Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/PC Master Race
somewhat reluctantly because of the negative associations with Master Race and Nazism, but the term has become "ubiquitous" in the computer gaming community by many well-sourced accounts such as http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/182767-gamecrates-senior-editor-nick-scibetta-disapproves-of-the-label-pc-master-race/ here and http://www.gamesradar.com/upcoming-pc-games/ here and http://www.forbes.com/sites/insertcoin/2014/04/26/mobas-drive-pc-gaming-to-surpass-consoles-globally/ here and http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/steam-summer-game-sale-massive-article-1.1402912 here. It started as a quasi-satirical joke in 2008 and caught on BIGTIME in the computer gaming world -- for example, there are http://stats.grok.se/en/latest/PC_Master_Race 6000+ pageviews on this Wikipedia article alone. What has been happening is that mainstream computer gaming writers tend to avoid the term (so there are fewer references than one might think in respectable publications), although there are so many mentions of the terms by gamers, posting anonymously on blogs, that suggest the term is well past the |neologism stage, and that there is no risk that Wikipedia, by posting this article, will commit |original research by foisting the term on the public; rather, the term was first foisted (sorry couldn't resist) by Croshaw. Further, the article has been 'edited' by numerous first-time Wikipedia contributors, who don't understand rules about sourcing, neutrality, who play rather lame jokes such as redirecting someone who clicks on video game console to potato, and so forth. The article https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=PC_Master_Race&oldid=624422896 now is in rather good shape but I expect that further neophytes will muck it up, so if the page could be blocked for a bit would be a good idea (until the deletion debate subsides), or signs posted inside the article advising users not to add junk. So, a reluctant keep, although it is my personal hope that gamers might find a less offensive way of describing themselves and their battles over platform superiority
— User:Tomwsulcer, 15:19, 6 September 2014 (UTC)
Stance: keep
Cited policy: WP:NEOLOGISM||WP:OR (Wikipedia:Wikipedia is not a dictionary)