Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Teazle (video 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 was delete. Because of the low participation: soft delete (equivalent to PROD). Randykitty (talk) 16:32, 22 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Teazle (video game)

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Article topic lacks significant coverage from reliable, independent sources. (?) It had no meaningful hits in a video game reliable sources custom Google search and there are no easily verifiable print citations. There are no worthwhile redirect targets. (I went to repurpose as an article about the developer, but I can't find sources on that either.) If someone finds more (non-English and offline) sources, please {{ping}} me. – czar 21:47, 23 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@Czar: Found these:

• Swedish newspaper article about new (at the time) video games for kids, mentions Teazle among several others
• Swedish Macworld article on Stonepacker. Apparently it's one of the puzzles from Teazle, and has been released as a stand-alone iOS game.
• A very short review from a Swedish newspaper

Probably not enough, though.--IDV^talk 09:02, 24 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Oh hey, just noticed that the Aftonbladet review is of the game's sequel.--IDV^talk 09:04, 24 August 2015 (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) 23:51, 26 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Software-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 23:52, 26 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Sweden-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 23:52, 26 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

So from what I can gather, the first source (DN) is a passing mention of the game, the second (Macworld SE) is about a minigame in Teazle and not Teazle itself, and the third (Aftonbladet) is a short blurb about its sequel. I still wouldn't argue that the game has significant coverage for its own article but I'd be fine with redirecting the title to an applicable section. The question is whether Teazle's developer is notable enough for its own article, or where else it would go. I think it should be deleted unless there is a clear article that can comfortably hold the meager Teazle background. – czar 14:27, 5 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I have done another search, and found some more sources:

• Huffington Post review of Teazle Words, which seems to be an iOS version of one of the minigames from Teazle - I am not at all familiar with Teazle, so I can't tell if it's a new game or just a standalone rerelease similar to the Stonepacker one
• DN review of Teazle 2
• Not sure how useful this is as a source, but it's a fairly in-depth paper on the porting of Teazle to mobile platforms
• Never even heard of this site before, so I'm not sure if it can be considered a reliable source, but they've reviewed Teazle Words

There's the possibility of more coverage in Swedish computer magazines from the 90s, but I don't have access to any. Guessing we'll have to delete the article.--IDV^talk 04:09, 6 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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