Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Anti-Japan War Online

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 keep due to evidence of third party reliable sources which satisfy WP:V, and therefore WP:N. ···日本穣^{? · Talk to Nihonjoe} 02:04, 17 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Anti-Japan War Online

Article appear to lack notability, all Google references come to articles commenting on that the game is supposedly being created. Appears to be vaporware. PCPP (talk) 15:33, 5 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Note I've discovered a Chinese website [1] supposedly carrying the game, but can't find any verifications in English--PCPP (talk) 16:20, 5 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of China-related deletion discussions. —Dekkappai (talk) 17:10, 5 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been added to the list of video game related deletions. MrKIA11 (talk) 23:31, 5 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Japan-related deletion discussions. —Fg2 (talk) 01:26, 6 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Delete — Lacks notability. MuZemike (talk) 03:30, 6 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Make it a weak delete per comment below. We should give those who can read/speak Chinese (if there are any out there pertaining to this article) a chance. MuZemike (talk) 06:50, 6 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Comment My inability to read or speak Chinese, as well as my lack of knowledge of the country and its popular culture makes me unable, I believe, to cast a meaningful vote on this one. I have listed it at the China-related discussions, hoping that it will attract informed opinion. Dekkappai (talk) 03:39, 6 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Comment Gamespot carried the story[2] as did Xinhua[3], which shows it at least has official coverage in China. What's actually lacking is in-depth reviews of the game in English, which is understandable since it isn't available in any English-speaking country. This, as with many other exclusive Chinese video games, raises the question of whether something has to be verifiable in English in order to meet policy on the English wiki. Ham Pastrami (talk) 09:04, 6 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

According to WP:V, sources in English are preferred but not required. —Quasirandom (talk) 14:34, 6 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Keep based on sources provided by Ham. Everyking (talk) 08:31, 8 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so that consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, bibliomaniac 1 5 00:23, 12 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - Not notable game which barely passes WP:V. --Pmedema (talk) 00:38, 12 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Weak Delete - although there are references that prove this once existed, the lack of coverage since 2005 suggests nothing came of it - i.e., it became vaporware. If anyone can find a reference from a more recent source, or one that shows the game was actually released, I'll reconsider; but as it is it appears to be a game that was announced but never finished, which doesn't really merit our attention. Terraxos (talk) 20:23, 13 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

If you visit the Babel Fish translation of the page[4] you'll see that it describes the 2008 download client for the game. Icemotoboy (talk) 00:43, 16 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Strong Keep. I just did a Babel Fish translation of the website above [5]. While I know the votes for delete are in good faith, its very clear here that this game exists its just all the sources are in chinese. We don't delete articles because we haven't found sources, we delete articles because there is no chance of finding sources. Clearly, this game exists and has previously been covered. The title also appears to be: Sino-Japanese War Online. Checking out their forums, it would appear this is a very popular topic. Come on guys, Using Yahoo Babel Fish translation took me thirty seconds... Icemotoboy (talk) 00:41, 16 July 2008 (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.