Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Paid exclusivity

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The result was redirect to console exclusivity. (non-admin closure) Natg 19 (talk) 19:45, 20 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Paid exclusivity[edit]

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Sometimes, the right answer is to bite the newbie and delete the article. When the original content was seemingly written by a petulant child, the wrong answer is to try and polish it. This article is essentially a POV-fork to console exclusivity and should just be deleted and redirected.

"Paid exclusivity" is not a term used anywhere but in forums populated by gamers with no understanding of business, which is why the earliest example cited dates from only 2007. In media where the most vocal aren't petulant children, people generally understand that you have to pay for exclusivity agreements, so "paid exclusivity" is not a term used when discussing things like sports rights. No one is going to search for "paid exclusivity" to look for anything other than video games. - hahnch e n 12:34, 5 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Redirect to Console exclusivity, which seems to be about the same thing. Kitfoxxe (talk) 13:14, 5 April 2015 (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) 22:45, 5 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Business-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 22:45, 5 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Delete I agree with Gene that there is some content here that could go nicely in Console exclusivity. "Paid exclusivity" when not focused on just consoles is too broad of a concept. it could contain everything from intellectual properties to tariffs. What this article is really about is Console exclusivity ( which doesn't have a section for paid exclusivity so it would make the article better for the reader ) Bryce Carmony (talk) 07:57, 6 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 10:16, 12 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Redirect to console exclusivity. Not independently notable apart from a general topic on "exclusivity agreements in video games". If that's currently called "console exclusivity", that works. As a phrase, though, the topic lacks significant coverage from reliable, independent sources. (?) No dedicated coverage about "paid exclusivity" as a practice apart from exclusivity deals themselves and reports of individual paid exclusive deals. The phrase only had passing mentions in a video game reliable sources custom Google search. Please ping me if more (non-English and offline) sources show in the future. czar ⨹ 21:17, 15 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect to console exclusivity. Kharkiv07 ^Talk 21:53, 19 April 2015 (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.