Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Roblox (3rd nomination)

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 speedy keep. content problems should be discussed on the article's talk page (non-admin closure) Odie5533 (talk) 09:52, 24 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Roblox

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Although the subject looks to be notable enough, the article is predominantly written by younger children which this game was intended for, trying to stick their name into the credits of the page. Jeremjay 24 22:34, 21 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Comment: I would also like to add that around one or two years ago, User:Briguy9876, User:Gordonrox24, and I were the main contributors of this article. Since they both joined Roblox's voluntary community moderation team, I became the only writer abiding by Wikipedia's conflict of interest. Before anyone else comes to debate whether it should be deleted or not, I'd like to share that the article is not maintained by anyone with an adept knowledge of contribution on Wikipedia. Now if we were to delete it, we'd be deleting a page written like an advertisement, but at the same time we'd be getting rid of a topic that has enough notability to have its own Wikipedia article. If we were to keep it, we're going to have to get experienced Wikipedians to moderate and rewrite the article to keep the inexperienced contributors from turning it into something that it's not supposed to be like. Jeremjay 24 22:47, 21 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Keep – A deletion is not necessary, but perhaps a re-write is. Roblox is a notable topic and video game website that has been discussed by quite a few third party reliable sources ([1]). I think a satisfactory article can be put together with some good, thorough research. —WP:PENGUIN · ^{[ TALK ]} 00:23, 22 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not going to place any vote here, as I've not been active on Wikipedia in recent times, however I am of the opinion that we've never deleted articles because they are poorly kept. Instead, we work to fix them.--Gordonrox24 | ^Talk 17:01, 22 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of video game-related deletion discussions. (G·N·B·S·RS·Talk) • Gene93k (talk) 19:28, 22 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Games-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 19:28, 22 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy keep. No actual reason for deletion has been specified. This is ridiculous. It is the most popular kids games in the US. I haven't laughed so much (other than April Fools nominations) than I have in this nomination. You are a few months early buddy... Statυs (talk) 04:54, 24 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy keep - i don't see an actual deletion reason (like above), and also, this game is notable: it has news coverage about the game itself and stuff the company has done, such as "Roblox players built 5.4 million games in 2011". the article may need a rewrite however. ~ihaveamac [talk|contribs] 07:03, 24 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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.