Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Westbang

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The result was keep. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 00:21, 12 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Westbang[edit]

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Article was speedily deleted, then restored, but I think it's probably worth to have a real discussion on what kind of coverage iPhone apps needs for notability, thus I'll pass it on for wider input in a discussion here.

There are fairly in depth reviews for it, mainly at sites which specializes in iphone software reviews. No mainstream old-media coverage.

And as one reviewer notes: "Westbang does nothing really new, we have a bunch of shooting gallery games for the iPhone". He does however go on to say that this one is better than most. henrik•talk 20:50, 4 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Keep - There are countless iPhone apps available (well, more than I'd want to count) but not every one gets reviews in both Macworld and PC World, two major computer magazines with a large international circulation. I think this meets WP:N and the article merits inclusion by that alone. -- Atama頭 21:17, 4 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Comment: I removed the PC World link because it is a copy of the MacWorld review. I also added a Pocket Gamer review and a CIO (magazine) review. Joe Chill (talk) 21:53, 4 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Reply - I think that even with only one review from a major magazine, that combined with the other reviews would let this squeak by with notability. -- Atama頭 21:54, 4 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Merge to Bank Panic - the game is a clone of that with a name derived from another clone (West Bank). Exxolon (talk) 22:59, 4 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
keep per Atama. Review in MacWorld and other reviews make this pass notability. JoshuaZ (talk) 00:29, 5 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of video game related deletion discussions. MrKIA11 (talk) 15:09, 5 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Keep – Looks like there are sufficient sources there for notability, especially the two big ones. MuZemike 00:50, 9 November 2009 (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.