Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Kaze no Stigma RPG

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The result was delete. Secret ^account 04:22, 16 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Kaze no Stigma RPG

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Game itself appears to fail notability. No reliable third-party sources. Already mentioned at Kaze no Stigma#Role-playing game (though that is unsourced as well). Atlantima (talk) 21:10, 9 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Japan-related deletion discussions. Atlantima (talk) 21:21, 9 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Games-related deletion discussions. Atlantima (talk) 21:21, 9 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Comment: I could not locate any (English language) WP:RS. As the game was only released in Japan, I would anticipate that if any RS covered this game, the relevant publications would be in Japanese. Entering the game's Japanese name into Google produced 38,000 results [1]. While the volume of results may not be meaningful, it does at least indicate that it gained some popularity and the potential for sources exists. Hopefully someone fluent in Japanese can report to us on whether any Japanese language reliable third party sources published significant coverage of this game. --Mike Agricola (talk) 23:13, 9 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - The light novel is notable, this paperback RPG is not. There is a great deal written in Japanese Wikipedia [2] which delves into the mechanics of the gaming system, but independent third party coverage simply does not exist to justify this article. It would be a candidate for merging were there any sort of substantive content which could add to the main article for Stigma of the Wind but there is none to speak of here. Jun Kayama 21:46, 10 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Anime and manga-related deletion discussions. --Calathan (talk) 15:18, 11 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. In the absence of any third-party sourcing or coverage, it is difficult to see how this satisfies the basic notability criteria. --DAJF (talk) 00:54, 12 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Delete, or possibly Redirect - I hate to say it, but there's a lack of reliable coverage, whether English or Japanese. After deletion, the page can be recreated as a redirect to Stigma of the Wind due to it being a possible search term. Narutolovehinata5 ^tccsdnew 10:11, 12 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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