Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mid-core gamer

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. 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.

The result was Delete --JForget 01:43, 12 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Mid-core gamer

Speedy delete declined. Article violates WP:NEO as a non-notable neoglism and almost seems to be spam for the website 8bitrocket.com as that is the entire basis for the article. Redfarmer (talk) 18:39, 6 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - neologism. May become a more notable term but fails WP:CRYSTAL and the off-topic nature of the article does not help. --JustaHulk (talk) 19:04, 6 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Delete This looks like blatant advertisement and it fails WP: CRYSTAL. - Milk's Favorite Cookie 20:03, 6 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per nom Francium12 (talk) 20:06, 6 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Exterminate A blog is not a source. Red Zion^X 20:15, 6 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Comment. It is trying to bridge the gap between hardcore gamer and casual gamer. I think all of the articles could be merged into a single discussion such as under Video game#Demographics, if they were cleaned up. Ham Pastrami (talk) 22:14, 6 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Update. I've added more information about being a mid-core gamer based on the news article where I've first seen the concept. Intathin (talk) 02:10, 7 February 2008 (UTC +1)
Comment. I don't see the article as neologism compared to the other two articles that it is compared to: hardcore gamer, casual gamer. Intathin (talk) 02:27, 7 February 2008 (UTC +1)

Comment: New source is an article in a French PC magazine called Canard Plus. I'd be inclined to say one magazine article is still not enough to establish the notability of a neoglism and that the hardcore gamer and casual gamer articles might need to be looked at too and possibly merged and deleted. Redfarmer (talk) 08:31, 7 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Update. I've added another article about being a mid-core gamer from www.joystiq.com. Intathin (talk) 02:12, 8 February 2008 (UTC +1)
Update. I've added another article written at 2005 from www.next-gen.biz. The article uses the term "mid-core games consumer" as a complementary term to the concept "hardcore games consumer". (I've just learned how to sign, sorry) Intathin (talk) 02:37, 8 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been added to the list of video game deletions. Someone another 10:34, 10 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - Non notable neologism which has been making the rounds on blogs. - hahnch e n 17:32, 10 February 2008 (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.