Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/BattleMaster

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 Keep. SynergeticMaggot 13:53, 31 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] BattleMaster

No indicated notability, no reliable sources. Fails WP:WEB and WP:SOFTWARE. --Peephole 18:37, 27 July 2006 (UTC)

• Weak Keep, after all, it looks like a legit game, though I've never heard of it. It doesn't read much like an ad and has (a claimed) 1500 players. What makes it in need of deletion? — Frecklefoot | Talk 19:42, 27 July 2006 (UTC)
• Keep. Legit game, a friend of mine played it at some point. Lack of sources is a problem, but we don't delete articles because of that. The list of active players is available in-game as well, so their number can be checked by whoever cares to create an account there. -- Rune Welsh | ταλκ 09:56, 28 July 2006 (UTC)
• Keep (a little bit weaker than ordinary though). WP:WEB is not really applicable here (just happens to be a game that uses web browser as the platform). The game itself, and materials released by the developers, can be used as the primary source - though, of course, multiple sources are always good, I'm just saying that in case of no controversy, it's enough to trust the primary source. (Is someone denying World of Warcraft has bazillion users, for example? If so, how do you propose we verify their claims?) 1500 players, which the article claims, doesn't sound too big, but I think it's in the green. Satisfies my own "I've heard of it outside of Wikipedia" test. --wwwwolf (barks/growls) 10:15, 28 July 2006 (UTC)
• Strong Keep. Legit game, with me being one of the players and article maintainers. The statistics were quoted with sources, and you can visit the game and its wiki community with links provided in the article. This is all "well-sourced". -- G.S.K.Lee 08:04, 30 July 2006 (UTC)
• Strong Keep. Definitely a legit game - I've played it myself. Has an active online community. -- Wantok 08:38, 30 July 2006 (UTC)
• Strong Keep. Definitly a legit game, been playing it for an awful long time now and it only takes a look at the game it's self to see how many players there are, and more importantly you can see how much information is already being used and stored within the Wiki, and to delete all that effort now would leave a very foul taste in our mouths. The BattleMaster Wiki is always being updated, as is the game it's self.
• Strong Keep'. A good game, and a good article. Eirik-Com1ando 10:17, 30 July 2006 (UTC)
• Strong Keep. Same as above; I've been playing this game for quite a long time now myself, and actually found out about it through this wikipedia article. Definitely legit and has stats linked in the game or on the main page that show how many players there are, and show other things as well. --The1exile - Talk - Contribs - 10:21, 30 July 2006 (UTC)
• Strong Keep. Coming up on 4 years playing this game. Very much legit, and hard to stay away from. The current statistics chart (pointed out above) indicates nearly 1800 registered users, with almost 1100 having logged in within the last 3 days. PhoenixSunrise 13:18, 30 July 2006 (UTC)
• Strong Keep. By the standards used to claim this article does not meet WP:WEB and WP:SOFTWARE, just about any arguably niche game with a smaller user base would be deleted. All that aside, the game is definitvily real (I play it). Also, it has survived long enough (four years, or so), and is unique enough in some mechanical aspects to deserve being kepyt. Chilango2 11:39, 30 July 2006 (UTC)
• Weak Keep. I don't know that WP:WEB should apply, since this isn't a website, but an multiplayer videogame which happens to use a HTTP and a browser as its UI. As far as WP:SOFTWARE, Wikipeda has entries on many other videogames most of which don't seem to meet the proposed criteria of WP:SOFTWARE. Sagsaw 14:32, 30 July 2006 (UTC)
• Keep. I went to the game and signed up to see, definately real, seems a good game with a very active community. Seems more legit than others which are on the wiki.

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.