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The result was redirect to Argus Press#Argus Specialist Publications. Liz Read! Talk! 07:56, 14 January 2024 (UTC)
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Fails WP:GNG due to lack of sources except scans of magazine itself, along with WP:NRVE. EphemeralPerpetuals (they/them) ( talk) 16:41, 31 December 2023 (UTC)
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Argus Press#Argus Specialist Publications. I wish there were more sources on the magazine online, since I think it's nice to have knowledge readily accessible of an otherwise defunct, little-known magazine from before the
World Wide Web. But I looked through as many sources as I could of "Gamer Magazine" on Internet Archive, and most of the coverage I found are small mentions - not enough to show
sustained, significant coverage that passes
WP:GNG. Either way, I think it's worth having a redirect with a one-sentence blurb or so about the magazine, in case anyone wants to look up the magazine in the future and see a bit of info on it. This is what I found that addressed the magazine directly:
- "Games Mag Closes", Crash No. 41, p.10 - Short article about it and ZX Monthly closing [1]
- What Poke? Spectrum Arcade Players Handbook - A short blurb about it closing [2]
- All other sources I could find that addressed the magazine directly were about one sentence long [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]
- There are also two unreliable sources that I'm leaving here in case others see these magazines and think they are reliable - they look to be self-published e-magazines created by a YouTuber, with no editorial oversight [8] [9] - Whisperjanes ( talk) 01:14, 6 January 2024 (UTC)
Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Star Mississippi 20:46, 7 January 2024 (UTC)- Redirect to the publisher seems fine, the magazine was only around for two years, so likely won't have much more written about it at this point. Oaktree b ( talk) 02:11, 8 January 2024 (UTC)
- I support a redirect. EphemeralPerpetuals (they/them) ( talk) 18:56, 8 January 2024 (UTC)
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The result was redirect to Argus Press#Argus Specialist Publications. Liz Read! Talk! 07:56, 14 January 2024 (UTC)
Computer Gamer
AfDs for this article:
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Fails WP:GNG due to lack of sources except scans of magazine itself, along with WP:NRVE. EphemeralPerpetuals (they/them) ( talk) 16:41, 31 December 2023 (UTC)
- Note: This discussion has been included in the list of United Kingdom-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU (T) 16:48, 31 December 2023 (UTC)
- Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Video games-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU (T) 16:48, 31 December 2023 (UTC)
- Redirect to
Argus Press#Argus Specialist Publications. I wish there were more sources on the magazine online, since I think it's nice to have knowledge readily accessible of an otherwise defunct, little-known magazine from before the
World Wide Web. But I looked through as many sources as I could of "Gamer Magazine" on Internet Archive, and most of the coverage I found are small mentions - not enough to show
sustained, significant coverage that passes
WP:GNG. Either way, I think it's worth having a redirect with a one-sentence blurb or so about the magazine, in case anyone wants to look up the magazine in the future and see a bit of info on it. This is what I found that addressed the magazine directly:
- "Games Mag Closes", Crash No. 41, p.10 - Short article about it and ZX Monthly closing [1]
- What Poke? Spectrum Arcade Players Handbook - A short blurb about it closing [2]
- All other sources I could find that addressed the magazine directly were about one sentence long [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]
- There are also two unreliable sources that I'm leaving here in case others see these magazines and think they are reliable - they look to be self-published e-magazines created by a YouTuber, with no editorial oversight [8] [9] - Whisperjanes ( talk) 01:14, 6 January 2024 (UTC)
Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Star Mississippi 20:46, 7 January 2024 (UTC)- Redirect to the publisher seems fine, the magazine was only around for two years, so likely won't have much more written about it at this point. Oaktree b ( talk) 02:11, 8 January 2024 (UTC)
- I support a redirect. EphemeralPerpetuals (they/them) ( talk) 18:56, 8 January 2024 (UTC)
- 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.