Talk:Panamint

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Notability assessment

As requested, must at least meet two criteria:

  • Used in a notable community event
  • Rivaled Valve servers / Significant use
  • Reported in game media (blogs, YouTube, etc)/Discussion among the community
  • Perpetual event
    • − Putting these three together as I can find pretty much nothing being discussed and no server running the map. I checked the Steam discussions for TF2, TF2Maps.net, teamfortress.tv, Reddit, and a general search for TF2 "panamint" on Google.
  • History making / Originated or promoted new community activities
    • Pictogram neutral.png Arguably, it did. It seems to be one of the first maps with the A/D CTF concept together with the rest of the entries in the contest. I'd argue that yes, it promoted new activities, but most of them were unrelated to the map itself.

Overall, I'd have to think more about the last point and maybe talk to other staff about it, so no final decision for now.
BLU Wiki Cap.png | s | GrampaSwood Praise the Sun! (talk) (contribs) 14:38, 23 November 2025 (UTC)

Did not see this until now, I guess I will put it as a main discussion. Thank you for your time and consideration. User Fisherboy800 Fisherboy.gifUser Fisherboy800 User Talk Page.gifUser Fisherboy800 Contributions.gif 21:20, 3 December 2025 (UTC)
That's not necessary, assessments are not discussions and it's generally up to staff to do/approve these.
BLU Wiki Cap.png | s | GrampaSwood Praise the Sun! (talk) (contribs) 21:21, 3 December 2025 (UTC)
Oh, where do you suggest I solicit feedback then? User Fisherboy800 Fisherboy.gifUser Fisherboy800 User Talk Page.gifUser Fisherboy800 Contributions.gif 21:24, 3 December 2025 (UTC)
Nowhere, really. I asked staff about it a while ago in the staff IRC channel and didn't get much response, but I'll probably make a final decision on my own tomorrow.
BLU Wiki Cap.png | s | GrampaSwood Praise the Sun! (talk) (contribs) 21:27, 3 December 2025 (UTC)
Thats fair, thank you for asking them regardless of the lack of reply. Feel no pressure to rush anything on my end (not that you were, but still). User Fisherboy800 Fisherboy.gifUser Fisherboy800 User Talk Page.gifUser Fisherboy800 Contributions.gif 21:35, 3 December 2025 (UTC)
So I think it's fair to say this promoted new events in the community. Although the event itself was what sparked the maps to be created, without the maps this new form of A/D CTF would not exist. I see it as both being equally important, as one would not exist without the other (and I'd even argue the event is not necessary to exist, as TFC A/D worked this way already).
This map, along with all the other A/D CTF maps from the A/D CTF and Payload Race Contest, are considered notable.
BLU Wiki Cap.png | s | GrampaSwood Praise the Sun! (talk) (contribs) 16:11, 6 December 2025 (UTC)