The Sims Wiki talk:Community Portal/The Sims 4

Marked for Deletion

I've marked this page for deletion, and I'm hoping that the deletion can be discussed and a consensus can be reached.

First off, it should surprise no one that EA has begun development of TS4... the typical time taken to develop a game is many years, especially for something as massive as a Sims game. However, I'm pretty sure, as we are only on TS3's 2nd expansion currently, that it will be at least 2-3 years (my guess) before any official word is made or any real information is provided on TS4. In the meantime, this page exists only as temptation for people to come on and offer their own made-up, un-sourced and/or speculative information regarding the game, none of which will be proven or official until an official announcement is made.

Secondly, the words of a rogue EA employee shouldn't carry much credibility, especially on Twitter of all places. It even says in the article that this "is the only information we know about it." It seems totally pointless to me to have a page dedicated to stating something which hasn't been officially announced and which is still multiple years away.

Therefore, I've nominated this page to be deleted. If you disagree, you may state your reasoning as I have already stated mine. Thanks! --LostInRiverview 06:57, June 10, 2010 (UTC)

I agree. --a_morris (talk) 13:18, June 14, 2010 (UTC)

I disagree. It is obvious that The Sims 4 will come out as EA/Maxis cannot throw away a best-selling series. But, regardless whether an employee states anything about it or not, the article is credible as it is certain there will be a Sims 4 and anyway the article doesn't give away any unsourced/speculative information except that it is estimated that it will be released in 2012/2013. And if anyone puts any uncertain/unsourced/speculative info on the article we should ask them to source it or delete the information. And another thing, doesn't The Sims Wiki have the right to simply know about an employee commenting?MJ567 16:16, June 21, 2010 (UTC)

I'm 50/50 on deleting this. The The Sims 3 expansion pack rumors page is kinda nice since it helps debunk some rumors and adds valueable info from leaks and interviews about upcoming releases. Maybe we could merge this small rumor with that page? On one hand it'll be YEARS before we see The Sims 4, whether or not they're brainstorming about it now. On the other hand, it would be nice to cite the rumor on the main page once it does get close. Duskey(talk)(blog) 08:33, June 24, 2010 (UTC)

Our policy, although not strictly regulated, is to keep stubs only for a month and delete them if they have not been expanded. This page would remain a stub for much longer than that. I think the amount of editor time spent removing vandalism and speculative information from this article will be high for too long. --a_morris (talk) 14:12, June 24, 2010 (UTC)

Oh wow, I forgot that I marked this page. Duskey's suggestion doesn't sound all that bad to me. Maybe a new section on that page - The Sims 4 Rumors (although how that fits into TS3 expansion rumors, I wonder). The problem I see with the page as it is now is that it could be a long time before any significant information comes forward. While I don't doubt that there will be a TS4 or that it is probably under development right now, I just don't think there's nearly enough information - yet. LostInRiverview (talk)(blog) 18:55, June 24, 2010 (UTC)

I agree that it doesn't really fit with the rumours about The Sims 3. I'm not wild about moving because we'll probably forget where we put it, although I think the best place would be the List of The Sims games on the talk page or maybe a subpage for rumours. Another option would be to protect this page for a couple of years. --a_morris (talk) 22:14, June 24, 2010 (UTC)