Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Internet Game Database

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The result was delete. czar 00:08, 19 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Internet Game Database

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Personally, I would love to see a dedicated website to video games, similar to IMDb, but on the custom Google WP:VG/RS search engine, I get one result for its entire name, while looking up "igdb game database", I get three results, of users replying in forums. Hopefully, this is just a case of WP:TOOSOON. soetermans. ^{↑↑↓↓←→←→ B A TALK} 12:47, 10 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - I couldn't find the sources to make it meet the WP:GNG. Would be glad to reconsider if others provide sources though - I could have missed them, as the subject's name is a combination of three rather common/generic words, so there could be good sources in a see of false positives out there... Sergecross73 msg me 12:57, 10 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Video games-related deletion discussions. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 13:03, 10 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Websites-related deletion discussions. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 13:03, 10 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Delete – This source provides significant coverage, but it's published by Medium, which has been described as "an online publishing platform" that is blog-like in nature. As such, its reliability is questionable for Wikipedia's purposes. Additional searches are only providing mentions, such as in this article from ProgrammableWeb. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 13:09, 10 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Comment: Possible source. Develop. Anarchyte (work | talk) 04:13, 14 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Press releases don't contribute to notability. They are primary sources. --The1337gamer (talk) 09:50, 14 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Comment - The article creator presented an Swedish IGN source on my talk page. Consensus has been that any region of IGN is reliable, so I think this would be a usable source to put towards notability, though I can't tell what it says, so I can't be 100% sure, nor could I personally implement it into the article. The IP added some other sources on my talk page too, but the rest seemed to be more along the line of press releases... Sergecross73 msg me 13:10, 14 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I can confirm that the IGN article would be a useful source - it gives an overview of the site, and includes an interview with one of the people working on the site. I cannot find any other reliable sources that discuss IGDB, however, so I have to go with delete.--IDV^talk 10:31, 16 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, ^BE _CK ^Y _SA ^{Y L}E _S 10:07, 17 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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