Talk:Chris Hecker

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[edit] Deletion

Due to the timing of the CSD A7 deletion of this article in relation to the publication of the inflammatory remarks by this article's subject at the Game Developers Conference, I have reverted the deletion with help from Google Cache, and dispute the reason for the claimed Speedy Deletion.

I have not yet added the complete Category Links and what-not, only the base article with the external links listed at the bottom that were in the previously-cached version. Trial-by-fire learning templates and category adding and what-not, as I hadn't done them before, but wanted to get the article up-and-running first, instead of trying to submit a 'single perfect edit' to revert the deletion.

The appropriate CSD A7 warning has been added to the top of the article, in addition to the appropriate counter-tag to direct discussion to this talk page. I am also watching this page, and storing the current version locally to counter any pending delete-war.

Why the heck was this deleted? What the Google cache gives is a useful article on a relevant person, plus he is of special interest due to his current rant on Nintendo. Protect it, I could understand this, but DELETE? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 80.137.126.32 (talk) 18:03, 8 March 2007 (UTC).

I agree. This speedy deletion was extremely questionable. A ten-second glance at the history page shows extensive vandalism activity immediately prior to the request. The correct action would clearly have been to protect the page, then work on the talk page to resolve the issue as to whether the page should be deleted or kept. The fact that the page was instead deleted suggests to me that more care needs to be taken on Wikipedia when evaluating requests for speedy deletion. Cmuratori 21:26, 8 March 2007 (UTC)

Yeah, this page is gonna get vandalized over the next week sor so with the Nintendo fanboys upset about his remarks at GDC. Probably needs to be protected. His controversy should probably be mentioned here since lots of people are wikiing his name after reading about his comments.

The speedy deletion seems weird. That said, the lack of citation for these quotes (although I've seen the third-party citations so I don't doubt the veracity of them) doesn't lend this article to being up to standards. I'll see if I can add some. Eddie Parker 16:46, 9 March 2007 (UTC)