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The result was delete. Sandstein 20:34, 11 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Battle of M2-XFE

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Criterion 4 in WP:EVENTCRIT indicates clearly this is not a notable event; this point makes clear that even serious real life events (such as most crimes) are not notable unless they have WP:LASTING WP:SIGCOV, virtual events should be held to at least this standard. Eve is a great long-running MMO and this was by all accounts a fun event, but WP is not a collection of all information about everything, just because something happened and someone wrote about it does not make it notable. The article is mainly unsourced WP:OR WP:SYNTH and fails WP:GNG and EVENTCRIT / LASTING. WP:BEFORE showed no SIGCOV from WP:IS WP:RS for a stand alone article; sources in the article do not have SIGCOV.

I am also nominating the following related pages:

// Timothy :: talk 01:43, 4 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Video games-related deletion discussions. // Timothy :: talk 01:43, 4 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Events-related deletion discussions. // Timothy :: talk 01:43, 4 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Delete Fails WP:SUSTAINED and WP:NOTNEWS. An event like this should preferably have ongoing notability._{ZXCVBNM (TALK)} 02:42, 4 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Doesn't seem to be notable enough. — CuriousGolden (T·C) 17:15, 4 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Delete (or merge to Eve Online#Players and communities) per nom. IceWelder [✉] 08:24, 7 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Keep and merge with Second Battle of M2-XFE. We have an articles on the Battle of Asakai and Bloodbath of B-R5RB, prior EVE battles notable as the largest video game battles in history at those times. If both of those battles were deemed notable per WP:EVENTCRIT it seems that this battle (which certainly had more in-game value destroyed; depending on exchange rates it may have had more real-money value destroyed) is also notable. Iwilsonp (talk) 22:30, 7 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
- Reply Battle of Asakai and Bloodbath of B-R5RB do not meet EVENTCRIT, and WP:OTHERSTUFFEXISTS is not a valid reason to keep. // Timothy :: talk 23:24, 7 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
- Reply While that is normally the case, the Bloodbath of B-R5RB is a Good article and WP:OTHERSTUFF says "While comparing with other articles is not, in general, a convincing argument, comparing with articles that have been through some kind of quality review such as Featured article, Good article, or have achieved a WikiProject A class rating, make a much more credible case." Iwilsonp (talk) 03:39, 8 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
- Comment The article on the previous EVE battle the Bloodbath of B-R5RB was nominated for deletion on similar grounds and the community consensus was to keep it. Iwilsonp (talk) 03:39, 8 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
- Declaring possible COI: In the interests of full transparency, I participated in the Battle of M2-XFE. Iwilsonp (talk) 03:39, 8 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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