Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Tetris Online Japan

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The result was redirect to List of Tetris variants. Content can be merged from history as desired. Consensus is that this is not independently notable. Sandstein 08:37, 29 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Tetris Online Japan

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Non-notable video game - does not satisfy the general notability guideline. SmartSE (talk) 09:13, 4 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. The only sources are, essentially, from the site itself or its host. There is no news coverage to speak of, and no evidence that this is an official version of Tetris. Honestly, my first impulse was to merge it somewhere, but there's nowhere to merge it. UltraExactZZ ^Said~ Did 13:16, 4 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of video game-related deletion discussions. (G·N·B·S·RS·Talk) • Gene93k (talk) 23:59, 4 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Games-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 23:59, 4 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

have you seen sources I have listed on talk page Talk:Tetris_Online_Japan? It includes news coverage. Dodd (talk) 16:04, 7 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Alpha_Quadrant ^(talk) 05:50, 12 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Wifione ^Message 11:45, 20 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Redirect to List of Tetris variants, where it is already mentioned. I've been having a look through Japanese-language sources, both the ones listed on the talk page and the ones I could find through Google News, and I haven't found anything that can convince me that this game is notable. I did find quite a few mentions of the game, but they all seemed to be routine coverage - press releases, announcements of the service starting/shutting down, calls for beta testers, etc. I didn't find any reviews or previews of the game's features in independent, reliable sources. On the talk page someone points to the Japanese article existing, but there are two problems with this: one, the article is about the company, not the game; and two, it only contains one source, which isn't related to the game itself. If any reviews in reliable sources can be found, then I could be persuaded to change my recommendation, but for now I think a redirect would be appropriate, as an aid to navigation. — Mr. Stradivarius ^♫ 15:06, 20 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Also, it did seem from the sources that this game was an official Tetris game, licensed from The Tetris Company, but I don't think we should let that affect our decision here too much. — Mr. Stradivarius ^♫ 15:13, 20 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]
I had problem to find reviews too, but here is one: http://www.4gamer.net/games/039/G003997/20070618195824/ Dodd (talk) 05:31, 23 January 2012 (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 a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.