Deletion of Impact of the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami on the video game industry

Comment: Am I even allowed to vote? I don't know, but the article should be deleted on the basis of its enduring notability. The fact that video game releases were delayed, game servers were down, and share prices fell are all facts any reasonably knowledgeable person could pretty much deduce without being told. It's effectively a recap of recent business news.  Special:Contributions/24.69.71.254|24.69.71.254
Stance: delete
Cited policy: Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not (WP:NOTNEWS)

Comment: As per my discussion in the talk page, I feel that this article is not really necessary. Simply putting the information on the appropriate pages (for example, game delays on the particular game pages), writing a brief summary in the main article, and including charitable contributions from gaming-related sources in the humanitarian article is my stance on it. The information should be included on Wikipedia, I just don't think it should be in this article. It reads less like an encyclopedic article (which should be written based on long-term notability and impact) and more as a splash page for WikiNews. In the long term, I could see it being merged into an economic impact article as well, but it feels like this article suffers from ecentism|recentism and |undue weight. There's plenty of coverage, sure, but is it really necessary to have this on its own article and not have the information distributed in more appropriate places? I think not
Stance: delete
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Redirect (WP:R||WP:UNDUE)

Comment: There is nothing immediately wrong with the article in regards to Wikipedia policy (that is, , , , , POV, , et cetera... and if there really are problems, they can easily be fixed), and ''I suspect'' that the opposition to the article is based on a bias forming from opinions and emotions in relation to the earthquake disaster incident. Appeal to emotion has no place on Wikipedia, in my opinion; an article is notable and verifiable, regardless of current events. Not to be arguing that , but List of audiovisual entertainment affected by the September 11 attacks discusses a topic which, probably controversial, relates to a similar disaster which resulted in many deaths; however, like I said earlier, neither the death toll of 9-11 nor the earthquake should affect the existence of an article on the entertainment industry simply due to the opinion held by some people that such articles are "bad taste
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:N||WP:V||WP:RS||WP:OR||WP:NPOV||WP:BLP||WP:OTHERSTUFFEXISTS)

Comment: the nominator's rationale and most of the delete !votes seem to revolve around , which is laughable, and , which is misconstrued and taken out of the intent of the guideline (UNDUE refers to a POV being given excessive coverage on a specific article compared to other POVs, so citing it to justify deleting a spin-off article is just silly). I think people are looking at it too much from the perspective of the quakes and not enough from the perspective of the longer-reaching impacts it has been having. While some think it trivial to look at the video game industry so closely in light of the humanitarian aspects, that is POV in and of itself (and it's worth noting that this isn't a zero-sum game, editors aren't necessarily sacrificing work on the main articles to contribute to this one). While it is true that nearly every industry in Japan was affected, I don't think that most of them had the same impact on an individual global industry. Japan accounts for a ''very'' large portion of the global video game industry and market... I might even guess it to be almost half; this makes it a very significant event in the history of video gaming. While there may be a compelling argument that it would outscope the more broad economic impacts, there is not yet Economic impact of the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami|an article on that; a merger discussion would be the appropriate venue if it ever is created, and deletion now would simply throw away all of that content and attribution. If people think it is in poor taste to write about the effects of video gaming while people are suffering, they can work on the other articles (and maybe write on the other economic impacts instead of bitching about what was already written); this article is well-written and well-sourced, and 's work should be an example of how other WikiPrpjects can write about this disaster
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Arguments to avoid in deletion discussions (WP:WAX||WP:UNDUE||WP:VG)

Comment: I was a title skeptical by the title but when I saw the reference and notability of the subject, I see no reason to delete. Satisfies . Japan is well-known for video games around the world. Much better for them than anime IMO
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:GNG)

Comment: I saw the the article earlier today and I was like "well isn't this a bit too specific?". Then I read the article and saw it was very well sourced, and far from . It's not like the Japanese videogame industry is small, and we do have similar articles on things like List of audiovisual entertainment affected by the September 11 attacks which is very similar to this one. Maybe the article can be enlarged to the "japanese entertainment industry" in general, but that's another debate. Hence resounding keep
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Manual of Style (WP:TRIVIA)

Comment: Colonel Warden has made some nominations I consider to be in bad faith or |pointed, such as Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Gabon at the 2000 Summer Olympics and Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of Pokémon (1-20). I believe there was even an RfC on his behavior recently. I agree with
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Do not disrupt Wikipedia to illustrate a point (WP:POINT)

Comment: Events are simply too new to have an accurate view of just what the overall effects are at this time.  The "There have been delays of video games that are not related to earthquakes or disasters" line in the article give the impression of very heavy  regarding the over all effect of the disaster at this time
Stance: delete
Cited policy: Wikipedia:No original research (WP:SYN)