Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Flash Element TD

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The result was keep. — Coffee // have a cup // essay // 03:23, 11 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Flash Element TD[edit]

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I am nominating this on behalf of User:Filibusti, following a series of discussions across my talk page and his. Please note I am assisting in a technical capacity by nominating and do not necessarily endorse the nomination or vote Delete.

Filibusti's reason is that the topic is not notable per our notability guidelines, due to a lack of significant coverage in reliable independent sources. He specifically notes that blogs are typically not considered reliable sources, and many of the sources in the article such as Jay Is Games are blogs. DustFormsWords (talk) 06:30, 1 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Delete, the argument is that it fails notability guidelines because there are no RS that gives it "significant coverage" by going into non-trivial detail of the game. The JayIsGames review does, but I don't think it constitutes an RS, per WP:IRS, and the notability guidelines clearly state that any source used to determine notability must be an RS. JIG started out as a personal blog on flash and downloadable casual games that has grown to become a high-traffic blog. The people associated with it (at least Jay Bibbs) has no formal education in publishing or journalism. I would think (but this is conjecture so not really an argument) that nor do any of the reviewers. Filibusti (talk) 06:37, 1 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Note If this is deleted someone should nominate most of Category:Tower defense video games. From reading Tower defense it's clear that this was the first major game in this genre, although Desktop Tower Defense came later it seems to have more coverage. --Pontificalibus (talk) 13:42, 1 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of video game related deletion discussions. (G·N·B·S·RS·Talk) • Gene93k (talk) 23:29, 1 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Games-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 23:30, 1 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]
CNET, The Escapist, Maximum PC, Eurogamer, and Gamasutra, found in the span of five minutes. Keep. - The New Age Retro Hippie used Ruler! Now, he can figure out the length of things easily. 09:39, 3 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Weak Keep - squeaks by with enough coverage. Also, just in general AfD nominators seem to be forgetting WP:BEFORE lately. --Teancum (talk) 14:20, 3 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Only looked at a few of the sources, but they look acceptable. At the very least this would be a merge... Hobit (talk) 22:24, 6 March 2011 (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.