Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Golden crop

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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 Delete ~ trialsanderrors 04:00, 17 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Golden crop

Golden crop (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs)

Article fails WP:WEB for notability, does not cite sources, and appears to be nothing more than an advertisement. Ale_Jrbtalk 10:12, 12 November 2006 (UTC)

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  • Keep This is a helpful page for all members of the game. More information will be added soon. What sources do we need to cite if we wrote it ourselves? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.108.39.124 (talk • contribs)
See WP:CITE, WP:RS, and WP:V for the answer to your question. --Nehwyn 13:48, 12 November 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete - alexa = 3,822,255 [1]. Enough said. MER-C 10:37, 12 November 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete, advert for a non-notable game. No sources cited. Thryduulf 11:34, 12 November 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete non-notable advert. Hello32020 13:26, 12 November 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete not deserving of its own Wikipedia entry Pontificake 13:40, 12 November 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete, fully unsourced, no claim to notability. --Nehwyn 13:48, 12 November 2006 (UTC)
  • Keep I have played this game a long time, it is local history around the ashford (UK)area. A lot of members who play Goldencrop have asked about the history of the game, so we decided to set up a Wikipedia page about the history and what the game does, the page is still in the making and over the up and coming weeks, will be a very useful part of the game. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.137.205.202 (talk • contribs)
Consider making a webpage for it then. Wikipedia is not a free webhosting service. Recury 20:23, 12 November 2006 (UTC)
  • Keep How can this be an advertisement for the game, it does not try to encourage people to join the it. All it is, is information and facts. If the site needed to be advertised why choose a site like wikipedia to do it on. This isn't advertising because you can only find a page on wikipedia if you search for it, therefore the only people who could find the page are people who already know ablout it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.159.209.90 (talk • contribs) — 81.159.209.90 (talk • contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic.
Hello there. Even accepting the fact that it is not advertising, have you got any evidence the game meets the WP:WEB or WP:SOFTWARE notability criteria? --Nehwyn 16:25, 12 November 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete as nn. Everything is unsources meshach 17:11, 12 November 2006 (UTC)


Notice: User:04riversj had edited this page by posting another keep comment, but also by modifying some of the delete opinions expressed above so that they favoured the website instead. Since User:04riversj is a newly created single-purpose account, let us be very clear here to any other user of the website in question who may come visit: abusing this page will not help in saving the article (quite the opposite). Modifying other people's comments is considered vandalism, and when it is done on a deletion debate, it is a most serious form of it. I have reverted said edit (anyone interested may find it here) and posted a final warning on that user's talk page. --Nehwyn 18:33, 12 November 2006 (UTC)


  • Delete per nom -- Whpq 19:13, 12 November 2006 (UTC)
  • Weak Delete. As the article is written now, it is non-notable and an advert. There is a possibility that rewriting it could make it keepable. Spinach Dip 21:30, 12 November 2006 (UTC)
Uhm... I'd say no amount of rewriting can create sources out of thin air. --Nehwyn 22:22, 12 November 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete as per nom. I PRODed this originally as being non-notable, unsourced and unverifiable; looks like a lot of folks are in agreement. Tony Fox (arf!) 21:41, 12 November 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete. Non-notable game. --- RockMFR 22:31, 12 November 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete — Definitely an advertisement, and for a non-notable game to boot. "Enjoy the game and get farming?" Seriously. Reads like it wants Wikipedians to join and play. If that's not spam, what is? –- kungming·2 | (Talk·Contact) 02:24, 13 November 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete as admitted original research. NN online game with no verifiable sources. Your own website would be the better vehicle to promote the game's history. Resolute 02:37, 13 November 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete without thrid-party sources, it does not come close to WP:WEB.-- danntm T C 04:42, 13 November 2006 (UTC)
  • Question If we can get a 3rd party source. would the page be able to stay??? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.141.67.202 (talk • contribs) — 86.141.67.202 (talk • contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic.
  • Delete Non-notable game. It needs multiple independent sources to show it is notable. One third party source would not be enough. It sounds like a fine educational enterprise, and if it attains notability there is no reason the article could not be recreated. Edison 18:53, 13 November 2006 (UTC)
  • Keep!!!!!!! goldencrop deserves a discription it has over 6000 registerd users and surely thats more than double most of the viewers most of the pages on this site have had —Preceding unsigned comment added by 195.93.21.38 (talk • contribs)
Sorry, that is not an inclusion criterion. Any evidence of meeting WP:WEB? --Nehwyn 21:41, 13 November 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete As a player of the game as well as a citizen of the web, I can understand both points of view being expressed. As a member of the web community, I can understand that Wikipedia has a definite criteria that determines what should and should not be placed on it's site. Reading over WP:WEB shows me that Golden Crop does not meet those criteria. As a player of the game, I know this was not meant as an advertisement, just the expression of pride in a game that is rather unique and very fun. I hope that some or all points of the WP:WEB will one day be applicable to this unique game, but until then, I can live with the fact that a page on Golden Crop does not yet belong in Wikipedia. --MrAutomation 24.67.4.192 19:44, 14 November 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete per the nominator. Yamaguchi先生 23:03, 14 November 2006
  • Delete per nom, Edison. Best of luck with the game, sounds more interesting than bashing monsters. Angus McLellan (Talk) 23:24, 16 November 2006 (UTC)
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