Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Dinky Bomb

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The result was delete. Jayjg ^(talk) 01:48, 26 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Dinky Bomb[edit]

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I cannot find any reliable sources that establish that this is a notable game. There are some claims that the game is "hugely popular," but those come from press releases. Drmies (talk) 16:37, 18 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I (as well as the many followers of Dinky Bomb) say keep this page. I have been working on improving this page's content and adding sources where needed. I will continue to improve on it when I have more time, and I will also get some more people with experience on the topic to help me do so. This game and the community around it is very much so notable, in early 2004 (which is before the game was at its peek) it was said that "It has been played by as many as seven million users throughout the world."[1] This will not be my last comment on this debate. But this is a start, Thank you. --75.187.49.50 (talk) 23:07, 18 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Comment - The above editor has pointed out to me that Dinky Bomb was used in the show "Hi-Score" on gamer.tv [2]. I'm afraid I'm not sure how notable this programme is. It's also important to note that popularity is not notability; the inclusion threshold for video games is "significant coverage from reliable, third-party sources". If Dinky Bomb has a large following but is otherwise unnotable, contributors may wish to detail the game at Wikia Gaming instead. Marasmusine (talk) 00:35, 19 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of video game related deletion discussions. (Search video game sources) • Gene93k (talk) 00:48, 19 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Delete – I wasn't able to find any significant coverage of the game in reliable sources. The key is being able to build an article with such sources and not merely stuff ripped from YouTube or from the game's own website. –MuZemike 20:24, 22 February 2010 (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.