Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Pokemon online

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. —Quarl ^(talk) 2007-03-03 07:27Z

[edit] Pokemon online

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A game that exists only in beta form. No assertion of notability. No external sites link to the project page. [1]. It's not even clear if copyright for the Pokemon franchise has been obtained. Prod, contested by author, without explanation. eaolson 04:59, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

• Delete fangame, the end. JuJube 06:50, 26 February 2007 (UTC)
• Delete While I wish them luck, right now it's just a non-notable fan game. TJ Spyke 07:01, 26 February 2007 (UTC)
• Delete - advert for non-notable game. Moreschi ^{Request a recording?} 10:39, 26 February 2007 (UTC)
• Delete - I bet no-one will remember this game or even Pokemons in 2020.Al-Bargit 15:25, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

• Bet accepted. And Delete in accordance with nomination. --Ouro (blah blah) 16:24, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

• Delete and putting my money on Pokemons? Huh? by 2020 Alf^Photoman 19:29, 26 February 2007 (UTC)
• Delete pending future possible references I think I can sum this up as "The Pokemon franchise as a whole is extremely notable, but this game currently isn't". The article has extremely limited references (I'm not even sure either of the provided references is independent of the game itself) and looks to be mainly speculation and promotion for a game at a fairly early stage of development. Delete the article for now, and recreate if and when some reliable, independent published articles about the game are cited. (P.S. I'll take Al-Bargit's bet, though, that the Pokemon franchise won't be remembered by 2020. Heck, Mario's been around for over 25 years and they're still making major products with his likeness.) Dugwiki 23:06, 26 February 2007 (UTC)
• Delete, keep Pokemon but not this. AntiVan 07:14, 27 February 2007 (UTC)
• Delete. The website is in my favourites, but I see nothing in WP:WEB saying that a website is notable if it is in Cream147's favourites. This game could very well become notable in the future, and I fully encourage the recreation of this article if it does, but at the moment, the game's in Beta, and that article is a blatent ad. I'd be tempted to put {{Db-spam}} on it to be honest. Cream147 _{Shout at me for doing wrong} 08:08, 27 February 2007 (UTC)
• Delete - while i have high hopes for this game, it certainly isn't notable, and the fact that the main contributor has admitted to the fact that they are an admin for the site causes this to fail not only WP:N, but also WP:COI. I think a nice note needs to be left on Dhavok89 (talk · contribs)'s talk page saying that when they go full-release, and someone else decides that the game has made a notable impact on the gaming world, then Pokémon online (typo intentional) will be safe - it already has notability as the first Pokemon MMORPG but even NetBattle is currently more well-known than this game. -ΖαππερΝαππερ ^Babel_Alexandria 06:05, 2 March 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.