User talk:Linux lover/Stop that Tank!

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Should this be made into an actual article?

This can be a standalone article, why is it in the User:Linux lover subcategory? ⇒Leaderboard class spy.png Anyar (talk/contributions/giveaway) 22:44, 17 July 2017 (PDT)

The reason why it's still in a user subpage is because of our [notability] policy. If it is to be made into a stand alone article, it must have evidence of its activity/popularity. If you believe that this should be a stand-alone article, please provide evidence as per the mod notability policy of it's popularity and or activity. Ashes (talk) 06:07, 18 July 2017 (PDT)

Will anyone add the payload race stuff?

Will anyone add more details to the Payload race category, it has been a year... Timwardo (talk) 22:08, 6 February 2019 (UTC)

Actual article again

So with the new policy of Community topics notability assessment project, i think this article should be official, so other editors can translate it. It seems that this game mode meets the requirements to be considered "notable". · Ashe (talk) 20:38, 23 July 2021 (UTC)

I agree that this should become its own thing again, especially as the notability guidelines say once notable always notable (and it was notable enough to get an article, be moved, but never be removed from the nav or have the redirect removed by staff). However, if it was to be re-judged at today's standards, I don't think it's going to be run all that much anymore.
GrampaSwood (talk) 17:01, 25 January 2022 (UTC)
The "new policy" is not valid, please do not link it anywhere. Mod notability policy is available here. — Tark 17:27, 25 January 2022 (UTC)
Historic Notability The point of "once notable, always notable" is to capture historic aspects of the game; if a topic was once important to the game/Community, then it will always be important in the history of the game. These are notable now because they were once notable.
Notability assessment The complement to "once notable, always notable" is "never notable, not notable". Regardless of how long a topic had a page on the wiki, if it never, ever was a notable topic, it is not suddenly notable now. A portion of the new (proposed/ongoing assessment) notability policy addoption project is that it necessitates a complete assessment of pages that were never subjected to any Notability policy. I was quite struck by what little evidence of notability I found for most of the oldest Community map pages. Of the oldest 10-12 Community map pages, only one had ever had any remote Notability, most of the rest were cases of surprisingly obvious (but apparently tollerated) self-promotion!  The fact there is/ever was a page does not in itself grant notability! There are/were many pages that were never notable; some of these have been removed over time, some have not. If the original page Stop that Tank was never notable, it could/should be removed. OTOH, if it ever was notable, it probably should not be/have been removed.
M I K A D O 282 ⊙⊙⊙⊙⊙ ⊙⊙ ⊙⊙ (Contact Mikado282 (SM) | contribs) (Help Wanted!) 02:32, 26 January 2022 (UTC)
Again, if the page meets the Mod notability policy, then the page should be recreated. The "new policy" is not complete and should not be used for discussion. — Tark 16:18, 26 January 2022 (UTC)
Applying the narrow existing Mod notability criteria, Running on multiple servers is the only factor that I have any hope of assessing on this page. Unless I am not looking correctly on the Community Servers menu, there are only two servers hosting the Mod with only trace of player involvement (At another time, I saw a third server with 7 players, but the map wouldn't load for me). In constrast there are like 50 servers hosting Trade Plaza versions.
This discussion is a particular oportunity for advocates of the StT Mod make a case for notabilty in front of at least three staff. Really, the burden in this case is on the advocates. (As an aside, there is always the opporunity for non-staff to comment on establisment of proposed policy. ).
From the page, the Mod seems developed, and I had heard of it, but I am unlikely to play it, and maybe I just don't know how to find the servers, so convince me.
M I K A D O 282 ⊙⊙⊙⊙⊙ ⊙⊙ ⊙⊙ (Contact Mikado282 (SM)) | contribs) (Help Wanted!) 22:40, 5 February 2022 (UTC) 17:21, 6 February 2022 (UTC)