Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/User generated games
- 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. Fram (talk) 14:50, 8 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
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An essay, not an article, about what is essentially a neologistic concept. Prod removed by anon. JuJube (talk) 05:25, 2 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- Delete per nom as well as WP:SOAP. Even though references are there, they do not prove enough verifiability for the entire article. Anthony Rupert (talk) 05:52, 2 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- Delete per nom.--Berig (talk) 08:54, 2 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- Note: This debate has been added to the list of video game deletions. MrKIA11 (talk) 16:28, 2 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- Delete as an essay with a soapy sauce and a side of recentism. It collides at least three different concepts; games generated by construction kits, indie game development and websites specializing in purchasing the rights to those games (creating a market). Games generated by construction kits are not a modern concept, not limited to RPGs, and not the result of the internet's widespread adoption - see 3D Construction Kit and Shoot'Em-Up Construction Kit. The subject of indie games and their commercialization (is that a word? I'm using it anyway) in some arenas is a complicated subject which will need good sourcing and a lot of research in order to produce a stable and verifiable article, assuming it isn't covered within existing articles already. Someoneanother 14:34, 4 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- Granted, this is "a complicated subject which will need good sourcing and a lot of research" but I think I've started that. I don't see any reason to delete this and build a new one from scratch when we can build off this Flashinpon (talk) 01:49, 6 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- Because no clear subject has been identified, and until one is it will continue to be one mess after another. What are user-generated games? 'Users' of what? That's the foundation of the article and until you have a clear answer you can back up with reliable sources there's no basis for a sentence, let alone an entire article. That's what makes this an essay as opposed to an encyclopedia article. Take a look at articles like Independent video game development and consider what it is you're trying to cover, and whether or not it's already covered elsewhere in multiple articles, or could be. Someoneanother 14:49, 6 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- Granted, this is "a complicated subject which will need good sourcing and a lot of research" but I think I've started that. I don't see any reason to delete this and build a new one from scratch when we can build off this Flashinpon (talk) 01:49, 6 May 2008 (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.