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The result was draftify‎. Consensus to move to draftspace for further improvement. (non-admin closure) The Herald (Benison) (talk) 12:46, 13 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Blast Cats[edit]

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Non-notable as per WP:GNG. Lacks secondary sources; a WP:BEFORE suggests there is unfortunately not really any coverage on this game to justify an article. ＶＲＸＣＥＳ (talk) 09:44, 21 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Video games-related deletion discussions. ＶＲＸＣＥＳ (talk) 09:44, 21 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect to List of Haunted PS1 games, has no apparent notability. ᴢxᴄᴠʙɴᴍ (ᴛ) 09:50, 21 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I wouldn't suggest turning the article into a redirect. A redirect would be messy to clean up and shift back to an independent article when the game is ultimately released and more sources become available/the topic becomes less obscure. Deletion would be better. Ishiura (talk) 10:11, 21 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Assuming it actually becomes notable, the redirect would provide grounds to expand the article. I don't see how that's a bad thing. (If it's not, that sort of disruptive editing can probably be handled on a user by user basis). ᴢxᴄᴠʙɴᴍ (ᴛ) 10:45, 21 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Are you suggesting that my having created the article to begin with was disruptive? My reasoning for prefering deletion to a redirect is concern that a technical request would have to be placed in order to deal with the screwy edit history once it was time to set up the standalone article again. If the "Blast Cats"--->"List of Haunted PS1 games" redirect could simply be edited back into a full Blast Cats article once the game gets greater publicity, I would agree that a redirect is the best course to take. Ishiura (talk) 11:02, 21 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
What you may be looking for is advocating for a draftify, if you feel there are good grounds for the article to obtain notability in future as a WP:TOOSOON. I created most of these articles, but admit most of the recent HPS1 games haven't really reached a stage of notability upon full release. But there's definitely no harm in exploring AtDs. ＶＲＸＣＥＳ (talk) 11:31, 21 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Draftifying is a great idea, but it's unlikely any substantial secondary sources will appear within the 6-month time limit. I'll move the contents of the present Blast Cats article to my userpage sandbox (User:Ishiura/sandbox) Ishiura (talk) 11:48, 21 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
No worries. Yeah, sadly I think this is just a case of WP:TOOSOON. I really appreciate you setting up an article for one of the upcoming HPS1 games though, and hopefully if/when it gets reviews it can come back into the mainspace. ＶＲＸＣＥＳ (talk) 08:20, 22 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, ✗plicit 11:23, 28 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Draftify per discussion above. Ishiura has already moved this to their sandbox and this discussion should be closed. Nomader (talk) 18:13, 4 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Relisting comment: For more clearer consensus for draftify.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, The Herald (Benison) (talk) 12:18, 6 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Draftify: Per discussion above. The game hasn't released yet so it's possible it'll get some reviews or coverage within the timeframe. StreetcarEnjoyer (talk) 15:31, 6 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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