Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Gaming Trend

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. Mailer Diablo 18:35, 1 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Gaming Trend

Was on prod, editor removed without comment, nn notable website, fails Ghits, vanity Ávríl 00:01, 22 July 2006 (UTC)

• Comment. I don't want to vote on this because I'm now on staff there, but I'll point out (for better or worse) that it has an Alexa rank of 38,180 [1]. Compare with PCgamer.com, which has an Alexa rank of 67,050 [2] --Alan Au 00:06, 22 July 2006 (UTC)
  • Comment. Actually, PCG website is not a good comparison, since that isn't its main medium. --Alan Au 07:51, 22 July 2006 (UTC)
• Delete. --Bigtop (tk|cb|em|ea) 00:19, 22 July 2006 (UTC)
• Note: This debate has been added to the list of CVG deletions. Alan Au 01:44, 22 July 2006 (UTC)--Alan Au 01:44, 22 July 2006 (UTC)
• Weak keep per Alan Au, also the site's association with GoneGold (which was notable when it was alive), and that it passed standards checks for gamerankings and metacritic. --SevereTireDamage 02:22, 22 July 2006 (UTC)
• Weak keep PC Gamer is notable on the basis of its magazine, not its website, so it's not really relevant. I'm not sure abotut eh vanity claims as this article has had several editors, not just Alan Au and he didn't create the article. The fact that Metacritic and Game Rankings consider it reliable is enough for me to give borderline notability. Ace of Sevens 04:31, 22 July 2006 (UTC)

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so that consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, - CrazyRussian talk/email 14:53, 26 July 2006 (UTC)

• Delete as per nom. Tony Bruguier 15:01, 26 July 2006 (UTC)
• keep if it is used by game rankings et all, it has enough noterity Owwmykneecap 23:29, 26 July 2006 (UTC)
• keep as the gamerankings info and the Starforce contraversy, let alone its history with Gone Gold and the inclusion of its reviews in game advertisments makes it a notable video game website. PunkChe 11:22 July 27, 2006 (UTC)
• Delete, neither Metacritic nor Game Rankings are reliable sources. There is no assertion of any kind of notability. An Alexa rank of 38,180 is not enough to prove notability. Fails WP:WEB. 'I like it' is not enough for an article to be suitable for an encyclopaedia - WP:NOT a web directory. Proto::type 15:19, 28 July 2006 (UTC)
• Weak delete per Proto. RandyWang (^raves/_{review me!}) 01:15, 30 July 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.