Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Armageddon: Tactical Combat, 3000-500 BC

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The result was redirect to List of SPI games. I'm not sure how well the script handles multi-article AfDs, but I'll manually fix it all afterwards. The close is: Redirect & Merge Dixie (game) and Armageddon: Tactical Combat, 3000-500 BC to List of SPI games; Keep To the Green Fields Beyond (game); Merge & Redirect Patrol (board game) to Sniper! (board game) :) ·Salvidrim!· ✉ 08:11, 3 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I think I got it all, feel free to ping me (or implement missing parts of this close) if I've accidentally overlooked anything. :) ·Salvidrim!· ✉ 08:18, 3 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Armageddon: Tactical Combat, 3000-500 BC

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Very brief, unreferenced article about a non-notable game. - Mr X 20:33, 17 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I am also nominating the following related pages because there are unreferenced and the subjects seem to be non-notable based on available independent sources:

- Mr X 20:41, 17 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Keep all 4. Nominated for deletion within 2 hours of creation by new editor (or, in the case of Patroll, a 5-year-old article edited by this new editor). No warnings or advice to him/her or chance for improvement by other editors. "To the Green Fields Beyond" won an award, and all seem to be products of a notable company. Given their age (1970s), sources may well be books and paper fanzines rather than online. Give the author, and the games community, a chance to expand these articles - I've upgraded them a little already, although it's not my territory. PamD 10:32, 18 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Point of procedure: have the original editors of all 4 articles been informed? It doesn't look like it. PamD 10:36, 18 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I did not realize that Patrol (board game) was an old article when I nominated it, however I stand by the original reasoning which is that the articles are very short, unreferenced, original research and seem to be not notable based on my efforts to locate sources for each article. ILIKESPI was notified of these issues with three related articles and provided with links to address the issues. I have also notified the editor who created Patrol (board game). - Mr X 13:58, 18 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Games-related deletion discussions. ★☆ DUCKISPEANUTBUTTER☆★ 15:02, 19 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 00:24, 24 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Keep To the Green Fields Beyond. It won the Charles S. Roberts Award, the most prestigious award in wargaming as I recall. Undecided about Patrol, possibly merge and redirect to the more notable Sniper! Redirect the other two to List of SPI games. They were just so so. Aah, SPI ... those were the good old days. Clarityfiend (talk) 01:01, 24 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Probably best done one at a time....
- Boardgamegeek is generally reliable for things like awards, and it does confirm what our own article says--that To the Green Fields Beyond won a Charles S. Roberts Award. Keep.
- Dixie appears to have no real claim to fame. Merge to List of SPI games. Same with Armageddon: Tactical Combat.
- As Clarityfiend notes, there is a clear merge target for the otherwise not-notable game of Patrol. We should use it.

Hobit (talk) 20:05, 1 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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