Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Craig Hickman

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.

The result of the debate was keep. Mailer Diablo 06:06, 3 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Craig Hickman

Associate professor of art. Wrote a computer program. Yet another Average Professor, and fails WP:BIO, it appears. Calton | Talk 04:26, 29 March 2006 (UTC)

• Weak keep I don't think the prof test is what gets Mr. Hickman in. Kid Pix is clearly notable software, so I think its author has claims to notability by analogy to "Published authors... who have written books with an audience of 5,000 or more..." in WP:BIO. I'm sure Kid Pix in its heyday had significantly more than 5,000 users. Gwernol 04:54, 29 March 2006 (UTC)
• Weak keep per Gwernol. Johntex\^talk 04:58, 29 March 2006 (UTC)
• Keep per Gwernol, but stronger. Creator of notable software package. Books don't write themselves; cartoons don't animate themselves, and computers don't program themselves (not even the HAL 9000). Wikipedia, across the board, treats the creator of notable work as notable, and there's no exception for software, or for professors. Monicasdude 05:12, 29 March 2006 (UTC)
• Keep, creator of Kid Pix. Basically, what Gwernol said. Royboycrashfan 05:14, 29 March 2006 (UTC)
• Keep San Antonio Express-News (TX): Graphics program for kids so easy it doesn't have a manual June 19, 2005 mentions him/Kid Pix. Kid Pix itself is pretty notable, couple of newspaper hits, couple of awards. kotepho 05:29, 29 March 2006 (UTC)
• Keep, per Gwernol. — Rebelguys2 ^talk 06:34, 29 March 2006 (UTC)
• Weak keep per first keep ⇒ SWATJester ^Ready Aim _Fire! 10:40, 29 March 2006 (UTC)
• Keep, creator of Kid Pix makes the person notable. Meets WP:BIO criteria and per Gwernol. --Terence Ong 12:00, 29 March 2006 (UTC)
• Weak keep per first keep. Cedars 12:05, 29 March 2006 (UTC)
• Keep per Gwernol JeffBurdges 12:37, 29 March 2006 (UTC)
• Keep per Monicasdude, although that pic's gotta go --Deville (Talk) 12:39, 29 March 2006 (UTC)
• Weak keep as creator of notable software, though it doesn't look like there's much else to say about him. dbtfz^talk 02:23, 30 March 2006 (UTC)
• Keep. Teachers, no. Professors, yes. Also, passes WP:KIT. — ₀₉₁₈^BRIAN • 2006-03-31 01:52

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