Talk:Andrew Plotkin

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This article was nominated for deletion on 20 July 2006. The result of the discussion was keep.

[edit] Editing Andrew Plotkin

I rewrote this article to try to emphasize what is encyclopedia-worthy about its subject.

Stuff I removed, some of which should perhaps be restored:

• "is a computer programmer, game designer, and puzzle enthusiast"
• the tabletop Icehouse game Martian Go
• StonerView, a re-creation of SGI's ElectroPaint screen saver
• Expanded, sometimes non-NPOV descriptions of his games
• Mention of the XYZZY awards he's won; Wikipedia already contains a list of award winners
• Mention of "Capture the Flag With Stuff"
• Long descriptions of Glk, Glulx, and Blorb, unnecessary since they have their own articles

-- BenRG 14:02, 17 August 2005 (UTC)