Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Clonk Planet

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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 keep. Majorly (o rly?) 22:08, 10 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Clonk Planet

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Retroactive objection to proposed deletion; original reason was "No reliable source for notability. Fails WP:SOFTWARE." Undeletion requester has been asked to add sources. Nomination is pro forma; nominator has no opinion on the article. ➥the Epopt 04:12, 3 February 2007 (UTC)

Seeing the references added to the article, the nominator has formed an opinion, which is keep: the article is now worthy. Nominator declines to withdraw the nomination, however; this discussion should run its course so as to formally strike down the original PROD. ➥the Epopt 14:13, 5 February 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep (copied form the discussion page)
Concerning notability, there were several game magazine reviews in German magazines. The game owner has provided some scans: http://www.clonk.de/press/PCGames2003.pdf http://www.clonk.de/press/Shareplay2004.pdf http://www.clonk.de/press/SuperPCSpiele2005.pdf
The game was also presented at the Games convention in 2005 (iirc), and got a short show in German television during that event. Googling for Clonk will also lead you to some game reviews of shareware sites and fansites created for the game.
Although the game is available in several languages, the vast majority of players is from Germany. Other notable distributions are in Finland, France and Russia (which is probably the reason why the former two also have a Wikipedia-entry in their native language).
Since I am a coworker in the game developement of Clonk, my view on notability is probably biased. However, I think there's enough facts to fulfill the guidelines of WP:SOFTWARE. The localized Wikipedia-articles about Clonk have also been written and are maintained by "regular" fans. Sven Eberhardt 23:15, 2 February 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep. Needs better sources, but I'm sure they can be found. And move it to Clonk while we're at it. --UsaSatsui 11:46, 3 February 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep. New sources show notability, but article needs plenty of cleanup. Andre (talk) 17:10, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

Find sources: Clonk+Planet – news, books, scholar Addhoc 13:55, 8 February 2007 (UTC)

  • Delete unless sourced - the new sources confirm existence - but aren't they just press release mentions in online magazines? Addhoc 14:01, 8 February 2007 (UTC)
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.