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The result was keep. While the ideal merger target hasn't been identified, there is consensus to keep the content at a location TBD. That can be handled editorially. StarMississippi01:17, 9 February 2022 (UTC)reply
Comment[3] looks like a probably reliable source.
[4] is maybe a bit more than a passing reference. I suspect the (now dead) links in the article may have only a bit more. I'd really prefer not to see this deleted and am hopeful someone can find more.
Hobit (
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03:08, 25 January 2022 (UTC)reply
Delete, sadly. It seems like some non-notable historical object that sadly did not generate much if any coverage so far. We have one sentence and few pictures
here, and the second
link seems dead and not saved in the Internet Archive. The book Hobi found has two sentences and I am sorry, it is a passing reference in my book. Ping me if anyone finds new good sources. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus|
reply here10:32, 25 January 2022 (UTC)reply
I'm hoping we can find more, but that's much better than deletion. And we have other RSes, so we are well past WP:V. It's just none of them are hugely in-depth.
Hobit (
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17:41, 25 January 2022 (UTC)reply
BGG is clearly not a RS. The other two most certainly seem to be. What objection do you have to the University of Indiana's page on this topic?
Hobit (
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03:50, 29 January 2022 (UTC)reply
Indiana's page has only one sentence of prose about the game. The rest is commentary about Carroll/Alice in general and pictures from other editions and Alice memorabilia that Indiana has in its library.
AleatoryPonderings (
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03:52, 29 January 2022 (UTC)reply
Ah, my bad. I'd read it as claiming it wasn't a RS, but that's not what you said. You clearly were discussing SIGCOV. Sorry, I think I got your first sentence confused with your second. But to that point, I think we have at least 3 sentences.
A matching game, The Game of Alice in Wonderland consists of 52 cards: twenty cards numbered 1–20, and thirty–two cards, numbered 1–16 in pairs, with images of the Wonderland characters.
Pictured below are images of cards from the game and illustrations from various editions of Alice in Wonderland in the Lilly Library collection.
Curiouser examples of playing cards for the Alice in Wonderland Game
By themselves, not a ton, but with the art included? I'd say we're over the edge of significant coverage. Add to it the fact that the Lily Collection includes this and documents it makes it feel like something we should have here too. YMMV.
Hobit (
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15:13, 29 January 2022 (UTC)reply
I've been going back and forth. I think I'm at weak keep Two okay sources on an older topic where such sources are harder to find. That said, I think an article, rather than list, on the topics of AiW games might make sense.
Hobit (
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03:50, 29 January 2022 (UTC)reply
Keep. Being the first game published about one of the most popular chidren's books in history establishes notability. The search for further sources continues, but it could be that someone will have to go through microfiche rolls of American newspapers of 1882 to find further information.
Guinness323 (
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06:33, 29 January 2022 (UTC)reply
Keep per Hobit and Guinness323, although I would note that if a volunteer has access to Newspapers.com then we don't need to bother with microfiche. :)
BOZ (
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16:23, 29 January 2022 (UTC)reply
Merge to
Works based on Alice in Wonderland#Games - BGG is generally not considered a reliable source due to being user generated, and the two other sources are fairly weak in actual information on the game - the Indiana University page, for example, really only has a couple of sentences of actual coverage of the game itself. Its really not enough to sustain an independent article, but should certainly be included in the main article on works based on Alice.
Rorshacma (
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19:27, 2 February 2022 (UTC)reply
Things is that I think we should have more than a sentence. Our coverage, should for example, include the art. The proposed target it too broad. But I agree a standalone article seems like too much... Bah.
Hobit (
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03:05, 3 February 2022 (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
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The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. 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
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The result was keep. While the ideal merger target hasn't been identified, there is consensus to keep the content at a location TBD. That can be handled editorially. StarMississippi01:17, 9 February 2022 (UTC)reply
Comment[3] looks like a probably reliable source.
[4] is maybe a bit more than a passing reference. I suspect the (now dead) links in the article may have only a bit more. I'd really prefer not to see this deleted and am hopeful someone can find more.
Hobit (
talk)
03:08, 25 January 2022 (UTC)reply
Delete, sadly. It seems like some non-notable historical object that sadly did not generate much if any coverage so far. We have one sentence and few pictures
here, and the second
link seems dead and not saved in the Internet Archive. The book Hobi found has two sentences and I am sorry, it is a passing reference in my book. Ping me if anyone finds new good sources. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus|
reply here10:32, 25 January 2022 (UTC)reply
I'm hoping we can find more, but that's much better than deletion. And we have other RSes, so we are well past WP:V. It's just none of them are hugely in-depth.
Hobit (
talk)
17:41, 25 January 2022 (UTC)reply
BGG is clearly not a RS. The other two most certainly seem to be. What objection do you have to the University of Indiana's page on this topic?
Hobit (
talk)
03:50, 29 January 2022 (UTC)reply
Indiana's page has only one sentence of prose about the game. The rest is commentary about Carroll/Alice in general and pictures from other editions and Alice memorabilia that Indiana has in its library.
AleatoryPonderings (
???) (
!!!)
03:52, 29 January 2022 (UTC)reply
Ah, my bad. I'd read it as claiming it wasn't a RS, but that's not what you said. You clearly were discussing SIGCOV. Sorry, I think I got your first sentence confused with your second. But to that point, I think we have at least 3 sentences.
A matching game, The Game of Alice in Wonderland consists of 52 cards: twenty cards numbered 1–20, and thirty–two cards, numbered 1–16 in pairs, with images of the Wonderland characters.
Pictured below are images of cards from the game and illustrations from various editions of Alice in Wonderland in the Lilly Library collection.
Curiouser examples of playing cards for the Alice in Wonderland Game
By themselves, not a ton, but with the art included? I'd say we're over the edge of significant coverage. Add to it the fact that the Lily Collection includes this and documents it makes it feel like something we should have here too. YMMV.
Hobit (
talk)
15:13, 29 January 2022 (UTC)reply
I've been going back and forth. I think I'm at weak keep Two okay sources on an older topic where such sources are harder to find. That said, I think an article, rather than list, on the topics of AiW games might make sense.
Hobit (
talk)
03:50, 29 January 2022 (UTC)reply
Keep. Being the first game published about one of the most popular chidren's books in history establishes notability. The search for further sources continues, but it could be that someone will have to go through microfiche rolls of American newspapers of 1882 to find further information.
Guinness323 (
talk)
06:33, 29 January 2022 (UTC)reply
Keep per Hobit and Guinness323, although I would note that if a volunteer has access to Newspapers.com then we don't need to bother with microfiche. :)
BOZ (
talk)
16:23, 29 January 2022 (UTC)reply
Merge to
Works based on Alice in Wonderland#Games - BGG is generally not considered a reliable source due to being user generated, and the two other sources are fairly weak in actual information on the game - the Indiana University page, for example, really only has a couple of sentences of actual coverage of the game itself. Its really not enough to sustain an independent article, but should certainly be included in the main article on works based on Alice.
Rorshacma (
talk)
19:27, 2 February 2022 (UTC)reply
Things is that I think we should have more than a sentence. Our coverage, should for example, include the art. The proposed target it too broad. But I agree a standalone article seems like too much... Bah.
Hobit (
talk)
03:05, 3 February 2022 (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
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