Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Paper Computer Game

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 of the debate was DELETE. — JIP | Talk 05:58, 27 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Paper Computer Game

Appears to be a hoax. I can find no record anywhere of any of the titles or companies mentioned in the article. Haeleth 16:41, 14 October 2005 (UTC)

• Delete per nomination. Haeleth
• This afd nomination was orphaned. Listing now. No opinion. —Cryptic (talk) 18:37, 19 October 2005 (UTC)
• Delete. This is... bizarre, really. I'm going to have to call this a hoax; it just doesn't make any sense to me, and I think it's fair to say that I'm rather well-informed on the games front, both in digital and pen and paper formats. Even if this thing really exists, which I very much doubt, I don't think it's notable (though I'd be very interested in learning more about it!). -- Captain Disdain 20:00, 19 October 2005 (UTC)
• Comment. I think this should be verifyd before the votes are counted. It doesn't sound like turd and it may be notable.  freshgavin^TALK   02:21, 20 October 2005 (UTC)
  • I do think this is a hoax. First of all, the article refers to the "now obsolete 'Graphical Adventure' genre of computer games"; that genre is not obsolete by any means, and anyone interested enough in games to write an article about this and knowledgeable enough to mention various adventure games by name would most likely be aware of this. Secondly, I can't find any meaningful Google hits for "Chris DeLuca", "XaQ", "BronzeCo", "Elven Publishing Inc." "Till Time Do Us Part" or any other terms mentioned on the article that aren't Wikipedia mirrors. If this was a notable game, it'd be just about guaranteed that someone would talk about it on the net; even if it wasn't, I should be able to get at least one hit that would refer to one of these companies or people. Thirdly, there is absolutely no reference to how these games are supposedly played. Are they like pen and paper RPGs? Do they have rules? Are they like "choose your own adventure" books? The plotlines and whatnot seem extremely convoluted and complex, yet we are given absolutely no information on how these games supposedly work. I find this significant because there's no way it would work without a very elaborate and thought-out setup, and that in itself would have to be such an inherent part of the game that not referring to it at all in any way makes me suspicious. Fourthly... seriously, man, just read the article -- most of the stuff is just nonsensical. And finally, looking at the article's history, I see that when the article was first created, someone from the same IP address added typos on purpose to another article just a few hours later. It's possible that the IP was acquired by another Wikipedia editor in that time, but still it's something to think about. -- Captain Disdain 22:36, 20 October 2005 (UTC)
• Delete. If it were more carefully written, I'd say it should be moved to Uncyclopedia or to Bad Jokes And Other Deleted Nonsense, because it has a lot of charm and humor. If it had a user associated with it, I'd say move it to user space. Too bad... TECannon 07:58, 23 October 2005 (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.