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The result was keep. (non-admin closure) Tim Song (talk) 23:22, 16 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Dolphin (emulator)[edit]

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No indications it is notable, only one third party reference (every other reference is from someone involved in the emulator, like the website of its makers and various YouTube videos showing the emulator in action). Previous AFD was withdrawn due to an on-going discussion at the time regarding emulators in general (and most of the Keep votes were pathetic excuses like "Keep because it's the only GameCube emulator"). The article in general just seems like spam. TJ Spyke 15:33, 10 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete Keep: I can't find significant coverage for this software. Joe Chill (talk) 17:31, 10 October 2009 (UTC) Per Odie. I also found this. Joe Chill (talk) 21:04, 10 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• Strong Keep: See [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]. Covered by 1up.com, Joystiq, Kotaku, and Eurogamer. Main stream magazines won't touch it since it's a recent emulator, but that doesn't mean it's not notable. All the independent reliable sites cover it, and it's covered by every recent emulation site out there. --Odie5533 (talk) 18:48, 10 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• Note: This debate has been included in the list of Software-related deletion discussions. -- Joe Chill (talk) 17:32, 10 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep , well covered and notable, per Odie5533. --Cycl^opia - ^talk 20:09, 10 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep per Odie5533 --Cedders^tk 20:56, 10 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep per Odie5533. Warrah (talk) 01:38, 11 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• Note: This debate has been included in the list of video game related deletion discussions. MrKIA11 (talk) 13:43, 12 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep per Odie5533. Haseo9999 (talk) 21:58, 12 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep per Odie5533. Rickington (talk) 03:52, 14 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• Strong Keep: Dolphin is one of the most "famous" emulators for being the only emulator being able to emulate a Seventh Generation Console with a decent frame-rate and graphics. I think it deserves recognition and acclaim with its own Wikipedia page.KiasuKiasiMan (talk) 13:45, 14 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep per Odie. It has received enough media coverage to make the cut, it's just a matter of revising the article and bringing it all together. Heavyweight Gamer (talk) 05:26, 15 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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