Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Atlantica 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 keep. John254 00:18, 31 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Atlantica Online

First the good: nicely presented article. Perhaps that's why it survived nomination for speedy deletion (CSD#A7 - non-notable web content). The problem is, it's for an online game which is still only in beta and there are absolutely no sources that assert notability. Does not meet WP:WEB. Ros0709 (talk) 06:15, 26 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Weak keep - The game seems to have attracted a bit of attention: [1], [2]. So it almost passes WP:TOYS. Black-Velvet 07:06, 26 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Keep I must say, that even for a closed beta, if you have a look at its Google News Results you can see that a significant amount of the press are interested in this beta. I would say that because of this multitude of sources, it meets [[WP:N|general notability guidelines —Atyndall ^{[citation needed]} 08:47, 26 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been added to the list of video game related deletions. MrKIA11 (talk) 12:25, 26 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Keep — The Kotaku reference certainly looks verifiable and establishing of the article's notability, so WP:CBALL wouldn't necessarily apply. In addition, WP:WEB doesn't necessarily apply since it is not just a website. MuZemike (talk) 19:23, 26 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Weak Keep. Was also covered by WarCry, a webzine for MMORPG players, as part of the marketing campaign for the initial launch. I recommend waiting a few months to see how much commercial success it has; given its odd design (turn-based combat in an MMORPG?!), it might turn out to be completely non-notable. CWC 13:16, 27 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

KeepPictures anyone....--SkyWalker (talk) 18:21, 28 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The existence of pictures is not lone justification of keeping the article. MuZemike (talk) 19:21, 28 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Yes i know. The pictures are pretty don't you think so?. --SkyWalker (talk) 06:32, 29 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Keep (article creator) I think the game is notable because it has received significant coverage, as others have pointed out. Furthermore, I think the design of core elements of the game, which is different from those of most other MMORPGs, is the very reason it has received the amount of coverage it has, even though it's still in closed beta. GroeFaZ (talk) 19:28, 29 July 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.