Deletion of The Game (game) (4th nomination)

Comment: A slippery slope is a definite concern. The fact is that the the notability and verifiability of this could be seen as in the gray area, and the last thing we need is for Wikipedia to become a collection of random memes. So while I disagree with those editors, one should see where those who have objected on / grounds are coming from
Stance: comment
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:N||WP:V)

Comment: This is a good point, I doubt the nature of the game would stop a reporter from discussing it in an article if they thought it was notable. That said, I refuse to play/acknowledge the game among people who are playing it, and I still think that the article meets  and . (Also, my impression is that it is more often played by bored highschool students than chemically altered college students
Stance: comment
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:N||WP:V)

Comment: I think the main point to address is Sam Blanning's; he may be right that the newspaper article is partly based on the old Wikipedia article.  First of all, we don't know if that's true or not.  In the given article, Wikipedia is not mentioned.  We have no reason to believe that Wikipedia is the ''only'' source of that material, in which case I would agree that it would not be a |reliable source.  As has been pointed out, it's easy to convince yourself that people know what The Game is and play it by doing a web search: that may not be good enough for Wikipedia, but it's good enough for a newspaper article
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Reliable sources (WP:RS)