Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Deco Online

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A non-notable MMO that has been tagged for a dozen years for sourcing problems, which has been disrupted by a promo LTA for years. WP:VG/S's reliable source search finds no coverage, but only press releases on GamesIndusty and IGN from 2008-09. Metacritic has no critic OR user reviews for the game. Mobygames (An unreliable WP:USERG directory, but useful for finding other reliable sources, magazines, etc) doesn't even have an entry for it. Fails WP:GNG and WP:NPRODUCT both. -- ferret (talk) 01:26, 18 October 2023 (UTC)

• Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Video games-related deletion discussions. -- ferret (talk) 01:26, 18 October 2023 (UTC)
• Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Internet and South Korea. WCQuidditch ☎ ✎ 01:51, 18 October 2023 (UTC)
• Merge to Joymax per WP:ATD, as the article doesn't seem notable. ᴢxᴄᴠʙɴᴍ (ᴛ) 11:58, 18 October 2023 (UTC)
• Delete. Has long been closed, making it very unlikely any new sources will appear. I don't think a merge is advisable because I'm not particularly convinced that the publisher is notable either - at least not independently from their better known game. - MrOllie (talk) 16:16, 19 October 2023 (UTC)
• :Joymax seems to be just 1 of several publishers the game bounced through. -- ferret (talk) 16:18, 19 October 2023 (UTC)
• ::Being its English publisher and this being English Wikipedia it's still a believable target. If people think Joymax is also non-notable, they are free to nominate it for deletion as well, which will remove the redirect entirely if found to be so. ᴢxᴄᴠʙɴᴍ (ᴛ) 11:46, 20 October 2023 (UTC)

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Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 01:38, 25 October 2023 (UTC)

• Agree with a light merge to Joymax as WP:ATD. —siroχo 07:00, 25 October 2023 (UTC)
• Comment As nominator, I can accept a redirect to Joymax, but I strongly recommend a Salting due to on going promotional efforts. During this AFD, yet another promo SPA has popped up claiming that no, THEY are the ones actually running the game now. There's numerous recreations/pirate servers of the game and multiple promo efforts targeting the article name. -- ferret (talk) 14:45, 26 October 2023 (UTC)

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