Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/S&Box

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The result was merge to Facepunch Studios. Eddie891 ^Talk _Work 00:34, 12 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Non-notable, as yet unreleased video game; only source cited is the company's own website, and a search finds only a single article in PC Gamer, which may or may not be RS. This may well turn into a notable thing in the fullness of time, but nowhere near there yet. Fails WP:GNG / WP:PRODUCT. (Possible alternative to deletion could be to redirect to eg. Facepunch Studios where there's already a section on this, but this article only came about when an earlier redir was removed, so not sure how that would go down.) -- DoubleGrazing (talk) 16:47, 25 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Video games-related deletion discussions. DoubleGrazing (talk) 16:47, 25 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete as WP:TOOSOON. IceWelder [✉] 16:52, 25 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]
• Comment General comment, PC Gamer is undoubtably a reliable source. Because S&Box is a marketing name and the game is sometimes simply called "Sandbox", it's difficult to search. It's also referred to as "Garry's Mod 2". PCGamer has sustained coverage though, 5-6 articles. RPS, PCGamesN, PCGamesN 2, and Gry Online have also covered. Some early coverage, mostly brief, from years ago when it was announced in 2015 in VG247, Eurogamer, Venture Beat, and Gamespot. I'm tempted to still say WP:TOOSOON, though. -- ferret (talk) 17:00, 25 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]
• Merge + Redirect to Facepunch Studios. The coverage is there to affirm the game and that it is coming along, but now enough to really have a standalone article at this point, but we have a reasonable place to have a current info dump (the developer's page) until more about the game can be revealed. --Masem (t) 17:14, 25 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

  Masem, would Garry's Mod#Successor be a better target? IceWelder [✉] 17:47, 26 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

  Only if they are calling it specifically a successor to Garry's mod. I know press are treating it as one but I don't know if the devs specifically are. But you have at least one target for a merge & redirect here. --Masem (t) 17:50, 26 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

• Merge + Redirect to Facepunch Studios. If necessary it can be retargeted later, but the core is that the article is TOOSOON regardless. The AFD should not be held up simply because there are multiple possible targets. -- ferret (talk) 12:28, 4 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
• Merge + Redirect to Facepunch Studios. I'd like this to have its own article eventually, but I agree with the points raised above. Merging would allow the work that's already been done to be preserved. If and when the game comes out, the S&box article could be restored and expanded. Tisnec (talk) 01:25, 6 May 2021 (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 talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.