Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Video game curse

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 delete. ♠PMC♠ (talk) 01:24, 7 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Video game curse[edit]

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Per discussion here there seems to be a general consensus that this article is about a buzzword that doesn't really exist. Clickbait articles might call it a curse, but there is not really a "curse" in the vein of Curse of the pharaohs. Any information can be added to Video game film without needing a separate article. Redirecting the title would also be unsuitable as it is confusing to readers. _{ZXCVBNM (TALK)} 17:15, 30 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Looking at the title alone, I wasn't sure if the author meant the Madden Curse, or the one about linking every third console to a manufacturer's downfall [1]. It was neither! :( Moving this (back) into draft space, and encompassing all "curses" may be the best shot the author has to see if its even possible to satisfy both comprehensiveness and reliability. « Ryūkotsusei » 18:53, 30 March 2018 (UTC)

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Film-related deletion discussions. MT Train^Talk 03:54, 31 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Delete per nom. Uncommon buzzword that's better suited for a merger or just outright deletion. ~ Dissident93 ^(talk) 23:19, 1 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - I've read a fair bit about video game films and never heard this term before. The section "Theories on causes" has some good content assuming that the sourcing is good and genuinely supports the claims (I haven't looked that deeply into it), and that particular content could be moved to Video game film as suggested by nom, but an actual merge wouldn't be a good idea since the phrase "Video game curse" is vague enough to be confusing. An article at that location would have to be a disambiguation page. Moving the existing article to a different name wouldn't help either, since the essential subject - the idea that video game films are always bad - doesn't seem notable enough to merit an article separate from Video game film.--Martin IIIa (talk) 01:16, 3 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. No suitable redirect target. Please however notice this: Curse (video game). wumbolo ^^^ 19:15, 3 April 2018 (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.