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I prodded this with "The coverage (references, external links, etc.) does not seem sufficient to justify this article passing
Wikipedia:General notability guideline and the more detailed
Wikipedia:Notability (biographies) requirement.
WP:BEFORE did not reveal any significant coverage on Gnews, Gbooks or Gscholar. I". It was deprodded by
User:Dream Focus with an edit summary "notable from accomplishments". I am sorry but what accomplishments? The subject seems to have a reasonably successful career but that's not the same as meeting NBIO. There are no awards, no in-depth coverage of his life or said accomplishments - only a few mentions in passing that he worked on this or another game, plus a few interviews that are generally not about him but about projects he worked/works on. The article hasn't improved at all in half a year since the PROD, and I doubt it can be improved anytime soon given the lack of better sources, at least that I can find. Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus|
reply here14:54, 13 October 2021 (UTC)reply
Keep The short article says he is one of the two designers of Diablo III, that a notable game that sold over 30 million copies. The subject specific guidelines for creative professions judges them playing a significant part in a notable creation.
DreamFocus16:43, 13 October 2021 (UTC)reply
I agree that NOTINHERITED applies. Most corporate game developers are pretty anonymous people that stay out of the news. They usually only have an article if they founded a studio or something like that.
ApLundell (
talk)
19:52, 13 October 2021 (UTC)reply
That is a pointless essay. Interviews have always counted as reliable sources. They talk about him, his life, and his achievements in the game industry. All interviews talk about what the person does, what they are notable for. It clearly counts as significant coverage in a reliable source.
DreamFocus08:32, 14 October 2021 (UTC)reply
It is a very useful essay, as it reminds us that most interviews are just a step away from SPS, as they repeat words by the subject ad verbatim. While they come with some editorial oversight, it doesn't change the fact that what we have in such cases is the subject speaking about themselves; at best, the usual editorial oversight concerns which parts of the interview are published and which (if any) are not. Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus|
reply here08:58, 14 October 2021 (UTC)reply
We're discussing the interview as indicating notability, not using it as a source of information in the article. Reliable sources believe someone is notable enough to write about them and/or interview them, then that counts towards their notability. They are independent from the subject since they are not owned by them or the company they work for. The general notability guidelines have thus been met.
DreamFocus09:49, 14 October 2021 (UTC)reply
Even all that aside, aren't we just talking about a single interview here? A single source is fundamentally not enough to satisfy the
WP:GNG. Your argument has bigger issues here.
Sergecross73msg me15:54, 15 October 2021 (UTC)reply
That article could be a perfectly useful source for an article about Diablo III. Nobody doubts that Kevin Martens is an expert about the development of Diablo III. That is not the same question as whether or not he has independent notability.
ApLundell (
talk)
15:08, 15 October 2021 (UTC)reply
Redirect -
WP:GNG not met, especially for a
WP:BLP. There's minimal content anyways, the "article" isn't much more than someone converting a table of his development credits to the barest and most basic of sentences.
Sergecross73msg me11:17, 14 October 2021 (UTC)reply
Redirect - No real independent notability is demonstrated or asserted. It's not like much content would be lost. Besides his CV, the article's content is three sentences. Two describing his love of scifi and fantasy, and one saying that he had difficulty adapting to America. (from Canada.)
ApLundell (
talk)
15:08, 15 October 2021 (UTC)reply
Comment While the GNG is not met, there is arguably - I will not say for certain - sufficient reliable sourcing to have
WP:NCREATIVE #3 be met, however, my understanding on NCREATIVE has tended to be that this is when we are talking projects developed by an individual or very very small team (2, 3 or so people). While he being a co-lead and thus a key person on D3's development is an important and critical role, we know that he was only one of dozens (if not towards 100+) people involved in the game, diluting how well NCREATIVE applies here. But I am only pointing this out, since this goes to Dream Focus's point above, but may not be sufficient to keep. --
Masem (
t)
19:13, 15 October 2021 (UTC)reply
You bring this argument fairly often, but the section that contains it begins as follows:
People are likely to be notable if they meet any of the following standards.
(emphasis mine)
NCREATIVE should be used as an indication that a subject could be notable, as to determine whether additional research could be viable, not to actually establish notability. The ultimate determination should still go through GNG, which this subject apparently fails (based on the comments above).
IceWelder [
✉]
06:37, 20 October 2021 (UTC)reply
The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's
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The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's
talk page or in a
deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.
I prodded this with "The coverage (references, external links, etc.) does not seem sufficient to justify this article passing
Wikipedia:General notability guideline and the more detailed
Wikipedia:Notability (biographies) requirement.
WP:BEFORE did not reveal any significant coverage on Gnews, Gbooks or Gscholar. I". It was deprodded by
User:Dream Focus with an edit summary "notable from accomplishments". I am sorry but what accomplishments? The subject seems to have a reasonably successful career but that's not the same as meeting NBIO. There are no awards, no in-depth coverage of his life or said accomplishments - only a few mentions in passing that he worked on this or another game, plus a few interviews that are generally not about him but about projects he worked/works on. The article hasn't improved at all in half a year since the PROD, and I doubt it can be improved anytime soon given the lack of better sources, at least that I can find. Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus|
reply here14:54, 13 October 2021 (UTC)reply
Keep The short article says he is one of the two designers of Diablo III, that a notable game that sold over 30 million copies. The subject specific guidelines for creative professions judges them playing a significant part in a notable creation.
DreamFocus16:43, 13 October 2021 (UTC)reply
I agree that NOTINHERITED applies. Most corporate game developers are pretty anonymous people that stay out of the news. They usually only have an article if they founded a studio or something like that.
ApLundell (
talk)
19:52, 13 October 2021 (UTC)reply
That is a pointless essay. Interviews have always counted as reliable sources. They talk about him, his life, and his achievements in the game industry. All interviews talk about what the person does, what they are notable for. It clearly counts as significant coverage in a reliable source.
DreamFocus08:32, 14 October 2021 (UTC)reply
It is a very useful essay, as it reminds us that most interviews are just a step away from SPS, as they repeat words by the subject ad verbatim. While they come with some editorial oversight, it doesn't change the fact that what we have in such cases is the subject speaking about themselves; at best, the usual editorial oversight concerns which parts of the interview are published and which (if any) are not. Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus|
reply here08:58, 14 October 2021 (UTC)reply
We're discussing the interview as indicating notability, not using it as a source of information in the article. Reliable sources believe someone is notable enough to write about them and/or interview them, then that counts towards their notability. They are independent from the subject since they are not owned by them or the company they work for. The general notability guidelines have thus been met.
DreamFocus09:49, 14 October 2021 (UTC)reply
Even all that aside, aren't we just talking about a single interview here? A single source is fundamentally not enough to satisfy the
WP:GNG. Your argument has bigger issues here.
Sergecross73msg me15:54, 15 October 2021 (UTC)reply
That article could be a perfectly useful source for an article about Diablo III. Nobody doubts that Kevin Martens is an expert about the development of Diablo III. That is not the same question as whether or not he has independent notability.
ApLundell (
talk)
15:08, 15 October 2021 (UTC)reply
Redirect -
WP:GNG not met, especially for a
WP:BLP. There's minimal content anyways, the "article" isn't much more than someone converting a table of his development credits to the barest and most basic of sentences.
Sergecross73msg me11:17, 14 October 2021 (UTC)reply
Redirect - No real independent notability is demonstrated or asserted. It's not like much content would be lost. Besides his CV, the article's content is three sentences. Two describing his love of scifi and fantasy, and one saying that he had difficulty adapting to America. (from Canada.)
ApLundell (
talk)
15:08, 15 October 2021 (UTC)reply
Comment While the GNG is not met, there is arguably - I will not say for certain - sufficient reliable sourcing to have
WP:NCREATIVE #3 be met, however, my understanding on NCREATIVE has tended to be that this is when we are talking projects developed by an individual or very very small team (2, 3 or so people). While he being a co-lead and thus a key person on D3's development is an important and critical role, we know that he was only one of dozens (if not towards 100+) people involved in the game, diluting how well NCREATIVE applies here. But I am only pointing this out, since this goes to Dream Focus's point above, but may not be sufficient to keep. --
Masem (
t)
19:13, 15 October 2021 (UTC)reply
You bring this argument fairly often, but the section that contains it begins as follows:
People are likely to be notable if they meet any of the following standards.
(emphasis mine)
NCREATIVE should be used as an indication that a subject could be notable, as to determine whether additional research could be viable, not to actually establish notability. The ultimate determination should still go through GNG, which this subject apparently fails (based on the comments above).
IceWelder [
✉]
06:37, 20 October 2021 (UTC)reply
The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's
talk page or in a
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