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[edit] Five finger death punch (card game)

A proposed deletion template has been added to the article Five finger death punch (card game), suggesting that it be deleted according to the proposed deletion process. All contributions are appreciated, but this article may not satisfy Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and the deletion notice should explain why (see also "What Wikipedia is not" and Wikipedia's deletion policy). You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the {{dated prod}} notice, but please explain why you disagree with the proposed deletion in your edit summary or on its talk page. Also, please consider improving the article to address the issues raised. Even though removing the deletion notice will prevent deletion through the proposed deletion process, the article may still be deleted if it matches any of the speedy deletion criteria or it can be sent to Articles for Deletion, where it may be deleted if consensus to delete is reached. If you agree with the deletion of the article, and you are the only person who has made substantial edits to the page, please add {{db-author}} to the top of Five finger death punch (card game). McGeddon (talk) 16:41, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] AfD nomination of Five finger death punch (card game)

An article that you have been involved in editing, Five finger death punch (card game), has been listed for deletion. If you are interested in the deletion discussion, please participate by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Five finger death punch (card game). Thank you. McGeddon (talk) 23:01, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

Hello. I'm not saying the game doesn't exist, just that there aren't any sources that prove that it exists. If it's received genuine press coverage, just provide a link to that coverage and the article can stay. If it's a game that you made up with a few friends, then (at least until it achieves some press attention) it's not an appropriate article subject for Wikipedia. You should take a quick look at Wikipedia:MADEUP if you haven't already. --McGeddon (talk) 14:49, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

It looks like the AfD will delete the article in the next couple of days. If you've got some genuine press cuttings, you could just stick their URLs at the end of the current article (and mention them on the AfD), to save it from being deleted.

If you're talking about writing fake, comedy press cuttings for your website, though, I'd warn you that this won't be enough to stop the article being deleted again - Wikipedia needs serious sources to support an article, otherwise it'd be full of in-jokes and hoaxes. WP:RS gives a good summary of this; basically you need a newspaper, magazine, large website or academic paper to write about your game, to show that it's genuinely notable. --McGeddon (talk) 10:19, 7 March 2008 (UTC)