This page is an archive of the proposed deletion of the article below. Further comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or on a Votes for Undeletion nomination). No further edits should be made to this page.

The result of the debate was keep. - Mailer Diablo 06:10, 21 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Government simulation[edit]

Page serves as nothig mroe then free advertising to these GAMES, which attract perhaps 10 or 20 regular players. Pellaken 10:10, 15 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep The article is clear (if slightly POV), and the topic is genuine. --Apyule 10:25, 15 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep The article serves as an excellent guide to a subject matter that is a vibrant community on the internet. A possibly motivating factor is that the user proposing deletion was an administrator for Canada GovSim which just folded and has been permanently banned from several other political simulators. --Drew82

• Drew82's first edit. ESkog 23:24, 15 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep. Notable, real thing. -- BD2412 ^talk 13:40, August 15, 2005 (UTC)
• Keep This article serves to explain the basis behind political simulators and what they are- the user who voted for deletion was the manager of CanadaGovSim and has been banned from several political sims, as has been said, so the case for deletion is biased. --Nightsabre- not a registered user, but knows the politics behind this

• Keep This article is very informative and provides decent background information for people starting out in this genre of games. The user seems to be putting up this vote for personal reasons. Chris Glew 15:04, 15 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

just to clear up some misunformation, the only government simulations I was banned from were those I asked to be banned from because of the constant personal attacks against me. the admin of PolCan decided to turn this entire thing political and take a shot at me over wikipedia. this is my responce. whatever the result of this vote is I will respect. Pellaken 18:47, 15 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

If the only reason you posted this vote is because of a personal comment made against you and not due to a genuine concern then this is an abuse of Wikipedia and the vote should be removed. Chris Glew 19:05, 15 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

• Strong Keep Despite (or even because of) the "politics" involved in this VfD, this article should be kept. --Daedalus-Prime 00:11, 16 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]
• Speedy Keep bad-faith nomination. Nifboy 06:13, 17 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]
• Speedy Keep So far it's been unanimous - keep the page. The history of govsims is an intriguing one that ought to be told through Wiki, and it has been shown here that the vote to delete this page had ulterior motives. ThrashersSyn 13:13, 17 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]
• Speedy Keep. User:Pellaken desperately needs referring to meta:Don't be a dick and Wikipedia:Don't disrupt Wikipedia to illustrate a point

Apologies, I forgot to sign. The above comment was from me: fuddlemark 22:27, 18 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

• Strong Keep It is a real game, and it is regularly used for educational purposes. A new medium that teaches people politics and government. --Arbiteroftruth 07:04, 19 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]
• Strong Keep I'm perhaps a bit biased, as I participate in a Government sim (one not mentioned in this article) but the topic itself certainly meets the test for natability even if few, if any, of the individual sites do. Caerwine 22:29, 19 August 2005 (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 an undeletion request). No further edits should be made to this page.