Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Lego The Lord of the Rings

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The result was keep. v/r - T P 20:10, 14 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Lego The Lord of the Rings[edit]

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Violation of WP:NOT, namely "Wikipedia is not a collection of product announcements and rumors"... "short articles that consist only of product announcement information are not appropriate".
The less said about the "references" (a bunch of fandom blog-style sites) the better. I have found official press-releases from Lego easily enough but that's not enough to justify an article about playsets which won't be released for months. ŞůṜīΣĻ¹98¹^Speak 08:03, 3 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Games-related deletion discussions. ŞůṜīΣĻ¹98¹^Speak 08:07, 3 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Software-related deletion discussions. ŞůṜīΣĻ¹98¹^Speak 08:07, 3 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Delete per above. —Ed!^(talk) 08:08, 3 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Week keep: I found several references: [1], [2], [3], which is quite good for a product with release date "Summer 2012"; though I can't judge on reliability here. — Dmitrij D. Czarkoff (talk) 09:32, 3 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

The first two are simply a requote of the Lego press release (i.e. routine coverage) and the third contains a link to the press release whilst speculating about possible video games releases. Personally, I would not consider the sites reliable sources either (although that point could be argued). ŞůṜīΣĻ¹98¹^Speak 09:59, 3 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

OK. Though right now WP:CRYSTAL definitely applies, deletion seems impractical, as we have the release date and there is realistic hope of developing a decent-sized article as Lego generally receives some independent coverage. I would suggest following the established precedent. — Dmitrij D. Czarkoff (talk) 11:43, 4 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Keep: I believe there is a link to the official website of Lego to Lego The Lord of The Rings on the article. It is also here: [4]. Also, since the product will be released soon, the article will be remade if it is deleted, so why delete it in the first place?--Streona (talk) 19:12, 3 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

The article would only be suitable for recreation if there were multiple, independent references from reliable sources demonstrating notability and there was realistic hope of developing a decent-sized article (WP:PRODUCT). As it stands, WP:CRYSTAL applies. ŞůṜīΣĻ¹98¹^Speak 00:57, 4 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I believe that there would be realistic hope of expanding the article once the product is released. However, I think that the official Lego website showing Lego The Lord of The Rings is suitable for the time being.--Streona (talk) 10:13, 4 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Keep per czarkoff; look at the template we have for Lego, this certainly needs coverage. Only coming by since this AfD is ANCIENT.--Milowent • ^hasspoken 16:51, 14 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - sources currently available seem to show enough notability, but likely in less than a month this will be indisputable. Arbitrarily0 ^(talk) 19:59, 14 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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