Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Zzap!64

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The result was keep. (non-admin closure) Ben · Salvidrim! ✉ 14:30, 9 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Zzap!64[edit]

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Not many sources and most are from the magazine's site. Someone Not Awful (talk) 00:55, 26 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Keep Since the magazine had a long run, I find it notable enough to keep--provided, that is, other sources are added.TH1980 (talk) 02:06, 26 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. It's not as easy as I thought to find coverage online, but there's some. Zzap!64 was featured in a documentary, according to [1] from The Independent. According to [2] from Eurogamer, Retro Gamer featured an extensive retrospective in one of their issues. This book says, "...Zzap! quickly became the main reference for all C64 gamers...". NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 04:40, 1 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - most of the sources are not independent. Fails the basic notability criteria. Geymarfan (talk) 01:42, 6 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Video games-related deletion discussions. Izno (talk) 23:03, 4 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, J04n(talk page) 19:48, 5 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Keep There are sources out there per NRP above. While I do not see a lot of coverage from quick searches what I do see gives me a reasonable expectation that there are better/more in-depth ones out there. This is a pretty classic NEXIST keep. Jbh ^Talk 02:25, 6 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Keep - Clearly a notable publication. Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 10:51, 6 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Keep Reviews in this publication have been used to support many C64 game articles. While the sources could be improved, it's as notable as any home computer magazine. Dgpop (talk) 17:36, 6 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Keep - One of the most notable gaming publications of the 1980s. Even I've heard of this mag, and I've never owned a Commodore computer or even had an academic interest in it. Certainly more sources can be added than what's in the article at present; for starters, as noted in the article itself, Retro Gamer did a big feature on Zzap!64 a while back.--Martin IIIa (talk) 02:33, 9 March 2018 (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.