Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Kynan Pearson

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The result of the debate was delete —Whouk (talk) 08:45, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Kynan Pearson

Non-notable programmer. Notability not established by author. Fails WP:BLP Roodog2k 21:33, 25 May 2006 (UTC)

• Keep - I'd tend to say that a lot of these videogame creators are notable to a wikipedia audience. - Richardcavell 22:41, 25 May 2006 (UTC)
• Delete Pearson is not a noted or remarkable or even particularly experienced videogame creator. On Metroid Prime 2, he is listed in the credits as one member of a team of 10-11 designers/design supporters, and is not listed as a senior designer or as game director. The job title "game designer" does not mean that you are neccessarily the creative genius behind the game concept. Also the MobyGames database comes up with no credits or info for Pearson except Metro Prime 2. Bwithh 23:13, 25 May 2006 (UTC)
• Keep - It is not necessary to be a creative genius to be listed in wikipedia. davidzuccaro 19:42, 26 May 2006 (UTC)
  • comment but one should be notable.... Roodog2k 20:38, 26 May 2006 (UTC)
  • Comment I wasnt saying that you have to be a creative genius to be in wikipedia (the bar for entry seems to drop daily anyway... perhaps one day wikipedia will be like an enormous phone directory); I was trying to make the point that just because you are a game designer, doesn't mean you are automatically significant.There are tens of thousands or more of game designers around the world - the vast majority of them are not notable. Pearson seems to have worked as a junior designer in teams for a couple of games. By Davidzuccaro's standards, we would have to have wikipedia articles for all 10 other people on the design team for Metroid Prime too. But why stop there? lets have articles for everyone on the production team too.... Bwithh 13:51, 27 May 2006 (UTC)
    • comment actually, there were, but they were deleted. Roodog2k 13:22, 29 May 2006 (UTC)
• Comment I think this afd discussion is in danger of slipping through the cracks. I suggest relisting this discussion at the front of the queue Bwithh 05:35, 30 May 2006 (UTC)
• Delete. Fails WP:BIO by a long margin. Dr Zak 01:30, 31 May 2006 (UTC)
• Delete Per Dr Zak. JoshuaZ 02:13, 31 May 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.