Talk:Pong
Deletion debate[edit]
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Specific video game; not used generically. Equinox ◑ 21:22, 11 August 2010 (UTC)
- Pong is undeniably cool... I usually favor deletion in these cases, though there's nothing in CFI which overtly suggests this should be deleted. Mglovesfun (talk) 21:28, 11 August 2010 (UTC)
- IMO it's a brand. Equinox ◑ 21:37, 11 August 2010 (UTC)
- I think this should make it as a brand name at RfV. It made a big impression at the time and crept into literature and the popular press. See w:Pong. If our interpretation of the brand name test can't accommodate this there may be something wrong with our interpretation or the test itself. DCDuring TALK 23:51, 11 August 2010 (UTC)
- Well, I am happy to move to RFV if that is the general consensus. Equinox ◑ 00:01, 12 August 2010 (UTC)
- Agreed, move to RFV. If it can be shown to meet the CFI for brand names, it should stay in. bd2412 T 17:46, 16 August 2010 (UTC)
- Well, I am happy to move to RFV if that is the general consensus. Equinox ◑ 00:01, 12 August 2010 (UTC)
- I think this should make it as a brand name at RfV. It made a big impression at the time and crept into literature and the popular press. See w:Pong. If our interpretation of the brand name test can't accommodate this there may be something wrong with our interpretation or the test itself. DCDuring TALK 23:51, 11 August 2010 (UTC)
- IMO it's a brand. Equinox ◑ 21:37, 11 August 2010 (UTC)
- Moving to RFV now. Equinox ◑ 14:23, 20 August 2010 (UTC)
RFV discussion[edit]
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Moved from RFD; earlier discussion follows:
Specific video game; not used generically. Equinox ◑ 21:22, 11 August 2010 (UTC)
- Pong is undeniably cool... I usually favor deletion in these cases, though there's nothing in CFI which overtly suggests this should be deleted. Mglovesfun (talk) 21:28, 11 August 2010 (UTC)
- IMO it's a brand. Equinox ◑ 21:37, 11 August 2010 (UTC)
- I think this should make it as a brand name at RfV. It made a big impression at the time and crept into literature and the popular press. See w:Pong. If our interpretation of the brand name test can't accommodate this there may be something wrong with our interpretation or the test itself. DCDuring TALK 23:51, 11 August 2010 (UTC)
- Well, I am happy to move to RFV if that is the general consensus. Equinox ◑ 00:01, 12 August 2010 (UTC)
- Agreed, move to RFV. If it can be shown to meet the CFI for brand names, it should stay in. bd2412 T 17:46, 16 August 2010 (UTC)
- Well, I am happy to move to RFV if that is the general consensus. Equinox ◑ 00:01, 12 August 2010 (UTC)
- I think this should make it as a brand name at RfV. It made a big impression at the time and crept into literature and the popular press. See w:Pong. If our interpretation of the brand name test can't accommodate this there may be something wrong with our interpretation or the test itself. DCDuring TALK 23:51, 11 August 2010 (UTC)
- IMO it's a brand. Equinox ◑ 21:37, 11 August 2010 (UTC)
RFV discussion begins here:
- I have found at three adjectives formed from "Pong": "Pong-style", "Pong-ish", and "Pong-type" which to me illustrate that Pong is used as a prototype of a class. I think the definition should be amended to indicate the class attributes, probably "simple", "monochrome", etc. I don't know whether this is good enough to satisfy WT:BRAND, but slavish conformity to rules is so last year. DCDuring TALK 15:58, 20 August 2010 (UTC)
Almost generic by this point. Struck. DAVilla 04:34, 15 December 2010 (UTC)