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454:- It doesn't look like there is anything currently that would need to be merged to that page, but anything that I'm missing in that regards can be done so from the history. I was also unable to find any additional sources on the game from searches outside of the passing mentions noted in the nominiation. The official blog post mentioning the possibility of a reprint was eight years ago, so it seems very likely that idea will never come to fruition, but if it someday does, and that reprint gains proper coverage, this can always be spun back out then. 232:
It actually pains me to AfD this as I'd very much like to instead rescue this (I am a fan of BTech and I actually own this very game, which I think is a relatively rare collectible evoking the "oh, cool" feeling from anyone familiar with this, a bit like the
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I can confirm that I have been unable to find RS yet for this article. I have been thumbing through my collection of various magazines from the late 80s, looking for reviews, etc., no luck yet. Searches on the interwebs likewise fruitless to date.
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in lieu of a valid argument for the article to be kept. The most fervent keep vote here is laughable and borders on obfuscation, but more importantly, sources are required by
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that I can find. Other than that, all we get are a few mentions in passing like in the SF Encyclopedia, confirming that the game exists, but no SIGCOV:
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to the main article or list as above. Without sources establishing independent notability, this cannot meet
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who has shown a flair for finding sources in this context, but he drew a blank as well, ditto for
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The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below.
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Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's
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The nomination openly states that it doesn't want to delete the article. Per
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The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate.
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for clarification on any questions above), otherwise
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