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Seven Day Roguelike entry up for deletion in Wikipedia

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DisaffectedBeta:
I'm never quite sure how Wikipedia works, but apparently someone is trying to delete the current entry because it apparently has no verifiable sources.  Why they'd pick on a small stub like that I don't know, I guess there aren't enough people to try to get the deletion notice removed, even though some unsourced fanboy entries in wikipedia that manage to resist deletion are relatively horrible.

If anyone knows how to reverse this process, and wants to, I guess now would be the time.

Rabiat:
I'm afraid it's a lost cause. This Man in Black character is a moderator and appears to be quite the pedantic edit warring bureaucrat.

But why is there a 7DRL page in the first place? Doesn't seem like subject that would receive a lot of attention, and I think that if people were interested, they'd assume it's too obscure a subject to be on Wikipedia anyway.

DisaffectedBeta:
Maybe it needs to be merged with another entry to increase its survivability, then?  I don't think a subject's obscurity makes it worth deleting.  Roguelike itself seems like a more robust entry, and could possibly just have a little add-on that talked about contests.  I dunno, I rarely dip my pinkie in that wiki trough, myself.

Rabiat:
See this page. Main argument for deletion is that "Nobody has ever seen fit to comment on this particular subject in reliable sources". However condescending, he's got a point. It seems you can add comments to that page if you want to prevent deletion. Someone else has also suggested merging it with a bigger subject. But who needs Wikipedia? ;)

(BTW I don't understand how they got 68 hits on google for "seven day roguelike"; I'm getting 700.)

Zeb:
I gave it a shot. (My Username is The_suicide_forest)

If everyone with an established Wikipedia account pitches in with well-thought-out arguements, we have a very good chance of at least reaching "No consensus".

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