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September 11

Video game marathons

I know there's a popular theory in these parts that Wikipedia has an article on everything - so, riddle me this: do we have an article about video game marathons? i.e. A gamer or group of gamers playing video games for an extended period of time, usually to raise awareness or donations for a cause.

I've found a few articles about some individual marathons, e.g. Speed_Demos_Archive#Charity_marathons, Mario Marathon, LoadingReadyRun#Desert Bus For Hope, TheSpeedGamers, but none of these have links to an article on the general idea. Organics^LRO 15:26, 11 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I found a few other places where the concept is mentioned, Child's_Play_(charity), Speedrun#Team_Ludendi, Destructoid, and Mario_Marathon. Since the last one is a specific gaming marathon, I think and article title gaming marathon or video game marathon would be notable enough for WP coverage. So I say, be WP:BOLD and create it! See Wikipedia:Your_first_article if you need instruction, but a simple stub with refs cribbed from the links above should be pretty easy to manage. These other pages already have obvious places to link to the new article, so it should receive attention and grow accordingly. SemanticMantis (talk) 20:38, 11 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

We have an article about a movie about a $50,000 "Video Armageddon". It's so bad! Not exactly a charity, but it helped a sick kid learn the value of hustling. InedibleHulk (talk) 15:27, 12 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]