Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Simpsons (pinball)

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The result was keep. (non-admin closure) Alpha_Quadrant ^(talk) 14:42, 14 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The Simpsons (pinball)[edit]

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A completely unsourced five-year-old stub for a pinball machine with no evidence of notability. Just because a thing exists does not mean it deserves a place in Wikipedia. If there were some notability or significance to this particular game, I could certainly see keeping it, but as it stands there is basically no content. And with the article already being five years old, I would assume that if there was anything important to say people would have already done so. Obviously The Simpsons is notable, but most of the merchandise bearing their name will not be. Dragons flight (talk) 21:56, 10 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Delete it's a trivial topic. Kurdo777 (talk) 21:57, 10 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Games-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 01:19, 11 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Comment My understanding from previous discussions is that pinball games from major manufacturers see reviews in trade publications and nearly all are notable. Seems likely to have sources enough to meet WP:N Hobit (talk) 01:29, 11 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Note I notified the relevant wikiproject. Jclemens (talk) 01:55, 11 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Weakish keep I'm not finding a slew of sources right away, but I'm at least able to verify that the game exists. Hobit is correct that pinball periodicals would have been around at the time the game was released, and probably would have covered this game. There are also lots of pinball books that have been written that aren't searchable online; maybe those could help. The fact that something has been a stub for five years should have no bearing; there's lots and lots of much more important stuff that isn't getting done at all. Zagalejo^^^ 02:24, 11 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. On the surface, this machine is just yet another piece of Simpsons merchandize, but I dug a bit deeper and found that it is a pretty important machine in the development of pinball machines (read my recent additions). --Maitch (talk) 13:19, 11 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Keep per improvements made by Maitch. Theleftorium ^(talk) 17:53, 11 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. I removed the prod because I though it's likely to be controversial, and having seen so many, I assume it's popular and thus likely to be sourceable. It has been sourced, and thus improved per WP:HEY. Bearian (talk) 18:34, 11 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - Footnotes showing independent coverage and text asserts award-winning status. Article contains significant content which would be lost by deletion; no benefit to the project commensurate with this loss for making this go away. Needs improvement through normal editing process. Carrite (talk) 01:04, 12 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - Per several reliable sources added to the article. Northamerica1000^(talk) 07:35, 13 October 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.