Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mark Hatchard


 * 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   delete. joe deckertalk to me 17:19, 23 March 2012 (UTC)

Mark Hatchard

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A complete mess of an article about a young man who set up an events/animation company. It falls halfway between being a resume for Hatchard and a long list of activities and associations of Hotbox, his company. Most if not all the sources verify something trivial about Hotbox. There is barely anything in the references of note, certainly no in-depth, independent, reliable coverage about Hatchard. With his uncommon name you would expect to find anything that exists online, unfortunately I can't find anything to support this article. The 'notability' tag has been on the article for many months. Sionk (talk) 22:48, 14 March 2012 (UTC)

I wrote this article as Hatchard's company, Hotbox Studios, is very successful and has been covered by a number of reliable and independent sources. As it's founder, Hatchard is also mentioned in this articles, so I considered an article about him would meet the general notability requirement. Perhaps there is too much focus on him and not enough on the company however. Maybe the article should be titled 'Hotbox Studios' instead and give more prominence to the company. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Crystal Wilde (talk • contribs) 03:18, 15 March 2012 (UTC)


 * Delete - I cannot find signifcant coverage about Hatchard or Hotbox Studios to establish notability. The long list of references in the article are almost solely non-reliable sources.  If substantial reliable sources can be put forward as asserted above, then I will certinaly consider them. -- Whpq (talk) 14:07, 15 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Arts-related deletion discussions.  — Frankie (talk) 21:00, 16 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of People-related deletion discussions.  — Frankie (talk) 21:00, 16 March 2012 (UTC)


 * Delete or Merge to Hotbox. - Frankie1969 (talk) 11:37, 17 March 2012 (UTC)


 * N.B. I have also nominated Hotbox Events for deletion, similarly poorly sourced and non-notable. Sionk (talk) 12:40, 17 March 2012 (UTC)
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