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Article has been redirected and restored a couple of times. Doesn't meet notability, person has developed one notable video game (Geometry Dash). Sources referenced are predominantly about Geometry Dash, with some about other games - not about Topala.
soetermans.
↑↑↓↓←→←→ B A TALK09:01, 22 December 2022 (UTC)reply
Needless to say, as the creator of this revision I would like to keep the page. Firstly though, some background. I created this page in a translation from Spanish Wikipedia; it is not a resurfaced copy of the original redirected articles. @
Soetermans is the first person to find issue with this article. They turned the page into a redirect again without any discussion. While I can see why this was done, someone could reasonably assume that I was merely recreating the redirect, my revision is substantially more sourced than the original removed article. My problem is that the article was reviewed by New Page Patrol, who saw no problems with it. I'll tag the reviewer @
Onel5969. I believe the article does pass notability, as it has multiple independent sources. TLDR, I don't think the page should be deleted as it adds more depth to the areas not covered by
Geometry Dash, including Topala's other games.Merge as per comment below. Schminnte (
talk •
contribs) 10:46, 22 December 2022 (UTC)reply
Take a look at
its history, it was PROD'ed in September 2016. That same month,
Anarchyte redirected it. It stayed that way for years, until
MapFreak123 restored it.
Cat's Tuxedo redirected it again. So it's clearly not true that I am the first that doesn't think it should stay. Topala's other games are themselves not notable. That Topala created a notable game doesn't automatically mean he himself is notable too, per
WP:INHERITED. Also note there's nothing wrong with mentioning a developer's previous work in a development section. And finally, NPP does not somehow mean articles are beyond deletion.
soetermans.
↑↑↓↓←→←→ B A TALK11:03, 22 December 2022 (UTC)reply
Once again, I am not referring to the previous incarnations of this article. To clear things up, the revision of the article that I contributed to is what I am talking about when I say that you are the first to find issue. I am in no way involved with any previous versions of the page. Schminnte (
talk •
contribs) 11:20, 22 December 2022 (UTC)reply
Comment - i have removed a ref which contains way too much personal information from the page. WP is not a CV or a phone directory.
JMWt (
talk)
11:06, 22 December 2022 (UTC)reply
That may be the case, on that search engine. I've also noticed that those results are entirely English language websites; they disregard articles in Topala's native Swedish. Schminnte (
talk •
contribs) 15:31, 22 December 2022 (UTC)reply
Are you trying to catch me in a lie or something? No, there are no results in Swedish. But to be clear, we're talking about a video game developer, video games have a very international reach. It's not Swedish literature or Swedish architecture, Topala is a developer of digital entertainment. If he'd be more notable, his name would've appeared more often.
soetermans.
↑↑↓↓←→←→ B A TALK17:11, 22 December 2022 (UTC)reply
I'm not trying to catch you out. Please assume good faith. As you say yourself, I'm relatively new to Wikipedia. In fact, this is the first time I've ever heard of this search engine as I'm more used to doing work in the reach of WikiProject Music. Sorry if my comments may seem that way to you, I'm still learning about parts of Wikipedia I have less experience in. Schminnte (
talk •
contribs) 18:03, 22 December 2022 (UTC)reply
Honestly, I’m ok with a merge, as long as the writing is used. Perhaps consider condensing the best parts of the article into a new “developer” section? I don’t really like AfDs, so I don’t know if I’ll regret this. But I’ll agree with a merge. Schminnte (
talk •
contribs) 17:09, 23 December 2022 (UTC)reply
Hi
Schminnte, see
WP:VG/MOS for a summary of video game articles. There are 'development' sections, not 'developer' sections. What can be merged is Topala's work on Geometry Dash. That's what's notable, not him as a person, his other works or his personal life.
soetermans.
↑↑↓↓←→←→ B A TALK15:59, 27 December 2022 (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
deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.
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.
Article has been redirected and restored a couple of times. Doesn't meet notability, person has developed one notable video game (Geometry Dash). Sources referenced are predominantly about Geometry Dash, with some about other games - not about Topala.
soetermans.
↑↑↓↓←→←→ B A TALK09:01, 22 December 2022 (UTC)reply
Needless to say, as the creator of this revision I would like to keep the page. Firstly though, some background. I created this page in a translation from Spanish Wikipedia; it is not a resurfaced copy of the original redirected articles. @
Soetermans is the first person to find issue with this article. They turned the page into a redirect again without any discussion. While I can see why this was done, someone could reasonably assume that I was merely recreating the redirect, my revision is substantially more sourced than the original removed article. My problem is that the article was reviewed by New Page Patrol, who saw no problems with it. I'll tag the reviewer @
Onel5969. I believe the article does pass notability, as it has multiple independent sources. TLDR, I don't think the page should be deleted as it adds more depth to the areas not covered by
Geometry Dash, including Topala's other games.Merge as per comment below. Schminnte (
talk •
contribs) 10:46, 22 December 2022 (UTC)reply
Take a look at
its history, it was PROD'ed in September 2016. That same month,
Anarchyte redirected it. It stayed that way for years, until
MapFreak123 restored it.
Cat's Tuxedo redirected it again. So it's clearly not true that I am the first that doesn't think it should stay. Topala's other games are themselves not notable. That Topala created a notable game doesn't automatically mean he himself is notable too, per
WP:INHERITED. Also note there's nothing wrong with mentioning a developer's previous work in a development section. And finally, NPP does not somehow mean articles are beyond deletion.
soetermans.
↑↑↓↓←→←→ B A TALK11:03, 22 December 2022 (UTC)reply
Once again, I am not referring to the previous incarnations of this article. To clear things up, the revision of the article that I contributed to is what I am talking about when I say that you are the first to find issue. I am in no way involved with any previous versions of the page. Schminnte (
talk •
contribs) 11:20, 22 December 2022 (UTC)reply
Comment - i have removed a ref which contains way too much personal information from the page. WP is not a CV or a phone directory.
JMWt (
talk)
11:06, 22 December 2022 (UTC)reply
That may be the case, on that search engine. I've also noticed that those results are entirely English language websites; they disregard articles in Topala's native Swedish. Schminnte (
talk •
contribs) 15:31, 22 December 2022 (UTC)reply
Are you trying to catch me in a lie or something? No, there are no results in Swedish. But to be clear, we're talking about a video game developer, video games have a very international reach. It's not Swedish literature or Swedish architecture, Topala is a developer of digital entertainment. If he'd be more notable, his name would've appeared more often.
soetermans.
↑↑↓↓←→←→ B A TALK17:11, 22 December 2022 (UTC)reply
I'm not trying to catch you out. Please assume good faith. As you say yourself, I'm relatively new to Wikipedia. In fact, this is the first time I've ever heard of this search engine as I'm more used to doing work in the reach of WikiProject Music. Sorry if my comments may seem that way to you, I'm still learning about parts of Wikipedia I have less experience in. Schminnte (
talk •
contribs) 18:03, 22 December 2022 (UTC)reply
Honestly, I’m ok with a merge, as long as the writing is used. Perhaps consider condensing the best parts of the article into a new “developer” section? I don’t really like AfDs, so I don’t know if I’ll regret this. But I’ll agree with a merge. Schminnte (
talk •
contribs) 17:09, 23 December 2022 (UTC)reply
Hi
Schminnte, see
WP:VG/MOS for a summary of video game articles. There are 'development' sections, not 'developer' sections. What can be merged is Topala's work on Geometry Dash. That's what's notable, not him as a person, his other works or his personal life.
soetermans.
↑↑↓↓←→←→ B A TALK15:59, 27 December 2022 (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
deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.