Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Alien Swarm

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 no consensus, defaulting to keep. Can't sleep, clown will eat me 08:03, 27 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Alien Swarm

Game mod that doesn't meet WP:SOFTWARE. Wikipedia is not a game guide. MER-C 03:51, 21 October 2006 (UTC)

• Delete - No reliable sources featured in the article and Googling mostly brings up trivial download sites or forums. Wickethewok 03:52, 21 October 2006 (UTC)
• Delete Alien Swarm, just another AfD hunt. EVula 06:25, 21 October 2006 (UTC)
• Keep - Featured mod on a number of mod sites, finalist for the Make Something Unreal Contest. Google Results Mod'n'Mod entry ModDB entry GameSpy Mod of the Year Alien Swarm winning Phase IV of MSUC. The article needs cleaning up, not deletion. Torinir _{( Ding my phone My support calls E-Support Options )} 17:52, 21 October 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per nom. M1ss1ontomars2k4 ^{(T | C | @)} 01:24, 22 October 2006 (UTC)
• Keep, notable enough mod in its own right, and it is being made into a stand-alone game much like Red Orchestra was. —Xezbeth 06:56, 22 October 2006 (UTC)

• Note: This debate has been added to the list of CVG deletions. -- moe.RON ^{talk | done | doing} 22:01, 22 October 2006 (UTC)
• Weak Delete. Their previous project (Thievery UT) got significant coverage (including a whole column devoted to it in PC Gamer), but I haven't seen similarly significant coverage of this one. I'm not sure about the worthiness of the rankings mentioned above (ModDB certainly doesn't cut it, but Gamespy might). Garrett^Talk 00:21, 23 October 2006 (UTC)

Comment - The GameSpy Network encompasses all of the Planet sites (FilePlanet, PlanetUnreal, PlanetDeusEx, etc.) as well as GameSpy.com. Torinir _{( Ding my phone My support calls E-Support Options )} 21:25, 23 October 2006 (UTC)

• Keep, In my opinion it's an notable mod. -- Sensenmann 16:40, 25 October 2006 (UTC)
• Delete unless a second source is found to establish notability per WP:SOFTWARE, Tewfik^Talk 06:49, 26 October 2006 (UTC)
• Keep - In addition to the awards, this mod has spawned a fully fledged commercial game. And was the reason I removed the prod. This article should and will cover both the mod and the game. I thought this would have been obvious. Here, Alien Swarm: Infested does exist http://uk.pc.ign.com/articles/608/608624p1.html . - Hahnchen 15:56, 26 October 2006 (UTC)
• Keep if creation of stand-alone game is properly sourced. --Alan Au 19:55, 26 October 2006 (UTC)

Comment - I don't know about standalone, but Forbes is noting that the next Alien Swarm incarnation will be deployed via Steam. [1] Torinir _{( Ding my phone My support calls E-Support Options )} 20:10, 26 October 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.