Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Brad Wardell


 * 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The result of the debate was kept; nomination withdrawn. Johnleemk | Talk 09:34, 20 December 2005 (UTC)

Brad Wardell
This is a marginal bio. No books. Not a public speaker. (podcaster) Software developer. If we keep him, he should be added to Wikipedians_with_articles. Fplay 22:58, 11 December 2005 (UTC)


 * Comment. As I wrote a significant portion of this article once it was created, I don't really feel justified in voting on it, but I'd note that both Google and Google Groups give quite a few hits (there are even a few on Google News).


 * Regarding significance, he's probably the person most singly responsible for the development of skinning into a profitable market (where both developers and skin artists can make significant amounts of money). I think it this is "likely to become a part of the enduring historical record of that field" - he was instrumental in creating it.


 * Like most CEOs - well, most CEOs worth their pay - he doesn't appear to have had time to do his job, manage a family and write a book. And as for public speaking . . . well, the audience for the things he talks about is online, so online is where he speaks. GreenReaper 03:02, 12 December 2005 (UTC)


 * The fact that Brad Wardell is the CEO and founder of the software company (Stardock) that produces many of the most popular skinning programs for the Windows platform and the popular series of strategy games (Galactic Civ) makes an article about him encyclopedic to me. I vote to keep this article. (Konfab user 01:43, 13 December 2005 (UTC))
 * All of Konfab user's previous edits have been to WinCustomize, a website created by Wardell. &mdash;Cryptic (talk) 07:00, 13 December 2005 (UTC)
 * True, though I'd note that they're not exactly complimentary edits. :-) GreenReaper 21:18, 13 December 2005 (UTC)

WITHDRAWN. -- Fplay 18:10, 19 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. Has received significant media coverage. SYSS Mouse 02:45, 15 December 2005 (UTC)
 * That reminds me, he was noted in Time magazine when The Political Machine came out. GreenReaper 18:15, 15 December 2005 (UTC)
 * This is all fine, but look at how my pages link to Stardock!!! OK, some are impages. It is a fine company, but it is not THAT important. -- Emact 22:49, 15 December 2005 (UTC)
 * I'm not entirely sure what you mean by "impages" . . . assuming you meant "important pages", well, I would say it is that important in the area of desktop customization, which would explain why most of the pages linked to it are about that topic. Stardock have been going for over 10 years, now, and have done quite a bit in that time. GreenReaper 23:16, 15 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Sorry. many pages.  Sorry images.  Geez, my typing is bad when I get excited!  Seems like a lot to me, but maybe my perspective is skewed.   I can see the writing on the wall.  I am removing my AfD. -- Fplay 07:47, 17 December 2005 (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.