Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Rockingham Software

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 of the debate was Delete (3 or 4 to 1, plus a notable game does not per se make the software house notable). kingboyk 02:31, 9 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Rockingham Software

NN games company. For a company that has supposedly been around since 2001, they only get 342 hits. Drat (Talk) 13:30, 3 April 2006 (UTC)

• Keep Cricket Manager is notable in the game community (though not as much as Football manager) ⇒ SWATJester ^Ready Aim _Fire! 15:41, 3 April 2006 (UTC)
• Delete - Per nom. There are many tiny development studios which manage to put out a game or two. But whereas the game might garner some notability, the studio behind might not. It would never pass WP:CORP in a million years. - Hahnchen 19:01, 3 April 2006 (UTC)
• Comment In response to Hahnchen: The gaming industry does not work like the music/movie industry. If a game gets notability, the developer (note not the publisher) automatically gains notability. It's different than say a music CD where if an artist makes a hit, the studio he recorded in isn't notable. But with games, the design studio to a large extent is synonymous with the game itself, and hence a game, whether notorious or critically acclaimed, earns it's developers notability. ⇒ SWATJester ^Ready Aim _Fire! 07:49, 4 April 2006 (UTC)
  • Comment - I'm a keen gamer and drop in at WP:CVG from time to time. This is not a notable gaming company, I could rolloff quite a few unknown development studios who only managed to put out 1 or 2 titles, and I don't think they're notable enough. Neither of their games has made an impact on the wider gaming industry, and it's not like they have the greatest output either. There are mod teams more notable than this. As opposed to SwatJ, I'm saying that not every software house is notable. - Hahnchen 12:37, 4 April 2006 (UTC)
• Delete. I don't see why WP:CORP shouldn't apply to software studios too, and its criteria are not met here. Sandstein 09:30, 8 April 2006 (UTC)

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.