Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Matt Burch

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Matt Burch
This article is written in a barely disguised first-person tone and has no possible interest to others than family & friends of Mr. Burch. All content besides spelling, grammar, and NPOV were submitted anonymously. This is a vanity article. -- Cleduc 06:27, 3 Jan 2005 (UTC) The article has been updated -- additional content and sources have been added, NPOV has been established. It does not change the fact that Mr. Burch is not notable except in the context of Ambrosia Software. The content should be merged into Ambrosia Software and this article should be deleted. -- Cleduc 06:43, 8 Jan 2005 (UTC)


 * Delete. Obvious vanity. --Wikimol 10:11, 3 Jan 2005 (UTC) (if you agree this stuff should be speedy deleteted, you can vote for extension of speedy deletion criteria, proposala III and XI)
 * Would this article really qualify under the criteria set out in those proposals? If so, looking at the lack of consensus on what to do with the article, I am glad I voted against both of them. &mdash; &#1051;&#1080;&#1074;&#1072;&#1081; | &#x263a; 00:09, 8 Jan 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. No, Matt Burch commands massive respect throughout the very large Ambrosia Software community. --Prophile 2:12, 4 Jan 2005 (UTC)
 * This is this user's only edit. RickK 06:33, Jan 5, 2005 (UTC)
 * Worse than that... he has gone on to make only two other edits: Ambrosia Software and the VfD for Andrew Welch. I guess that's what they call a single-issue voter. -- Cleduc 05:19, 8 Jan 2005 (UTC)


 * Condense further and merge into Escape Velocity (computer game), as his notability (if any) seems limited to his authorship of this game. -- Hoary 03:29, 2005 Jan 5 (UTC)
 * Delete, nn and yes, the computer game market went beyond super-saturation years ago. Wyss 04:22, 5 Jan 2005 (UTC)


 * Keep and repair. --huwr 07:10, 7 Jan 2005 (UTC)


 * Keep and repair as well. After reviewing the history of the page, this does appear to have been made by Matt Burch. It should probably be merged with the Escape Velocity page. Norg 13:47, 7 Jan 2005 (UTC)
 * On second thought, I don't think this was written by Burch. From what I've read of him, it does not seem to be something he would do. At any rate, I hope that should this get merged and not deleted, I've at least updated it with some actual information. -- Norg 21:27, 7 Jan 2005 (UTC)


 * Merge with Escape Velocity (computer game) unless someone can come up with some additional material about Mr Burch. -- Kaszeta 18:42, 7 Jan 2005 (UTC)


 * Merge and redirect. I think he's notable enough for inclusion (I may be biased; I've wasted countless hours of my life on Escape Velocity), but since his fame is pretty much restricted to the game I think merging would be a good idea. &mdash; &#1051;&#1080;&#1074;&#1072;&#1081; | &#x263a; 00:04, 8 Jan 2005 (UTC)


 * Keep and repair. Matt Burch should not be merged with Escape Velocity's page, he deserves his own page. However, it does need some work. Also, Prophile is a member of the ASW web board, and has most likely been directed here from one of two topics on seperate boards there. --Steelix 17:17, 8 Jan 2005
 * Note that this is the user's fifth edit. &mdash; &#1051;&#1080;&#1074;&#1072;&#1081; | &#x263a; 15:00, 8 Jan 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. No evidence of notability. Wile E. Heresiarch 18:30, 8 Jan 2005 (UTC)
 * I'd say keep -- I have to say that real people doing notable things (even if they aren't famous) have a lot more reason to stay in Wikipedia than random fancruft that fills this site up. He has provable credentials, he is important in the field in question (Mac games) if not to the average person on the street, and wiki is not paper. In Encyclopedia Britannica he obviously would not rate, in an encyclopedia about Mac gaming he would. Wikipedia is lots of different encyclopedias all rolled into one. (And should there not be consensus to keep, Merge and Redirect with Escape Velocity is preferable than total delete.) DreamGuy 13:28, Jan 10, 2005 (UTC)

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