Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/UOX

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The result was delete. With a recommendation to consider following Czar's advice and using the sources found here to add a mention of UOX to Ultima Online and then redirect this title. ☺ · Salvidrim! · ✉ 14:54, 6 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

UOX[edit]

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Non-notable video game software with no coverage in reliable, secondary sources. Article topic lacks significant coverage from reliable, independent sources. (?) It had no meaningful hits in a video game reliable sources custom Google search. There are no worthwhile redirect targets. If someone finds more (non-English and offline) sources, please {{ping}} me. czar 14:35, 6 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Video games-related deletion discussions. czar 14:55, 6 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Software-related deletion discussions. czar 14:55, 6 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Delete for now until a better article can be made. SwisterTwister talk 06:02, 11 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 09:14, 13 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@CZAR: I don't know if it counts as significant coverage, but here are some secondary sources that have mentioned UOX:

Gamespot article from December 1st, 1997 - http://www.gamespot.com/articles/ultima-goes-offline/1100-2468234/
PC World (Polish edition) mentioned UOX in an article in April 1998 - http://www.pcworld.pl/artykuly/297588/Gry.newsy.html
Computer Gaming World magazine (December 2003 printed issue, page 99 - freely downloadable in PDF format at http://www.cgwmuseum.org/galleries/index.php?year=2003&pub=2&id=233 or http://pdf.textfiles.com/zines/CGW/), mentions UOX in a section called "The Gray Area - Fun With Emulators" where the topic of server emulation is covered briefly.
makeuseof.com had an article about online server emulation/private servers on October 8th, 2014, where UOX was mentioned - http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/is-it-illegal-to-play-world-of-warcraft-on-a-private-server/

Xoduz (talk) 21:20, 18 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

The first source is brief, but could warrant a mention in the main Ultima Online article's mods section. PC World and CGW both have one-sentence descriptions of UOX that can be used as backup, though I imagine the first source covers it. Not sure whether Makeuseof is a reliable source. Anyway, thanks for pulling these. I'd support a redirect to another page that mentions UOX if there's a good place to put it based on these sources. czar 21:36, 18 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Sandstein 20:53, 21 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

~~delete - poorly sourced game advertisement. DangerDogWest (talk) 05:20, 26 October 2015 (UTC)~~[reply]

Struck content from confirmed sock above, per WP:SOCKSTRIKE. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 03:18, 31 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Spartaz ^Humbug! 21:33, 29 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. the references do not seem sufficiently substantial. DGG ( talk ) 04:50, 31 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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