Wikipedia:Votes for deletion/Syberia II

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The result of the debate was keep. Joyous 20:59, Feb 26, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Syberia_II

Delete Advertisement --BenWilson 16:34, Feb 16, 2005 (UTC)

• Delete, ad. Wyss 18:16, 16 Feb 2005 (UTC)
• Keep, It's a notable game. Inter 19:07, 16 Feb 2005 (UTC)
• Keep and expand. --Matteh (talk) 20:20, 16 Feb 2005 (UTC)
• Strong keep notable game from a very notable series. Syberia gets 1,100,000 Google hits! Andrew Lenahan - Starblind 20:45, Feb 16, 2005 (UTC)

  But, "Syberia II" only gets about 96k hits on Google. Additionally, the majority of those hits are either reviews, advertisements, or storefronts. BenWilson

  Eh. So? I bet the same can be said for most games. Or any number of topics. We're not supposed to include articles just becauase it happens to be a commercial product? --gcbirzan^talk 16:19, 18 Feb 2005 (UTC)

  Point 1: "Syberia II" might be the official title, but it isn't necessarily the only way to search for mentions of this game. A site might legitimately mention it but call it "Syberia 2" or "Syberia, Part II" or "the sequel to Syberia", etc. Point 2: Even 96K hits is not a small number. I recall VfDs with less than 20 Google hits getting kept. Point 3: I would think that the fact that this game is widely reviewed, widely advertised, and widely sold would be a point for it, not against it. Andrew Lenahan - Starblind 15:46, Feb 21, 2005 (UTC)

  Just a note, searching for "Syberia II" OR "Syberia 2" gets me about 319,000 results in Google. --Matteh (talk) 18:21, 18 Feb 2005 (UTC)

• Keep Short article, fun game. --InShaneee 22:46, 16 Feb 2005 (UTC)
• Keep. Notable game. Carrp | Talk 23:46, 16 Feb 2005 (UTC)
• Keep and expand. Notable sequel to a game that got a very well-deserved Game of the Year award. (Unfortunately, I've only got the first game, so I can't do the expansion.) --Idont Havaname 03:48, 17 Feb 2005 (UTC)
• Keep - the first Syberia has an article (to which I contributed after I finished the game), why not this one? The sequel article is a bit stubby, but it's still worthy of inclusion. I look forward to playing the sequel (and plan to expand the article accordingly if no one gets there before me). 23skidoo 05:27, 17 Feb 2005 (UTC)

  Then merge. I still think this is an advertisement. You'd never see this sort of shilling in other Encyclopedia. BenWilson

  Is this another demonstration of systemic bias inherent to the community of Wikipedia, or is this subject legitimately more notable than adult film stars and local politicians? No vote. GRider\^talk 23:02, 18 Feb 2005 (UTC)

• Keep and expand, notable sequel game. Megan1967 05:42, 17 Feb 2005 (UTC)
• Keep gcbirzan^talk 21:01, 17 Feb 2005 (UTC)
• Keep -- Longhair 09:09, 20 Feb 2005 (UTC)

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