Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Metafictional video games

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. Sandstein 06:07, 23 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Metafictional video games

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An article that contains no evidence of the notability of the subject. Instead, it is merely an arbitrary list of a couple of games, that is completely unsourced, and reeks of WP:ORIGINAL RESEARCH. It has been tagged for a variety of issues for a number of years now. I failed to find any reliable sources specifically about the topic, and even if some are found, it is likely that it would be simpler to delete this original article and just go from scratch. Rorshacma (talk) 22:13, 15 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Weak delete. There're plenty of sources out there to make an article on this subject (e.g. [1][2][3][4][5]), but none of the current material seems appropriate to keep for such an article. JulesH (talk) 23:01, 15 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Not sure if any of those sources would even cut it except 1up.com. The concept may or may not be a thing, but the article is so poor, unsourced and OR laden, and I don't see more sources coming. Ten Pound Hammer • ^{(What did I screw up now?)} 02:48, 16 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of video game-related deletion discussions. (G·N·B·S·RS·Talk) ★☆ DUCKISJAMMMY☆★ 07:58, 16 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Delete, without prejudice to recreation one day, once "game within a game" becomes as notable as "story within a story". Axem Titanium (talk) 20:05, 19 May 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.