Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/They Hunger

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The result was redirect to Black Widow Games. (non-admin closure) b uidhe 02:23, 5 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

They Hunger

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This single article is the only notable coverage of the mod in reliable sources, but that is not enough to indicate it passes GNG or has WP:SIGCOV. The mod fails GNG with only passing mentions elsewhere. _{ZXCVBNM (TALK)} 19:30, 16 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Video games-related deletion discussions. _{ZXCVBNM (TALK)} 19:30, 16 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

There's might be sufficient sources to support some article on some variant of the game, maybe specifically They Hunger: Lost Souls. GamesRadar on Lost Souls (announcement?), Shacknews preview of Lost Souls, Shacknews again on Lost Souls, IGN on Lost Souls announcement, VentureBeat on the series as a whole, IGN on the original, and I see several others in VG/SE. ~~I tend toward a keep here.~~ --Izno (talk) 20:13, 16 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]
- I actually saw the Venturebeat article, but it's written by a contributor and not the site itself. The others are not WP:SIGCOV and are just announcements/press releases... not exactly the kind of notability bar that is currently on Wikipedia, though it may have been sufficient back in pre-2010 era._{ZXCVBNM (TALK)} 20:44, 16 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  - Being at work makes it hard to assess that kind of stuff. Thanks website blockers. :^) --Izno (talk) 23:17, 16 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]
My gut tells me there ought to be more, as I remember this being popular when it came out years ago, but being able to search Google news and books, just not finding much detail on it. If anything, this, along with the USS Darkstar could be discussed more at Black Widow Games (Which appears to be a notable target?) and of course listed on the List of Source mods. --Masem (t) 17:19, 17 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]
- Yeah, I'll support a redirect and some selective merge. --Izno (talk) 19:31, 18 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  - A glance at the sources for Black Widow Games and I'm not getting much indication of notability there either. They appear to be mostly press releases and/or news about other games that so happen to mention them as the developers, nothing indicating WP:SIGCOV or passing WP:NCORP._{ZXCVBNM (TALK)} 23:10, 18 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]
    - I think between this topic, the game shop, and the creator (Neil Manke), there's room for an article. Probably just one though from what I am seeing. --Izno (talk) 19:39, 20 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Redirect and merge to Black Widow Games. The coverage is not enough to warrant an article of its own. Pax:Vobiscum (talk) 16:25, 25 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Barkeep49 (talk) 02:12, 26 February 2020 (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.