Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Dofus

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. WjBscribe 02:18, 23 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Dofus[edit]

No claims of notability, no reliable sources. I PRODded but the tag was removed for WP:ILIKEIT reasons. Corvus cornix 18:37, 17 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - Notability should be asserted in the article. --Flex (talk|contribs) 20:13, 17 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - Seems a bit silly to delete this article, could use some cleanup but deletion is harsh. Who are you to decide what video games are notable and what is the criteria? Sales, popularity, historical value? I would argue as a free upcoming cross platform mmporpg, dofus at least deserves recognition as trying something unique. I mean if you want to talk about useless stuff, this "encyclopedia" is filled with it, but one man's trash is another man's treasure. I use wikipedia specifically because it has articles on obscure and unusual things. Uselesswarrior 01:05, 18 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- Please see WP:ILIKEIT. Corvus cornix 20:11, 18 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep The deletion criteria isn't "the article isn't sourced", but "the article can't be sourced", which this one obviously can. And going to use WP:WAX here; since we have articles on far less successful games, I can't see why this one should be singled out - iridescenti (talk to me!) 10:38, 18 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- Please see WP:OTHERCRAPEXISTS. And have you read WP:WAX? it's basically contradicting your opinion here. You should not be usingWP:WAX as an argument in an AfD discussion. Corvus cornix 20:11, 18 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  - WP:OTHERCRAPEXISTS (as with all of WP:ATA) is a personal essay by User:Daduzi, not a Wikipedia policy - iridescenti (talk to me!) 14:20, 19 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
    - Indeed. And an admin will close this discussion based upon the value of the opinions on each side. And an appeal to WP:OTHERCRAPEXISTS is not likely to sway the closing admin to that position. Corvus cornix 20:10, 20 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. Very popular game, especially in France. Peak of 6000 on Alexa despite lack of use of Alexa in France. Many hits in Google news (25 in the last month on the French Google news and 6 on the UK google news) so easily passes notability standards and has plenty of reliable sources. The article exists in five other language versions of Wikipedia. Angela . 09:13, 21 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

If you can read French, would you mind adding some of those sources to this article? -Hit bull, win steak^(Moo!) 18:22, 21 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I don't read French, but I've added some English language sources as well information on why this game is notable (3 million players, international awards, etc). Angela . 17:27, 22 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Keep - Whatever is wrong with it, fix it. Ace of Risk 21:25, 22 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Keep - If nothing else, it's being marked like a full, mainstream game - saw a full page advertisement for it in Edge (issue 175, page 25), It's just launched a UK Dedicated version, and has won Bets game and public choice awards at FlashForward 2006, as well as the audience award at IGF2006 - I can think of many other games with a poorer pedigree, that have articles. I think it's a case of it needing a better article, which can be built up. 81.149.182.210 00:37, 23 April 2007 (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.