Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mine a Million

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. Tawker (talk) 19:42, 7 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Mine a Million

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Not enough available references. StudiesWorld (talk) 11:47, 31 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Delete Make that no references. G S Palmer (talk) 16:33, 31 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Keep This is a real thing, I seeing ample evidence of that, and it was released in 1965, and renamed in 1970. BoardGameGeek seems to be a reliable source for this sort of thing. I'm not sure about historygamer.com How to find source for things from that long ago, but if it kept selling for years, it must've been popular enough to get some mention somewhere. Dream Focus 02:29, 2 April 2014 (UTC)#[reply]
Keep BGG is a reliable source. The worst case would be merger into Waddingtons per WP:ATD. Andrew (talk) 07:10, 2 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Keep "No references" is a reason to improve the article not delete an article.BankingCrisis (talk) 21:53, 2 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Merge to Waddingtons. While BGG is a reliable source, it is merely a singular one, where as establishing notability requires Multiple Reliable Sources. Additionally, the source only establishes that the game exists, but not why it is notable. As the guideline on WP:NOTABILITY states, "No subject is automatically or inherently notable merely because it exists: The evidence must show the topic has gained significant independent coverage or recognition". As it stands, the single source thus far found only serves to show that the game exists, and the article itself in its present state serves only as a "How to play" guide, without making any claim of notability. 64.183.45.226 (talk) 23:47, 2 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Weak Keep I agree with what 64.183.45.226 said. BGG is a directory of every board game ever published, like a phone book, it just proves existence. The game is not particularly favored (ranks around a 5 on BGG which is pretty low), nor rare, except nostalgia value for anyone who played it long ago. I looked for independent coverage and couldn't find anything.. but there may be sources from the 1960s/70s that are harder to locate. Since the article is somewhat developed in the spirit of PRESERVE this AfD can be a warning and if nothing material has changed by a second AfD I would have to support Delete. --GreenC 03:55, 3 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Historical game, several wp:rs sources. ^walk victor falk^talk 00:14, 4 April 2014 (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.