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"To qualify for this list, a video game franchise must have seen regular releases, with no more than 10 year-long gaps in-between, for at least 25 years, from a franchise's first release to its most recent" - what? Is this a requirement for entry to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame of video games? Unsourced, unclear and unneeded. <a href="/wiki/User:Soetermans" title="User:Soetermans"><span style="font-variant:small-caps">soetermans</span></a>. <a href="/wiki/User_talk:Soetermans" title="User talk:Soetermans"><sup>↑↑↓↓←→←→ B A <span style="font-variant:small-caps"><b>TALK</b></span></sup></a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/List_of_longest-running_video_game_franchises#c-Soetermans-20241129205200-List_of_longest-running_video_game_franchises" class="ext-discussiontools-init-timestamplink">20:52, 29 November 2024 (UTC)</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-buttons" data-mw-thread-id="c-Soetermans-20241129205200-List_of_longest-running_video_game_franchises"><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">[</span><a class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-reply" role="button" tabindex="0" href="">reply</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">]</span></span><span data-mw-comment-end="c-Soetermans-20241129205200-List_of_longest-running_video_game_franchises"></span> </p> <ul><li><small class="delsort-notice"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="c-Soetermans-20241129205200-Soetermans-20241129205200"></span>Note: This discussion has been included in the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Deletion_sorting" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting">deletion sorting</a> lists for the following topics: <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Deletion_sorting/Video_games" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting/Video games">Video games</a> and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Deletion_sorting/Lists" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting/Lists">Lists</a>. <a href="/wiki/User:Soetermans" title="User:Soetermans"><span style="font-variant:small-caps">soetermans</span></a>. <a href="/wiki/User_talk:Soetermans" title="User talk:Soetermans"><sup>↑↑↓↓←→←→ B A <span style="font-variant:small-caps"><b>TALK</b></span></sup></a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/List_of_longest-running_video_game_franchises#c-Soetermans-20241129205200-Soetermans-20241129205200" class="ext-discussiontools-init-timestamplink">20:52, 29 November 2024 (UTC)</a><span data-mw-comment-end="c-Soetermans-20241129205200-Soetermans-20241129205200"></span></small><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-buttons" data-mw-thread-id="c-Soetermans-20241129205200-Soetermans-20241129205200"><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">[</span><a class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-reply" role="button" tabindex="0" href="">reply</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">]</span></span></li></ul> <dl><dd><b><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="c-NegativeMP1-20241129210700-Soetermans-20241129205200"></span>Delete</b> per the WP:VG discussion. This page is unneeded, and pretty clearly just a breeding ground for original research. Definitely not something that belongs on Wikipedia. <span style="border:#000000;border:2px solid #000000;padding:2px"><b>λ</b> <a href="/wiki/User:NegativeMP1" title="User:NegativeMP1"><span style="color:#264e85"><b>Negative</b></span></a><a href="/wiki/User_talk:NegativeMP1" title="User talk:NegativeMP1"><span style="color:#7d43b5"><b>MP1</b></span></a></span> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/List_of_longest-running_video_game_franchises#c-NegativeMP1-20241129210700-Soetermans-20241129205200" class="ext-discussiontools-init-timestamplink">21:07, 29 November 2024 (UTC)</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-buttons" data-mw-thread-id="c-NegativeMP1-20241129210700-Soetermans-20241129205200"><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">[</span><a class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-reply" role="button" tabindex="0" href="">reply</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">]</span></span><span data-mw-comment-end="c-NegativeMP1-20241129210700-Soetermans-20241129205200"></span></dd></dl> <ul><li><b><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="c-Zxcvbnm-20241129211900-Soetermans-20241129205200"></span>Delete</b> There can be no objective criteria for what counts as "longest-running" because of the many ways of interpreting that. As such, the page is not a viable one given the totally subjective way it interprets this as "from the oldest to the latest game released". <a href="/wiki/User:Zxcvbnm" title="User:Zxcvbnm">ᴢxᴄᴠʙɴᴍ</a> (<a href="/wiki/User_talk:Zxcvbnm" title="User talk:Zxcvbnm">ᴛ</a>) <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/List_of_longest-running_video_game_franchises#c-Zxcvbnm-20241129211900-Soetermans-20241129205200" class="ext-discussiontools-init-timestamplink">21:19, 29 November 2024 (UTC)</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-buttons" data-mw-thread-id="c-Zxcvbnm-20241129211900-Soetermans-20241129205200"><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">[</span><a class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-reply" role="button" tabindex="0" href="">reply</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">]</span></span><span data-mw-comment-end="c-Zxcvbnm-20241129211900-Soetermans-20241129205200"></span></li> <li><b><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="c-Sergecross73-20241129213900-Soetermans-20241129205200"></span>Delete</b> - per nomination and the discussion linked in it that I had started at WT:VG. It's unsourced, with no hope of ever properly being sourced with all the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:OR" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:OR">WP:OR</a> and faulty reasoning it was built upon. <a href="/wiki/User:Sergecross73" title="User:Sergecross73"><span style="color:green">Sergecross73</span></a> <a href="/wiki/User_talk:Sergecross73" title="User talk:Sergecross73"><span style="color:teal">msg me</span></a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/List_of_longest-running_video_game_franchises#c-Sergecross73-20241129213900-Soetermans-20241129205200" class="ext-discussiontools-init-timestamplink">21:39, 29 November 2024 (UTC)</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-buttons" data-mw-thread-id="c-Sergecross73-20241129213900-Soetermans-20241129205200"><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">[</span><a class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-reply" role="button" tabindex="0" href="">reply</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">]</span></span><span data-mw-comment-end="c-Sergecross73-20241129213900-Soetermans-20241129205200"></span></li> <li><b><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="c-ApLundell-20241129214000-Soetermans-20241129205200"></span>Delete</b> - It's a bad sign when, instead of summarizing the topic, a list starts with a whole paragraph explaining the arbitrary inclusion criteria. <a href="/wiki/User:ApLundell" title="User:ApLundell">ApLundell</a> (<a href="/wiki/User_talk:ApLundell" title="User talk:ApLundell">talk</a>) <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/List_of_longest-running_video_game_franchises#c-ApLundell-20241129214000-Soetermans-20241129205200" class="ext-discussiontools-init-timestamplink">21:40, 29 November 2024 (UTC)</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-buttons" data-mw-thread-id="c-ApLundell-20241129214000-Soetermans-20241129205200"><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">[</span><a class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-reply" role="button" tabindex="0" href="">reply</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">]</span></span><span data-mw-comment-end="c-ApLundell-20241129214000-Soetermans-20241129205200"></span></li> <li><b><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="c-Masem-20241129214700-Soetermans-20241129205200"></span>Delete</b> Clearly not a list that has been in covered to some extent in reliable sources, and the inclusion requirements strongly reek of OR. No real hope of saving the content. --<a href="/wiki/User:Masem" title="User:Masem">M<span style="font-variant: small-caps">asem</span></a> (<a href="/wiki/User_talk:Masem" title="User talk:Masem">t</a>) <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/List_of_longest-running_video_game_franchises#c-Masem-20241129214700-Soetermans-20241129205200" class="ext-discussiontools-init-timestamplink">21:47, 29 November 2024 (UTC)</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-buttons" data-mw-thread-id="c-Masem-20241129214700-Soetermans-20241129205200"><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">[</span><a class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-reply" role="button" tabindex="0" href="">reply</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">]</span></span><span data-mw-comment-end="c-Masem-20241129214700-Soetermans-20241129205200"></span></li> <li><b><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="c-QuicoleJR-20241129225800-Soetermans-20241129205200"></span>Delete</b> Unsourced OR that does not seem to meet LISTN. <a href="/wiki/User:QuicoleJR" title="User:QuicoleJR">QuicoleJR</a> (<a href="/wiki/User_talk:QuicoleJR" title="User talk:QuicoleJR">talk</a>) <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/List_of_longest-running_video_game_franchises#c-QuicoleJR-20241129225800-Soetermans-20241129205200" class="ext-discussiontools-init-timestamplink">22:58, 29 November 2024 (UTC)</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-buttons" data-mw-thread-id="c-QuicoleJR-20241129225800-Soetermans-20241129205200"><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">[</span><a class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-reply" role="button" tabindex="0" href="">reply</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">]</span></span><span data-mw-comment-end="c-QuicoleJR-20241129225800-Soetermans-20241129205200"></span></li> <li><b><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="c-BD2412-20241130024300-Soetermans-20241129205200"></span>Comment</b>: I would be inclined to keep such a list if it was well-supported by sources characterizing the long-running nature of the individual franchises, and was the subject of coverage as a category in sources, but neither is evident here. <a href="/wiki/User:BD2412" title="User:BD2412"><span style="background:gold"><i><b>BD2412</b></i></span></a> <a href="/wiki/User_talk:BD2412" title="User talk:BD2412"><b>T</b></a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/List_of_longest-running_video_game_franchises#c-BD2412-20241130024300-Soetermans-20241129205200" class="ext-discussiontools-init-timestamplink">02:43, 30 November 2024 (UTC)</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-buttons" data-mw-thread-id="c-BD2412-20241130024300-Soetermans-20241129205200"><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">[</span><a class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-reply" role="button" tabindex="0" href="">reply</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">]</span></span><span data-mw-comment-end="c-BD2412-20241130024300-Soetermans-20241129205200"></span></li></ul> <dl><dd><b><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="c-Pokelego999-20241130192400-Soetermans-20241129205200"></span>Delete</b> per past discussion and everyone above. They've said everything I can about this. <a href="/wiki/User:Pokelego999" title="User:Pokelego999">Has one ever considered Magneton? Pokelego999</a> (<a href="/wiki/User_talk:Pokelego999" title="User talk:Pokelego999">talk</a>) <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/List_of_longest-running_video_game_franchises#c-Pokelego999-20241130192400-Soetermans-20241129205200" class="ext-discussiontools-init-timestamplink">19:24, 30 November 2024 (UTC)</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-buttons" data-mw-thread-id="c-Pokelego999-20241130192400-Soetermans-20241129205200"><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">[</span><a class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-reply" role="button" tabindex="0" href="">reply</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">]</span></span><span data-mw-comment-end="c-Pokelego999-20241130192400-Soetermans-20241129205200"></span></dd></dl> <ul><li><b><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="c-YuniToumei-20241130222700-Soetermans-20241129205200"></span>Delete</b>: The selection criteria are arbitrary and original. 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