Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Karsten Obarski


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The result was   Delete
 * The consensus would seem to indicate that regardless of whether the software is notable or not, the author of that software is not, as there is insufficient evidence at reliable sources. --  Phantom Steve / talk &#124; contribs \ 23:47, 11 February 2010 (UTC)

Karsten Obarski

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Delete. This is, in effect, an unsourced WP:BLP article. There are lots of links and such, but most of them do not even substantiate any of the claims being made, and the remainder aren't really what one would or should consider reliable third party sources. JBsupreme ( talk ) 19:43, 4 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete Non-notable, and to boot, I don't think his greatest achievement, The Ultimate Soundtracker, is notable enough to warrant its own article. Angryapathy (talk) 19:57, 4 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete. Per above; nothing in Google's news archives either, and as mentioned, the links don't indicate notability, as far as WP:Note is concerned.— DMCer ™  20:18, 4 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep. The author of a pioneering musical program  is surely notable.  RFerreira (talk) 23:51, 4 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Perhaps, but that is pretty weak as far as WP:RS is concerned.  JBsupreme  ( talk ) 05:40, 5 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Software-related deletion discussions.  -- Pcap  ping  07:27, 5 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Music-related deletion discussions.  -- Pcap  ping  07:28, 5 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Weak delete. I don't think he passes WP:ANYBIO for Ultimate Soundtracker, itself a software hardly covered in any WP:RS. Fails WP:MUSIC by a mile so. The interview are all on obscure scene sites, too little for WP:GNG. Pcap ping  07:37, 5 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Weak delete. Karsten Obarski was never notable composer but Ultimate Soundtracker was for sure notable software. At its time it was the most popular music editor on Amiga until it was replaced by more advanced NoiseTracker and ProTracker derivatives (which looked like SoundTracker but had different authors and more features. Later FastTracker and other even more advanced derivates appeared on the PC but it all started from the SoundTracker. SoundTracker modules were used in many demos and games at its time but mainstream (Amiga) magazines didnt pay much attention into it or into scene at all. The SoundTracker would for sure deserve its own wiki article but Obarski, well, the software is more famous than Obarski himself. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Xorxos (talk • contribs) 01:00, 6 February 2010 (UTC)
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