Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Cover Orange

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The result was keep. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 07:43, 25 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Cover Orange[edit]

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This article fails WP:GNG and does not indicate any importance of the subject. Also, it violates WP:NOTGUIDE and WP:NOTADVERTISING. For example, there are guides and opinion forums like "Throughout each level, the player must place down stage elements to alter the environment and protect oranges from the acid rain of an evil cloud" and "We were soundly impressed by the level design, animation, and creativity of Cover Orange HD. It's a Must Have game for the iPad, especially if you love other great physics puzzlers like Angry Birds and Cut the Rope". I would suggest deletion per criteria 4, criteria 7, and criteria 8 unless justification can be provided. Seventyfiveyears (talk) 18:03, 17 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Video games-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 18:07, 17 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Keep: The article cites seven reviews by sources considered reliable per WP:VG/RS, as well as four further, conventionally reliable sources (The Irish Times, The Guardian, Macworld, CNET). Eleven reliable sources detailing the functionality of the game is enough for GNG (or WP:NVG, for that matter). I also found this additional news blip. Explaining how a game is played is not a WP:GAMEGUIDE violation, it is the core of every video game article, aside from Plot (where applicable), Development, and Reception. NOTADVERTISING is not strictly an AfD matter; the Reception section might be a WP:QUOTEFARM, but it is better served with a rewrite than deletion (the sources for such a rewrite are already given). IceWelder [✉] 18:23, 17 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Germany-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 18:28, 17 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. As IceWelder says, this article cites several reliable sources that are discussing the subject, which certainly seems like significant coverage to me. As to the points about NOTGUIDE and NOTADVERTISING, I'm not sure how else we expect articles to discuss video games without discussing basic game mechanics. NOTGUIDE, IMHO, is more about not having long discussions of how to beat particular levels or solve particular puzzles in a game. And the quotes you're referring to are what reviewers have said, not subjective opinions by editors. I'm really not sure what else you'd expect to find in a video game article...DocFreeman24 (talk) 07:23, 20 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Keep, clear GNG pass, if the article has problems they can be dealt with outside of AfD. Devonian Wombat (talk) 06:09, 22 February 2021 (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.