Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jonathan Smith (games programmer)

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. I'll take User:Pak21's apparently expert opinion on this one. fuddlemark (fuddle me!) 07:56, 31 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Jonathan Smith (games programmer)

Page created by the same editor as Madonna Mark Two (current afd), Not notable, google search for "jonathan smith + companyname" gives ~300 results —This user has left wikipedia 16:50 2006-01-25

• Delete not notable--Adam ^(talk) 16:54, 25 January 2006 (UTC)
• Comment the article is claiming notability. Can this claim be verified? James084 16:59, 25 January 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per nom. Stifle 17:54, 25 January 2006 (UTC)
• Delete self nominator. —This user has left wikipedia 18:11 2006-01-25
• Delete, per nom. -Rebelguys2 19:01, 25 January 2006 (UTC)
• Delete, per nom. Bhoeble 19:56, 25 January 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per nom. Latinus 20:18, 25 January 2006 (UTC)
• Comment the article was not created by me, but extended. The original article was not for deletion Wikimkii 02:06, 26 January 2006 (UTC)
• Comment Just a note from someone familiar with the ZX Spectrum's history - Jonathan Smith is indeed one of the better known programmers on this platform, with his work generally known for its high quality. Sales from programs he wrote were certainly in the hundreds of thousands. If Jeff Minter, Matthew Smith, Mike Follin and numerous others have articles, Jonathan Smith certainly deserves one. -- AA, from world of spectrum forums —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 70.72.143.113 (talk • contribs).
• Strong keep: Jonathan Smith is one of the better known programmers for the Spectrum: Green Beret, Cobra and Batman: The Caped Crusader (all written by Smith) are generally considered to be better games for the Spectrum, both technically and playability-wise. I'll tweak the article to show this if I can find a way of doing it without it being too much POV. --Pak21 09:12, 30 January 2006 (UTC)

• Comment: I've now rewritten the article somewhat to show Smith's notability. I'll fix the formatting up as well if we decide to keep the article. Cheers --Pak21 11:12, 30 January 2006 (UTC)
• Comment Agreed. Joffa Smith is extremely well-known amongst the Spectrum community and I'm a little puzzled at the reason this has been selected for deletion. Zagrebo 16:04, 30 January 2006 (UTC)

• Keep for reasons detailed above. Zagrebo 16:07, 30 January 2006 (UTC)
• Comment try googling for "Joffa Smith" Zagrebo 16:16, 30 January 2006 (UTC)

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.