The result was Withdrawn. Clearly there is consensus against. (non-admin closure) Ca talk to me! 16:05, 9 December 2023 (UTC)
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I believe that this article is in a poor state, with no foreseeable room for improvement. Much of the cited articles are gaming writers showcasing one of RTGame's stream that they thought was cool; that's not something we can really use in an article. There is a lack of quality commentary of the streams and videos themselves, or his video-making career in general. The plain lack of good sources can be easily seen by looking through the references: most of the article content is sourced to RTGame's own videos or to his Tweets, due to the lack of independent sources addressing his content as a whole. If we cut out all the tweets and videos, all we can mention is that: a) RTGame is a gaming YouTuber, b) existence of 5ish livestreams he did, and c) his rough encounter with the YouTuber moderation system. To be crystal clear: my concern with this article is not of notability, though a case could be made that this person fails notability guidelines(but GNG is not super useful in complex cases like this). I would not be too concerned if this was a random Siberian town that was abandoned in the 16th century. However, this is a Biography of a Living Person. Compounded with the tendency of YouTubers to get themselves into YouTuber dramas, the weak sourcing makes for a real NPOV issue at our hands, even if RTgame manages to stay drama-free. For better or for the worse, readers trust Wikipedia to be a credible source of information. Content like this belong in WikiTubia, where the reader's expectation is much, much lower. A Wikipedia article is more of a burden to the subject than it is a gift, and I believe this article belongs somewhere else than Wikipedia. I am open to draftication too, since there are some useful materials, if more information arises. Disclosure: I am a subscriber to RTGame on YouTube.
A WP:BEFORE search on EBSCOHost, Gscholar, Google, and GNews, didn't really turn up anything that would improve the article. I found some interesting studies that use RTGame as one of the data points, but nothing substantial. Ca talk to me! 13:42, 4 December 2023 (UTC)
References
Source assessment table: prepared by User:Davest3r08
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Source | Independent? | Reliable? | Significant coverage? | Count source toward GNG? |
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Kotaku | Pre-2023 Kotaku article, reliable per WP:VG/S. | ✔ Yes | ||
Cultured Vultures | User-generated content, accepts paid contributions | Two sentences, passing mention | ✘ No
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Polygon | Per WP:RSP | ✔ Yes
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Oceans2vibe | ? No prior discussion about this (you are free to open a WP:RSN thread) | ? Unknown | ||
Per WP:RSP, user generated content | ✘ No | |||
Per WP:RSP, user generated content | ✘ No | |||
YouTube (dead link) | Per WP:RSP, user generated content | ✘ No | ||
GamesRadar | Per WP:VG/S | ✔ Yes | ||
This table may not be a final or consensus view; it may summarize developing consensus, or reflect assessments of a single editor. Created using ((source assess table)). |
Davest3r08 >:) (talk) 14:05, 9 December 2023 (UTC)