Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Zombies vs. Humans

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, although if the popularity continues to grow, it may one day achieve the sort of notability editors here seem to be seeking. Luna Santin 23:26, 1 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Zombies vs. Humans

I've had some extensive discussions on the talk page about the notability and verification of this game. It sounds like a really neat game, but it's still not very well established. The game is roughly a year old and, as I mentioned on the talk page, its rules are still changing and its popularity is unclear and subjective; evidence of the game's popularity seems almost anecdotal. There haven't been any secondary sources published- the only media coverage has been from some campus newspapers/blogs. I think the article is crystal balling a bit because the game is so new, and as it stands, the vast majority of information is unverifiable. Wafulz 22:00, 27 October 2006 (UTC)

• Delete WP:NFT. If & when this receives greater coverage, it can be recreated. -- Scientizzle 22:07, 27 October 2006 (UTC)
• Keep: not all things made up in school one day are non-notable. There are a slew of references of this game at the bottom of the article, and even though many have connections to colleges, that doesn't rule them out as completely useless. I'm concerned with the large copied amount of text copmprising the rules and the abundant number of warning templates on the article (5 tags just for notability and sourcing?), but other than that this looks like a good clean article, with room for expansion (especially considering the arrests of some participants). --Daniel Olsen 22:22, 27 October 2006 (UTC)
  • I agree that if this were to be kept, the rules & equipment sections should be pared down to a generalized paragraph or two, such that it is no longer a how-to guide. However, only two of the links at the bottom (the "references") are independent of the game: the BGSU news story concerning arrests & the short Cornell piece on the game. That's not enough for my notability threshold and arguably not enough for anything in WP:N. -- Scientizzle 22:37, 27 October 2006 (UTC)
• Delete Not notable enough yet. Come back when there is multiple mainstream news coverage or other evidence of notability. I did like the notion of stunning a zombie with a marshmallow shot from a piece of PVC pipe. Maybe next year it will be as big a college fad as eating Goldfish or Streaking. Edison 23:02, 27 October 2006 (UTC)
• Delete as per nom and above. Fails WP:NFT, insufficient evidence of notability Bwithh 00:02, 28 October 2006 (UTC)
• Delete Not notable yet, no secondary sources. Fails WP:NFT. Perhaps when the game is played at multiple schools there will be enough evidence for notability. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 144.175.34.78 (talk • contribs) 03:25, October 28, 2006 (UTC)
• Keep—Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.197.224.173 (talk • contribs) — 71.197.224.173 (talk • contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic.
• Keep Wikipedia should help people keeep track of new social phenomenon, and this is clearly a growing trend. If I wanted to not be able to find out about new trends as they happen, I would buy a print encyclopedia. Why not use this article to establish the factual history of the game and let it grow from there? (Wikipedia would also be a good tool to compile the first list of schools that play this game.)—Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.240.10.170 (talk • contribs)

That's all well and good, but that is not what Wikipedia is for. This is an encyclopedia, not a listing of popular trends. --Wafulz 04:44, 30 October 2006 (UTC)

• Keep This game is sweeping the nation, and many MANY campuses are playing across the nation. With so many people playing this game, how can Wikipedia afford to NOT keep this article? 64.247.88.238 01:21, 31 October 2006 (UTC)Mike— 64.247.88.238 (talk • contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic.
• Keep This game is expanding every where and it's only going to keep going. At Ohio University, there are over 600 players. And that's just at one school.— 24.208.183.136 (talk • contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic.

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.