Deletion of Fan translation

Comment: vandalizing my user page hurts your credibility. also, looking at the edit histories of most voters, i think there are likely several  violations
Stance: comment
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Sockpuppetry (WP:SOCK)

Comment: DeJap Translations and RPGe pages were both recently deleted, so I'm not sure that a proper merge has developed yet. The article is a work in progress, and it seems to be improving over time. Add more sources; if the page is inadequate in a month, renominate for merging. If a merge is executed eventually, Scanlation and Fansub should be merged into this page.  and  are not problematic when legitimate sources are added to the article, and this is already happening. Personally, I think the topic is notable as I have played quite a few of these fan translations when they were the best option available. On a side note, avoid being combative and personal attacks
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:No original research (WP:NOR||WP:V)

Comment: The article still needs work, but not so much that deletion is warranted. If '''Merge''' is the consensus, I think merging Fansub ''into'' this article might be a better idea, since Fan translation is the more general term and Fansub is a eologism|neologism anyhow
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:N)

Comment: Much of the current article content lacks ; however, this has actually been discussed in published works, e.g. {{cite book|last=Carless|first=Simon|title=Gaming Hacks|publisher=O'Reilly|date=2004|id=ISBN 0596007140|pages= 265-7}}, which even mentioned some individual fan translation groups. Also it seems to me that fansub is a type of "fan translation", rather than "fan translation" being a subtopic of subtitling. This article, though, might be better off at Video game fan translation or something, since that's what it's actually about; it doesn't mention fan translations of other media like comics, books (yes, I've seen a few of these floating around the web), etc. Cheers
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Reliable sources (WP:RS)

Comment: I agree with what Kitsune Sniper said. Just because there are problems with the article does not mean that it's not a valid topic for Wikipedia. Characterising editors who contribute to this article as "ultra-anal geeks" probably is a violation of , even if their contributions do not meet with Wikipedia standards. I admit that  is somewhat of a problem, since a lot of facts about this topic are only to be found in community forums or blogs. That still doesn't mean that this is not an encyclopedic topic, it just means there are difficulties to work around. Above all, there is no reason to merge this article into fansub, although the opposite merge might be valid. This article is not about subtitling anime
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Civility (WP:CIVIL||WP:V)

Comment: Are there any es about this subject? I tried google, came up empty. One would think that if it is a notable phenomenon some media would have mentioned it, some game manufacturer would have mentioned it (sued over it even, they do get touchy), something somewhere other than in the fansites. Could someone point them out? If not, delete is in order
Stance: delete
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Reliable sources (WP:RS)

Comment: Well, on the one hand, this article fails , , , and more alphabet soup; in addition, it's full of fan  trivia, lingo, and God knows what else. I'm not 100% certain that it's an unencyclopedic topic; however, if it were kept, it would continue to bloat as more and more ultra-anal geeks add more of their "favorite" fan translation tidbits
Stance: delete
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Verifiability (WP:V||WP:ATT||WP:NOR)