Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Thrive (video game)

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The result was delete. §FreeRangeFrog^croak 03:56, 9 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Thrive (video game)

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Game still far from release, no sign of meeting our guidelines for software notability - sole Reliable Sourcy reference does not mention Thrive. Nat Gertler (talk) 05:21, 2 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

• Dev here (Untrustedlife, Michael Hamm) (Im not a team lead, just a humble programmer), but we have been itertively releasing updates for the game for several months. Actually.But A fan set up the wikipedia entry.I went ahead and made it a bit more accurate (the article) however, I agree that it is not really that "notable" yet. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.183.92.99 (talk) 14:27, 2 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete: The only source which isn't a reddit post, is actually a review of Spore. No third-party sources mentioning the game can be found. Naturally, the article can be re-created once it becomes notable. --KRAPENHOEFFER! TALK 16:44, 2 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete, for now at least. There's no third party coverage yet, and no hurry to create the article, considering how early in development the game appears to be. —Torchiest ^talk_edits 17:04, 2 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep, there are over already more than 10 versions of the current in-development game^[1] available. It is also, according to the developers, one of the rare game that intends to be scientifically exact, which is why it should be notable^[2]. BurnoutShou (talk) 02:04, 5 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

We don't take product creators' words that something is particularly special. Really, in general, when we say "notable", we really mean "noted" - that other people of significance are talking about it. --Nat Gertler (talk) 05:09, 5 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, WP:N clearly states that the we need multiple independent sources with non-trivial coverage to meet that guideline. Statements from a developer are obviously not independent.--199.91.207.3 (talk) 18:43, 5 February 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) 01:08, 4 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Software-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 01:08, 4 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete. Not enough coverage in reliable sources. A WP:VG/RS Google custom search comes up empty. It's a bit too soon for this game, and we can recreate the article later when there's coverage. I suggest they submit a few press releases to gaming blogs. That might get the ball rolling. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 12:31, 6 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete per nom and other, similar comments. Walter Görlitz (talk) 09:47, 7 February 2015 (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.