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Real Flight Simulator

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Rationale Non-notable per WP:GNG. Sourcing only supported by user-generated review scores.

Source search: No MobyGames page. Nothing on the reliable sources search engine. Metacritic has no reviews for the title. ＶＲＸＣＥＳ (talk) 23:44, 18 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Gameplay of Hearthstone

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This is the same scope as Hearthstone, which already covers the gameplay, including its development and reception. This fork re-uses many of the same sources, and writes a worse article that focuses more on material that violates WP:VGSCOPE and WP:GAMEGUIDE. There is a consensus at the Video Games WikiProject that we shouldn't create this type of WP:REDUNDANTFORK, since there is nothing here that isn't covered at Hearthstone, or some of the details about competition in Hearthstone in esports. I understand that a game with this much esport competition will naturally have more people discussing the finer points of gameplay, but this violates WP:VGSCOPE and WP:GAMEGUIDE. I would consider a redirect (or even an alternate way to split the main Hearthstone article), but I don't see material that would be suitable for a merge. Shooterwalker (talk) 19:25, 18 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Fictional elements and Video games. Shooterwalker (talk) 19:25, 18 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Keep , but refocus the page to be about the expansions to Hearthstone; that section, at least from what I last worked on it, was using third-party sources to discuss each expansion and what it added in broad terms. I agree the gameplay is mostly repetitive of what's in the main article, but if this were refocused to cover only the expansions and those details about them, it would be more routine of the type of article about DLC/expansion content for a living game. And if kept in that fashion, I'd move the table that's on the main Hearthstone page to that, since that's weighing the main page of Hearthstone down a lot. --Masem (t) 19:30, 18 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Depending on what other editors say, I would consider a rename and rewrite around Expansions of Hearthstone. I maintain that Gameplay of Hearthstone is redundant. But it's normal for there to be Wikipedia articles about notable game expansions, and there doesn't seem to be a Hearthstone article like this, yet. Shooterwalker (talk) 19:40, 18 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Keep expansion content and move to List of Hearthstone expansions / Expansions of Hearthstone, which seems to be the genuinely notable topic here. I would advocate to Redirect the current title to Hearthstone as a plausible search term and subtopic. Masem's reasoning seems sound. ~ A412 ^talk! 03:13, 19 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Kristoffer von Hassel

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This is a pretty clear example of WP:BLP1E. The sources all say the same thing with very little variation in the information they provide, and several of them are clearly re-hashed versions of the same report or press release. None of the sources says anything about von Hassel himself, which is very natural as he was 5 years old at the time, but a WP:BEFORE search doesn't yield anything more current, or more in-depth. I thought this might be a good source, since it was published a couple of years later – but it only repeats the same info in new packaging (adding the dubious claim that he "has his own Wikipedia page"). Other than that, there's just the flurry of short press reports from April 2014 to support this entire article. The "world's youngest hacker" claim was clearly unverifiable and pretty weak to begin with, since it redefines what a "hacker" is – so what is the claim to notability here, really? bonadea contributions talk 16:23, 18 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete per nom. WP:BLP1E without any WP:LASTING coverage. Jfire (talk) 17:41, 18 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Video games, Computing, and California. WCQuidditch ☎ ✎ 19:08, 18 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - per nom. A fun little story that surely helps websites get clicks, but absolutely not enough to support a BLP article on the person in the story. Not opposed to a brief mention somewhere in an Xbox article where it could make sense. Sergecross73 msg me 19:19, 18 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Aimsey

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only notability is being a part/member of a minecraft server. the only reliable sources that are used are dotesports and ign, and they are mostly mentioned in passing, no in depth coverage. Http iosue (talk) 03:57, 17 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete, no WP:SIGCOV and relies on primary sources too much jolielover♥talk 16:55, 17 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Fedmyster

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his only notability is the controversial stuff he did, and being a former org member. little actually encyclopedic useful information. Http iosue (talk) 22:29, 16 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Weak delete: This is about him [1], some coverage in gaming sites. Got hit after hit on GameRant, but that's an iffy source. One more decent source, we'd be ok Oaktree b (talk) 00:33, 17 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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Retro Engine

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Appears to have significant original research and I do not see how the notability concerns on Talk:Retro Engine were resolved. IgelRM (talk) 23:51, 15 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Merge to Christian Whitehead. The engine's developer is notable, and the engine itself has received enough coverage that full deletion would be silly. I created this article when I was still pretty inexperienced and think it'd be better off to dedicate a section of Whitehead's article to it, and then possibly split it off in the future if it becomes too big/unwieldy to contain everything there. JOE BRO ⁶⁴ 00:01, 16 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Merge per above. (Shame on me for forgetting to pursue this years back. I thought I had.) Sergecross73 msg me 00:35, 16 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Chrome Engine

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Prose is entirely original research. Does not appear to have standalone notability, suggesting redirect to Techland. IgelRM (talk) 23:18, 15 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Redirect to Techland. This is not notable for a stand alone article. Mekomo (talk) 14:03, 16 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Payal Dhare

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The subject does not pass WP:GNG and WP:ANYBIO. Taabii (talk) 06:22, 13 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Video games and Internet. WCQuidditch ☎ ✎ 06:27, 13 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

My opinion may not count, but yes APenguinThatIsSilly("talk") 21:21, 14 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@APenguinThatIsSilly Kindly clear your stand, Keep, Delete, Redirect or a Comment. Taabii (talk) 18:57, 15 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you.

Delete, I agree with proposer. APenguinThatIsSilly("talk") 23:26, 15 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Note: Might have been best WP:PROD'd, but the notice may have been removed for no reason. APenguinThatIsSilly("talk") 21:25, 14 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Meeting the prime minister is WP:SINGLEEVENT and I cannot establish the relevancy of Gaming Creator of the Year etc. Perhaps redirect somewhere or delete. IgelRM (talk) 22:10, 16 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Delete: Non notable award. The sources with significant coverage do not have any bylines and the sources with bylines are interviews. Not enough independent reliable sources, fails WP:GNG. Jeraxmoira🐉 (talk) 08:25, 18 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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. ✗plicit 06:01, 19 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Edi Birsan

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Fails WP:NPOL. News coverage is all targeted at assumption of office announcements. Nothing here that could be considered anything other than WP:ROUTINE for a local mayor of a small city.4meter4 (talk) 04:11, 12 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Please note that I have a conflict of interest, but I would say we should delete the article. The article was actually created before he was an elected official, because it was about his gaming career. However, most of this information was deleted due to the sources not being reliable enough. To my knowledge, no other Concord City Councilmember has a Wikipedia page unless they have held a higher office. Prcc27 (talk) 05:21, 12 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete non-notable council member/mayor for a small municipality who has not received any press outside of his region of influence. His gaming accolades also do not meet GNG. SportingFlyer T·C 23:04, 13 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting/Video games

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Video games-related deletions

Real Flight Simulator

Gameplay of Hearthstone

Kristoffer von Hassel

Aimsey

Fedmyster

Retro Engine

Chrome Engine

Payal Dhare

Edi Birsan

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