Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Minecraft server

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 keep‎. unanimous consensus to keep and even relister has said "the article should be Kept". (non-admin closure) Satellizer el Bridget ^(Talk) 02:47, 23 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Minecraft server[edit]

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Fails WP:IINFO and WP:NOTINHERITED. While there are a small number of notable Minecraft servers, such as Mineplex and Hypixel, there's no indication that Minecraft servers in general are notable as a distinct topic from the game that runs on them. The server is just a component of the game; what notable features of multiplayer Minecraft are included here could easily be described in the main article without making it too long, and other things like the "Management" section are descriptions of aspects of running any popular multi-user server which are certainly not unique to this game. Ivanvector (^Talk/_Edits) 19:35, 11 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Video games and Internet. Ivanvector (^Talk/_Edits) 19:35, 11 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Keep but move to List of Minecraft servers and orient the article around that. Some of the listed servers are independently notable, so it seems to serve a valid navigational purpose. The concept seems at least somewhat notable. ᴢxᴄᴠʙɴᴍ (ᴛ) 19:44, 11 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Keep, in addition to everything already on the page, USA Today covers this in general as a distinct topic. 2601:204:C901:B740:5D4F:EE1B:4A41:2B4A (talk) 19:50, 11 August 2023 (UTC) WP:SOCKSTRIKE --Blablubbs (talk) 22:38, 18 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Keep as a notable topic passing WP:GNG with multiple reliable independent in-depth sources. I don't see how this fails either INDISCRIMINATE or NOTINHERITED. The main article is already way too long, let alone if this content was there. — HELLKNOWZ ∣ TALK 20:20, 11 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Keep per replies. Panamitsu (talk) 20:27, 11 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. The article provides encyclopedic content, and very much not indiscriminate in what it includes. Neither is the topic inherited solely because Hypixel and Mineplex have been reported on a lot while the subject of servers has less of it. In fact, there is enough written on the subject, which has historical, legal, and financial differences from traditional game servers that make it unique. Though the 'Notable servers' section takes up a chunk of the article, there's substantial prose independent of it. (Worth mentioning that the list's selection criteria, unwritten, is high and that people keep trying to add their server onto the list. Making it a pure list is going in the opposite direction of the raised nomination statement.) Merging it with the Minecraft article is a bad idea because it's bloated and unfocused already. SWinxy (talk) 23:50, 11 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Keep per WP:SIGCOV, but agree with ZX on moving the page. Conyo14 (talk) 23:56, 11 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Keep per hellknowz, oppose move / listification. I do not understand how this fails WP:SIGCOV or how it's WP:IINFO. I see more than enough sources that are clearly specifically about Minecraft multiplayer servers and not WP:INHERITED from Minecraft. Leijurv (talk) 04:23, 12 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Yeah, I don't believe this article is indiscriminate. However, I do think there is an argument that there is a significant overlap with game server, hence the listification in order to emphasize what parts about it are worthy of separate mention. ᴢxᴄᴠʙɴᴍ (ᴛ) 10:15, 12 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Keep, separate standalone topic per the replies, and the Minecraft article is also hell when it comes to length, merging a servers list into the main article could possibly fall under game guide territory. No opinion on moving to List of Minecraft servers or to keep it here, I just think it's worth keeping in some form. NegativeMP1 (talk) 01:46, 14 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Relisting comment: There is an overwhelming consensus that at least some of the 67 references in this article provide SIGCOV to this subject and the article should be Kept...in the future, it would be helpful to other participants and the closer if you identified at least 3 that were particularly crucial in establishing notability.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 22:10, 18 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

For the WP:THREE, probably: Blocks with friends: How to run your own Minecraft server, The Future Of Minecraft's Biggest Servers, and Minecraft Realms hopes to make an increasingly complex game more family-friendly. SWinxy (talk) 23:52, 18 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you, SWinxy, I usually don't get an immediate response like that to a relisting comment. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 01:14, 19 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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