Talk:Phil Brucato

Article notabilty
Are there any WP:SECONDARY sources that talk about Brucato at all? Or clarify exactly how much he was involved? WW Mage is notable, sure, but there were lots of cooks. The only secondary source appears to be http://mariettapublishing.com/authors.htm, which is a deadlink, and is also only vaguely secondary because it was presumably his publisher. I kind of doubt anyone cares about his motto.

A lot of the other links are purely primary sources and can't be used for proving notability (WP:Notability). Certainly, various non-notable bands, blogs, webcomics, and minor works he was a "contributing author" to are unlikely to count. The collection he edited, maybe, but it has a grand total of 3 reviews on Amazon, and it sounds like it was just collecting already published works from these authors, not really doing much "editing."

If secondary sources can't be found, the article may be better redirected to White Wolf or deleted or the like. SnowFire (talk) 10:56, 10 November 2017 (UTC)


 * As first author of Mage: The Ascention (and developer of the line), Brucato clearly meets WP:AUTHOR, not to mention his other credits. It isn't really question. I am by no means defending the existing WP article, btw. Newimpartial (talk) 12:23, 10 November 2017 (UTC)


 * Can this actually be sourced? He was *an* author, sure, but "first" author?  Was he important?  Was he taking direction?  etc.  I agree his White Wolf work is his most important claim to fame by far (everything else appears unnotable), but there are lots of authors credited, so it'd be nice if there was a secondary source that explains what exactly he did and what exactly he can be blamed for.  (For example, I'm told he's at fault for the wince-worthy ethnic stereotyping and psuedo- Native Americans Are All One Group That Is Mysteriously Sorta Neopagany in Werewolf, but I don't have any sources for that.)   And it sounds like he was only important in Mage 2nd edition?  Did he do 1st as well?  Why was he dropped from 3e?  etc.  SnowFire (talk) 01:13, 13 November 2017 (UTC)