Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Simtropolis

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. There isn't enough consensus to delete the article, even when discounting very new user. A merge is certainly possible, but that is an editorial, not AFD decision. Petros471 19:43, 15 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Simtropolis

Article fails WP:WEB: specifically no media coverage or awards won by the site. A similar article went to AFD recently (see AfD of The Sims Resource) and it was merged into The Sims. It had the benefit of being touted by Maxis, though, while the Simtropolis article makes no such assertion. Less notable and a fansite, though, so it stands that this should be deleted. —C.Fred (talk) 02:34, 7 August 2006 (UTC)

• Strong Keep: The website is mentioned in numerous articles on the official maxis website. These include interviews, reviews awards given by Simtropolis.
• Delete while notable within the sim community, it is not notable enough to be on wikipedia Nick Catalano _contrib ^talk 02:36, 7 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete —The preceding unsigned comment was added by JoshTrance (talk • contribs) .
• Weak Keep Article is certainly not spam or advertising. though the website is non notable. --Ageo020 05:47, 7 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per NickCatal or Merge into The Sims. --S-man 06:59, 7 August 2006 (UTC)
  • I must note that Simtropolis is a fan site primarily geared towards topics and contents on the SimCity series, not The Sims. A merge to SimCity or SimCity 4 is more logical. ╫ ２５ ^{◀RingADing▶} 10:23, 8 August 2006 (UTC) ╫
• Strong Keep:

-Simtropolis has a lot of custom content makers that the other sites don't. -ST has 130K members -there's now a Spore-type spinoff of this site

Does that entice you any further to keep this important SimCity article (it's SC4, not The Sims)-TrackerTV (CW|Castform|Green Valley) 14:07, 7 August 2006 (UTC)

• Keep Google brings up around 67,000 hits for the site, and 130,000 members seems like a lot. On a personal note, although I have absolutely no interest in Sim City, I had heard of this site before. Drett 15:48, 7 August 2006 (UTC)
• Weak Delete The Google search does show 67,000 results in the top-right corner, but there are actually only 40 unique results. Although that 130,000-person membership is quite enticing, I'm going to lean toward delete. -- tariqabjotu (joturner) 21:46, 7 August 2006 (UTC)
• Note: This debate has been added to the list of CVG deletions. PresN 21:46, 7 August 2006 (UTC)
• Comment Having a quick squizz at the site, it seems it's actually over 135,000 users... Those extra 5000 people couldn't push you over the line, could they? Gamespot has a few articles about Simtropolis, one of which talks about Will Wright giving them the thumbs up regarding a mod they made. My understanding is that ST is not so much a standard fansite, but more of a big mod community kind of deal. Drett 01:27, 8 August 2006 (UTC)
• Keep per google test and board activity. it seems popular enough to be called notable. Ace of Sevens 04:44, 8 August 2006 (UTC)
• Merge as a link on SimCity 4 Attic Owl 00:00, 9 August 2006 (UTC)
• Merge i agree it seems a bit weak to keep on it's own, but the site has 130.000 users, millions of downloads and is *the* most important SC4 community site, so throwing it away seems a bit harsh... -- 17:51, 9 August 2006 (UTC) —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 81.241.153.178 (talk • contribs) .
• keep simtropolis is a huge fansite, and since it is active it is better than the official site which is inactive and never updated, plus they have made the network addon mod which greatly helps gameplay by adding new transportation options, it is more not able or the same as www.simcity.com [superchad]
• keep normally I do not argue to keep mods, but this is a mod community, plus it made a very notable mod for Sims users, on top of that it was given the official thumbs up from the games creator and company, and finally they have had articles written about them in gaming sites for the mod. --zero faults ^{|sockpuppets|} 12:28, 11 August 2006 (UTC)
• keep and there admins and moderators actualy got to meet will wright, the creator of simcity and the sims.[superchad]
• keep high traffic website and notable to simcity fans like me. guitarhero777777 18:21, 13 August 2006 (UTC)
• Strong Keep: High interest site, makes thousands of professional buildings, but needs drastic expansion to include media coverage and the wide array of buildings on it.
• Delete non notable website --Peephole 15:50, 14 August 2006 (UTC)
• Strong Keep:Simtropolis is THE source for everything related to Simcity4. The official website is no longer maintained ( for over two years ). The Simtropolos community is very active with daily additions of new content to the game. The site is also "known" by the creator and the publisher of the game and had their approval. Simtropolis is a modding community and not "just" a fansite.[Serkanner]*

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.