Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Anti-Japan War Online (2nd nomination)

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The result was delete‎. ✗plicit 06:33, 13 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Anti-Japan War Online[edit]

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Non-notable game entirely sourced off of pre-release coverage. Not coming from a place of offense, I'm mindful of WP:NOTCENSORED, but the sourcing is dubious now the article is fifteen years old. The previous deletion discussion in 2008 was inconclusive. Yes, on first appearance there are contemporary reliable sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] All of them are written in 2005 before the game was released. Most of them are clearly basing the story on one single pre-release announcement from the China Communist Youth League. At least in terms of Western coverage, there's no sign that any English source independently played or evaluated this game. If a WP:NONENG argument is to be made, I'd appreciate reliable Chinese sources that have actually played and evaluated the game. Otherwise this strikes me as an article that is not about the game and only about the 2005 CCYL spruiking a title with a controversial premise that wasn't released for another three years. Thanks for your help. ＶＲＸＣＥＳ (talk) 06:42, 6 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Video games-related deletion discussions. ＶＲＸＣＥＳ (talk) 06:42, 6 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in the list of China-related deletion discussions. WCQuidditch ☎ ✎ 12:03, 6 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. The article has no good sources. GameFAQs - already a dubious source - uncritically calls the game a "masterpiece". The GameSpot article is the only good source, but, as mentioned above, was released three years prior to the game's launch, and doesn't indicate notability. The third source is dead, and the fourth one is an add blurb. The article itself also seems to be of poor quality e.g. it claims that the game's Chinese name, 抗戰在線, does not translate as "Anti-Japanese War", and is simply the "correct" Chinese name for the Second Sino-Japanese War. Online translators disagree with that, and so does the Chinese Wikipedia article on that war. Cortador (talk) 21:24, 6 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - Lacks notability. GamerPro64 02:26, 11 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per the lack of significant coverage in reliable sources published after the game was released. The sources I found were all published in 2005 before the game was released. Anti-Japan War Online (simplified Chinese: 抗战在线; traditional Chinese: 抗戰在線) does not pass Wikipedia:Notability#General notability guideline. Cunard (talk) 01:57, 12 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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