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First, sorry that all we have to work with here is Flow. (rj is trying to fix) You can also place comments here, where Flow is not used:

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I wholly agree with Furnace Creek, Strata, Glacier, Dusk, Zinkenite Valley, etc. are comparable on the notability question, at least from the metrics that were known to me. The presence of a map on my study list was NOT to say it was notable, it was merely a list of ALL Custom maps on the wiki. Were I was aware of no case for notability, I tagged it "?unknown". Where I was uncertain of in any other way (such as 14th place finish out of 16 entries), I also used "?" rather than "+" or "-".

I see and commented on the same, that there are maps with no notability AFAIK that have been on the wiki for around 10 years. But I think I also see that at some point, addition of notable maps became sharply limited (roughly 8-10 years ago, if you judge that the number of new Custom maps made after 2012 is a much larger number than those made before 2012, one would have expected an increase in coverage rather than a sharp decrease].

(coverage of hugely used Trade Plaza and Minecraft variants has been removed as not notable).

I have not seen downloads as a measure of notability, but it is plausible to consider if you make the case. It is also important to note that some proportion of community play is not visible through Valve's list of Community Servers.

"...since other maps have been on there with no issue." It is a fair point, and that observation is the reason for my posted study, which is clearly not concluded and the reason to engage you and others in the discussion. I do not know what to think about the 2007-2011 maps that do not meet the present range of proposals for inclusion or exclusion.

One end of the proposals is that any map not in List of maps should not be permitted on the wiki (presumably removing all that are presently on the wiki) -- that would be much easier to implement and enforce. The counter is that a significant portion of play is on Community servers with maps that are not on that list, but it is not practical to support every map or Mod ever uploaded.

The particular existence of the 2007-2012 Custom maps has established a de facto policy, which should be addressed.

M I K A D O 282 🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃 🎃🎃 🎃🎃 (talk) (Help Wanted!) 14:12, 7 October 2020 (UTC)