Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/SiN: Wages of Sin

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The result was speedy keep. SK#1: nom withdrawn, and no other deletion arguments – czar 17:17, 27 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

SiN: Wages of Sin

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Article has been tagged for being unsourced for over 8 years, and I couldn't significant coverage in multiple, third party reliable sources either. (There are a bunch of false positives containing both "wage" and "sin" out there though.) Attempted to just redirect the article, but it was contested without any real rationale other than it should be discussed at an AFD. Discussing the article itself, its a complete failure of the WP:GNG, and has been for 8 years. Sergecross73 msg me 02:50, 26 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Nomination rescinded. I didn't find any sources in my brief search, but I forgot to factor in that it was a game from the 90s, so there's print sources and archived sources. I also thought that the GameSpot review was a user blog, but apparently they make their non-current staff look like user bloggers after they leave. Didn't know that until nomination either. Sergecross73 msg me 16:40, 27 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Comment: I'm finding some hits, but I have to add on "Activision" with everything. A look through Google Books with the following search terms (SiN: "Wages of Sin" Activision) brings up some coverage in books and the initial blurbs from the basic search field shows that there was magazine coverage for the games. They don't show up when you click on them, but that's because the snapshot view is so limited. Personal Computer Magazine has this in the preview mode: "Wages of Sin An add-on pack for Activision's SiN first-person action game. Wages of Sin fixes many bugs in the original and provides 17 new missions of fast -paced shoot-'em-up action." and Computer Gaming World has "Fortunately, Activision has achieved Ml the latter and come up with a great addition to the shooter SIN. Unlike other mission packs, WAGES OF SIN (WOS) also manages to play off and add to the SIN storyline." I also found two reviews on the Internet, so I'm leaning towards a keep with this one. I'll see what else I can find, though. Tokyogirl79 (｡◕‿◕｡) 03:20, 26 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Is there really enough content to write an entire article around it though? It's an expansion pack to SiN - it seems like it would be better to have a redirect to a dedicated subsection on the SiN page. Sergecross73 msg me 10:39, 26 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I have no true objection to that. Most of the content here is sort of fancruft for the most part. That's part of the reason I've hesitated - there are reviews but I can't entirely justify having an entire article. It's not the most overwhelming expansion that was ever released, that's for certain. Tokyogirl79 (｡◕‿◕｡) 04:31, 27 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Keep - Covered by multiple third party reliable sources. [1][2][3][4][5][6] - hahnch e n 09:43, 27 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - In addition to Hahnchen's sources above, some more reviews (some contemporary): [7], [8], [9], [10], [11], [12]. There are also supposed to be reviews in Computer Games Magazine and there's a Finnish review from Pelit behind a paywall. ☺ · Salvidrim! · ✉ 16:21, 27 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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