Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Kenneth W. James


 * 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   merge to Bowser (character). ‑Scottywong | spout _ 18:17, 17 April 2012 (UTC)

Kenneth W. James

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Non-notable video-game voice actor. No major field contributions.  MBisanz  talk 04:05, 9 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Actors and filmmakers-related deletion discussions.  • Gene93k (talk) 18:42, 9 April 2012 (UTC)


 * Comment - I can't tell make a call on notability yet, but "no major field contribution" may be a little extreme considering he's voiced Bowser in 10+ Mario games. Voice acting for a big, well-known company like Nintendo is no small feat. Sergecross73   msg me   20:06, 9 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Merge to Bowser (character) - Sources from IMDB, TMK (the latter being a RS as per WP:VG/S); the facts are not into question, although notability is the concern here. He is the long-standing voice actor of one of the most recognized antagonists in video game history (the antagonist of the biggest franchise ever, Mario), which seems to qualify as a "major field contribution"; although since that seems to be his unique contribution to the field, I would say he is not independently notable enough for his own article. No prejudice towards recreating if other past work is unveiled or future work adds to the notability.  Salvidrim!   02:17, 10 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Comment - I personally think that as this article's subject is clearly the person and not the character he voices, that would be kind of unnecessary. Androids101 (talk) 21:44, 10 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Comment reply - I meant merging the relevant information, which is that the character Bowser has been voiced since 2007 by Kenneth W. James, an American voice actor who voiced the character in eleven Mario games so far.  Salvidrim!   21:59, 10 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Support - This article shouldn't really stay. It has no references and with it no indication of notability, and besides, all it has is a list of games which he has voiced in, which is discouraged per WP:GAMECRUFT. Also, I do not think that it should be merged to Bowser (character), as this article's subject is clearly meant to be about the person, and not the character. Androids101 (talk) 21:44, 10 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Comment - If we're just talking about him as a person, WP:GAMECRUFT wouldn't apply, as that is meant towards video games, not people. It's okay to put voice actor stuff in some articles, like ones related to televsion, actors, etc, just not video games, per WP:VG. Sergecross73   msg me   14:52, 11 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Support per nom. Non-notable. Beyond My Ken (talk) 03:23, 11 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Merge—I agree that merging into Bowser seems to be the most appropriate action here. James seems to have little independent notability. Surely the character is notable, and the actor is relevant to the character, but unless he has done other notable works, he seems to be inheriting the notability of this one (albeit significant) accomplishment.   Liv it ⇑ Eh?/What? 18:07, 17 April 2012 (UTC)
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