Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Brian Crecente (2nd nomination)

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 was delete. Neil ╦ 08:39, 5 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Brian Crecente

Brian Crecente (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs) – (View log)

Resume-esque 69.158.170.135 03:23, 29 May 2007 (UTC)

• Delete, maybe speedy G4. I'm suspicious because an anon IP had posted the AfD, but the article doesn't show much notability here. G4 because of the first nomination - though it's probably a bit far out for that kind of a speedy. --Dennis The Tiger (Rawr and stuff) 01:56, 29 May 2007 (UTC)
• Delete: Non-notable person. PRs and some articles do not assert notability Seicer (talk) (contribs) 02:39, 29 May 2007 (UTC)
• Delete per WP:N. Not every writer deserves an encyclopedia article. hmwithtalk 09:19, 29 May 2007 (UTC)
• Keep. The article definitely needs a re-write but notability isn't a question. In addition to being editor of one of the largest gaming blogs, Crecente was also one of the judges for the 2006 Video Gaming Awards. The non-user AfD is definitely suspect. Drew30319 21:53, 2 June 2007 (UTC)
  • It appears that a couple of non-users have been making changes to this article as well as the Kotaku article. Most edits have been reverted as bad faith edits. Some of the reverts were referring to a bias against Sony. It's likely that the recent "Sony ban" may have prompted this AfD. On the Game Critics Awards page the involvement of Kotaku as a judge for the competition was removed by one of these non-users (since reverted). This article needs some work but should be kept. I'd work on it but shouldn't - he's my brother. Drew30319 22:33, 2 June 2007 (UTC)
    • Comment - many of these users may have been the same person using a dynamic I.P., as per discussion on my talk page with the nominator. --Dreaded Walrus ^{t c} 23:35, 2 June 2007 (UTC)
    • The fact that I, an anon user posted this afd should not matter. The article is in need of a serious clean up, which seems impossible noting that all of the google and yahoo results are from non-notable sources, or simply deletion. If I was really trolling or trying to edit the articles in bad faith, I wouldn't have responded to Dreaded Walrus so many times whilst my ip was changing. Although I should note that their seems to be another range close to mine that has taken an interest in these articles as well, they actually duplicated 2 of my ips already. 64.231.248.87 05:29, 4 June 2007 (UTC)
      • Oh and Drew30319 for someone who is acting so noble by saying ""I'd work on it but shouldn't - he's my brother. "" that certainly didn't stop you from making all of the previous edits to his article or Kotakus, or going to various user talk pages and other users claiming all of the google search results make it notable, and asking them to change their vote. As well as complaining that an anon user made the afd in the first place, it's as if you're trying to get this thrown out? But wait you wouldn't, because he's your brother, right? 64.231.248.87 05:41, 4 June 2007 (UTC)
• Note: This debate has been added to the list of video game deletions. Marasmusine 19:55, 3 June 2007 (UTC)
• Weak delete Keep. Although tricky to navitage through all those embedded external links, at least the next-gen article is reliable. The other 'articles' listed are blog entries with no editorial control, so don't satisfy WP:Reliable sources. I feel that another reliable article about Brian is needed to satisfy WP:N. In either case, the article is horrible and would require a re-write. After reviewing Wikipedia:Notability (people), I see that the subject satisfies notability. Marasmusine 20:01, 3 June 2007 (UTC)
• Weak Keep: The article requires revision and clean up. It can be substantially improved, if given time and research to it. The article is a bit cluttered with information, and my suggestion is to keep working on it to make it a good article. I hope that helps.Breathe200 16:25, 4 June 2007 (UTC)
• Delete per Tony and hmwith G1ggy! _{Review me!} 05:10, 5 June 2007 (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.