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Vague rambling around a neologism rather than a common term found in RSes. This has never been a coherent article. It's also a spam magnet - this is the version culled of the worst spammy bad cites. (Previous version
here.) Of the remaining four references, one is a marketing blog for a consultant firm, and two of the RS sources don't even mention the supposed genre. Declined PROD asserting notability of the neologism, but without providing evidence.
David Gerard (
talk)
23:34, 6 November 2018 (UTC)reply
Delete. I think the nomination rational focuses too much on the term "blockchain game" rather than the topic. Even if the term is a neologism that fails to appear in RSes, the concept of "Blockchains in gaming" could still be notable (I would be open to moving the page, but do not feel strongly either way). That said, I agree that the
CNBC and
Fortune sources are irrelevant. Both provide in-depth coverage of
CryptoKitties, but more from the perspective of collectibles -- neither article discusses blockchain games generally. We certainly have not demonstrated notability. I'm having trouble finding nontrivial coverage in RSes, but would be open to reconsidering my position if someone else found some.
BenKuykendall (
talk)
01:25, 7 November 2018 (UTC)reply
Delete I can't find anything on blockchain games other than Cryptokitties. I'd suggest merging it into Cryptokitties, but if there isn't anything in blockchain games other than Cryptokitties, it would just weigh down that article.
Smallbones(
smalltalk)01:50, 7 November 2018 (UTC)reply
Keep, purge and rename to
blockchain in video games (or whatever title is appropriate). Using the
WP:VG/RS custom Google
search engine, it doesn't look like there's such a thing as a "blockchain game" as genre, like
adventure game but blockchain technology is used in games.
Firstly,
WP:NUKE per
WP:NEOLOGISM. This is not a standard term sources use, so the article title should not pretend to be. Something like aforementioned
blockchains in video games would be appropriately neutral. It seems there are sources that discuss the concept sufficiently to pass the
WP:GNG mark with multiple reliable independent in-depth sources, such as
WP:VG/RS. My only concern is that such an article does not become an
WP:EXAMPLEFARM of drive-by game mentions with no context. —
HELLKNOWZ ▎
TALK11:36, 7 November 2018 (UTC)reply
Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus. Relisting comment: It looks like consensus is verging towards deleting or re-purposing the article, but it's not clear yet. Hopefully another week can fix this.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Anarchyte (
talk |
work)12:49, 14 November 2018 (UTC)reply
Delete. As mentioned above, is a neologism and the page currently has nothing on what a "blockchain game" is. There may be uses of blockchain in games, but the content in the article right now is just about Cryptokitties. Either merge the content with Cryptokitties, or make a
an article ABOUT blockchain in games, BUT blockchain games are not a thing. Application of blockchain IS a thing though. DudeTheNinja (
speak to me |
spy on me )
09:53, 21 November 2018 (UTC)reply
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