Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Freebird Games

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The result was merge to To the Moon (video game). MBisanz ^talk 18:42, 18 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Freebird Games

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It's the game studio that worked on To the Moon (video game). While there's no doubt that this game is notable, notability isn't inherited and looking at the article for Freebird Games, there do not appear to be any reliable sources that actually feature coverage on the company itself or its other games besides To The Moon. Of the three sources present, two are of coverage of To The Moon (and are already referenced in that article) and the other is a primary source. While I personally believe that this company is notable because of their efforts on To The Moon, I believe that they probably shouldn't have an article of their own at this time as they don't seem to have any indicators of notability outside of this one game (I could not find any sources on the other games mentioned in the article, either). RPGMakerMan (talk) 04:56, 22 September 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) 15:31, 25 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Business-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 15:31, 25 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, The Bushranger _{One ping only} 00:18, 29 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Weak Keep per named refs plus decent coverage on game, company, and founder [| Here] Celtechm (talk) 02:28, 29 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. Needs greater significant coverage in reliable sources. -- Wikipedical (talk) 06:43, 29 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - At this point of the company's history, it seems that To The Moon is their only well known game and this is evident by the Google News and Google News archives results. The only link I have found that isn't relevant to To The Moon is this collaboration with EA Games along with several other video game companies. Fortunately, I have found results for the company's first game (The Mirror Lied) with this news article briefly mentioning The Mirror Lied but focuses more with To The Moon, and another brief mention of The Mirror Lied here. When I searched the second game "Do You Remember My Lullaby?" as "Do You Remember My Lullaby? Freebird Games" with Google News, few results were provided so they probably also received insufficient coverage for that game. Google Books also provided zero results for The Mirror Lied, Freebird Games and Do You Remember My Lullaby?. I'm pleased that the company has received significant coverage but it is not sufficient and independent to To The Moon at this time. Hopefully, this will allow the company to receive better coverage for the future. Honestly, it's not surprising that Freebird Games received little coverage for the first two games, considering that this has happened to several now well-known companies. Additionally, it is possible that the company was not serious at the beginning. SwisterTwister talk 00:52, 30 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Comment I forget to mention in my nomination for the article but I'm not opposed to possibly merging the article with the To the Moon article, if that is deemed suitably. RPGMakerMan (talk) 04:01, 30 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I had considered it as I was typing my vote and that would be a better option rather than deleting. However, I believe a redirect would be better. What appropriate content would we merge to the video game's article? SwisterTwister talk 04:51, 30 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Merge and redirect to To the Moon (video game). Stuartyeates (talk) 22:36, 5 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, — Mr. Stradivarius ^{(have a chat)} 04:24, 8 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Redirect Corn cheese (talk) 07:26, 17 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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