Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Fred Ford


 * 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 MERGE to probably Star Control. I'm only going to add a tag, since it's clear how to execute this particular merge. -Splash talk 22:54, 3 January 2006 (UTC)

Fred Ford
Non notable game hacker jmd 11:54, 22 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. And how does 'computer game programmer' suddenly equate 'game hacker'? Making Star Control 2 is pretty notable in my book. - Bobet 12:02, 22 December 2005 (UTC)
 * 'hacker' is a colloquialism for 'computer programmer' and has been for many years. Nothing sudden about it. jmd
 * Merge with Star Control... very notable game series, something of a cult classic. The problem with standalone bios of game programmers is that with the exception of what game they worked on, there's rarely anything non-trivial and encyclopedic to say about them, as is the case with this article. Andrew Lenahan -  St ar bli nd  12:29, 22 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Comment: I added a couple of more games he has worked on (that have Wikipedia entries). If he had only worked on one game, a merge would be appropriate, in this case I don't think it is. - Bobet 12:37, 22 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Merge with Toys for Bob. The same thing should be done for the Paul Reiche III article, which is only slightly longer than this one. Zunaid 12:40, 22 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete or Merge with the games he's worked on. He hasn't done anything else notable, and I'm not sure working on video games is really all that notable. Are people who create insurance policies or car models considered notable? They also affect many peoples' lives. --Fang Aili 19:11, 22 December 2005 (UTC)


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