Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Dan Smith (artist)


 * 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 was Keep. Tyrenius 21:03, 9 September 2007 (UTC)

Dan Smith (artist)

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This article fails to provide independent evidence of notability of this artist per WP:BIO. Notability is not inherited from association with role playing games; notability to come.--Gavin Collins 09:20, 4 September 2007 (UTC)


 * Keep. There is no "role-playing game" exception in the notability guidelines. -- JHunterJ 10:45, 4 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Visual arts-related deletions.   -- the wub  "?!"  10:55, 4 September 2007 (UTC)


 * Weak delete - There are plenty of assertions of notability but no 3rd party references or sources. Should that change then my vote would most likely change. It isn't in my sphere of interests so I'm not the one to do it. At the moment the article doesn't meet WP:BIO--WebHamster 11:17, 4 September 2007 (UTC)


 * Keep. Dan Smith (with two other fellows) won an Origins Award in 1997.  I have added this (and appropriate reference) to the article.  As Origins Awards are the "Oscars" for the gaming industry (or, at the very least, one of the most notable awards given to people in the gaming industry), this should be sufficient to establish his notability.  --Craw-daddy | T | 14:20, 4 September 2007 (UTC)


 * Keep. If anyone wants to conduct research about roleplaying games, pages such as this one are essential. Dan Smith was one of the most important artists for RPGs in the 1990s. His work contributed to the 'look' of GURPS books for a decade. In the near future, his page will be expanded. It should not be deleted.SMaykrantz 18:36, 8 September 2007 (UTC)


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