Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Lum the Mad

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The result of the debate was keep. —Xezbeth 13:21, Apr 24, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Lum the Mad

Blogger and web game commentator that scores 780 googles. Seems pretty non-notable to me. Note that Lum the Mad is also a semi-important fictional character on the D&D Greyhawk world, so my suggestion would be to delete the current content and redirect there. Radiant_* 14:53, Apr 9, 2005 (UTC)

• Delete as likely vanity. Andrew Lenahan - Starblind 15:19, Apr 9, 2005 (UTC)
• Keep. During the first heyday of MMORPGs Lum was one of the major, or perhaps the major, commentator on the scene. His opinion was courted by the MMORPG companies, which lead to the classic "I Will Taxi To Victory" document, a log of Lum's reactions while beta-testing World War II Online. -- Antaeus Feldspar 20:30, 9 Apr 2005 (UTC)
• Keep, and expand. Notable games commentator. Megan1967 04:23, 10 Apr 2005 (UTC)
• Keep for the abovementioned reasons. DS 22:27, 10 Apr 2005 (UTC)
• Keep. Perhaps THE main voice for MMOG commentary for several years.TPRJones 11:07, 21 Apr 2005 (UTC)
• Keep. Lum the Mad helped shape much of the current philosophy on MMOG design, and he doesn't even use a gratuitous rainbow-colored nickname. I see no evidence of vanity in this entry.Einer 11:07, 21 Apr 2005 (UTC)
• Keep. Started out just keeping the occasional notes on games and game play when the MMOG industry was in its infancy (UO) and as it grew to encompass several major games and companies. The site spawned the phrase "We fear change", as well, I believe, and was a non-corporate-controlled spot where some serious discussion and useful mocking of the industry, its people, and its flaws could take place, and did take place. Mynn the unpretenious single color signature poster with a pretentiously long explaination about it 14:01, 21 Apr 2005 (EDT)
• Keep as cited above. Lum was the one who started what would now be called a blog re: MMOGs and was ahead of his time. RasputinAXP 22:31, 21 Apr 2005 (UTC)
• Keep. Was an extremly relevant commentator at the start of MMORPGs popularity. Whether it's vanity or not seems irrelevant to me. The information is factual.Neep 10:32, 22 Apr 2005 (UTC)

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