Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Lethal Weapon 3 (pinball)

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The result was speedy keep Withdrawn (non-admin closure) Hog Farm _Bacon 20:57, 1 September 2020 (UTC)

Lethal Weapon 3 (pinball)

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My PROD rationale was Non-notable pinball machine. There are no inline citations, but here follows an analysis of the four external links: three links to a user-generated database, and the primary source rules sheet. This looks user-generated. This apparently contains some reliable content per WP:VGRS, but the majority of the content on that page is clearly marked as user-generated, so it looks like only the basic specifications can be considered reliable there. Beyond that, it's sales sites, blogs, and user-generated sources. If deprodding, please give a rationale, and consider if there's any chance in the world this would survive an AFD., which I think is a fairly detailed rationale, as PRODs go. However, it was removed with a vague explanation of "per WP:DEPROD" despite the specific request for one. @Andrew Davidson: - I did a full WP:BEFORE before the PROD. Did you find anything useful before deprodding? Maybe I just missed something somehow. Hog Farm _Bacon 20:25, 1 September 2020 (UTC)

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• Keep: Yes, you did miss something. This July 1992 issue of Cash Box magazine has a half-page review of the Lethal Weapon 3 pinball machine on page 25, and this November 1994 issue says on page 30 that "Lethal Weapon 3, which featured the HDHQ-2, a larger dot matrix display which, until now, was considered the industry standard. Lethal Weapon 3 went on to become the most successful pinball run in Data East pinball history." I believe that this demonstrates notability. Hog Farm, since you're looking for feedback about your WP:BEFORE, I would suggest searching on Internet Archive; it's very useful. — Toughpigs (talk) 20:38, 1 September 2020 (UTC)
  • @Toughpigs: - Thanks, withdrawing, it looks notable with these sources. If deprodders would point to sources on a talk page somewhere, it wouldn't have to go to nominations ... Hog Farm _Bacon 20:57, 1 September 2020 (UTC)

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