines the Metaverse, NFTs and the Play to Earn concept" and roadmap is indubitably promotional). If you could respond to those issues (which seems to be difficult for such a non-notable game), you might be able to submit for Articles for Creation and it might be approved, however, if you restore it to the previous version it would be reverted to the redirect, or deleted. I hope this helps, some more experienced editors here likely have much more insightful advice, but in a nutshell please do not restore it. Cheers and happy editing. VickKiang (talk) 22:21, 24 March 2022 (UTC)
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