Topic on User talk:Arabian gaming network
Hi, I'm sorry for not being able to reply yesterday (bit busy), I understand your concern for the proposed lack of notability in these maps (particularly the lack of servers hosting these maps, which I assume you mean the community server search feature for TF2), but I'd like to give a few reasons as to why I believe these maps do deserve Wiki pages.
1. If you do in fact mean the lack of servers hosting these maps in the community search, I'd just like to say that from my experience the community search feature doesn't cover all servers running in TF2, for example, Creators.tf is currently hosting the map pl_vigil on one their European servers, yet when you search for pl_vigil and set the location to Europe, it doesn't show up (I've made sure to refresh the server list multiple times). So it is very possible that at least some servers could be hosting one of these maps I have made pages for.
2. If Teamwork.tf does indeed reveals the answers as to what maps are notable enough, this means by that logic, maps such as Furnace Creek, Strata, Glacier and many other maps also don't deserve Wiki pages since practically nobody is playing on these maps. I checked the Furnace Creek, Strata and Glacier pages on Teamwork, and it shows 0 or 1 people playing the map currently (I've checked multiple times by the way). Again, I believe Furnace Creek and those other maps DO deserve wiki pages, this is just by the logic that Teamwork.tf is a reliable source as to what is popular and what is not.
3. These maps do have quite a bit of downloads on TF2Maps, Zinkenite Valley has over 1000 downloads and Conifer has over 4000 downloads. Meanwhile one of the maps listed: 'Backlot' only has 600 downloads. I'm no mathematician but these maps definitely have more people wanting to play on them. Now I know downloads can't be the sole reason these maps could be listed as 'popular' by any means, but it's definitely a factor as to why the pages I've made do have notability to them. Although I do have to admit that Dusk only has about 600 downloads, but then again if maps with downloads like Backlot are on there, I don't see why maps like Dusk couldn't be on there as well.
4. I've checked your user page about the list of the notability of some of custom maps (this one: https://wiki.teamfortress.com/wiki/User:Mikado282/Sandbox/Custom_map_study_2020). And by what I think you mean, you're saying that the maps have to have some relation to a community event or have a Halloween counterpart that has been made official. (I apologize if I'm wrong about what you're saying). But after checking that page you made, I found that map pages that were made a long time ago (map pages like Alpen, Antiquity, Cashworks, Final Destination 2015, Hybrid, Stoneyridge, Strata and Traingrid) have no relation to community events or have a Halloween counterpart whatsoever, and yet they've been on the Wiki for years with absolutely no issue. I don't see why just three more maps without relations to community events or Halloween can't be on there. Also, I'm pretty sure Dusk was originally made for the 'Night of the Living Update' event, but I couldn't find any proof of this so I didn't reference it in the page.
So I do believe these maps are notable enough to be on there since other maps have been on there with no issue.
