Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Matt Mecham

Matt Mecham was proposed for deletion. This page is an archive of the discussion about the proposed deletion. This page is no longer live. Further comments should be made on the article's talk page rather than here so that this page is preserved as an historic record. The result of the debate was to delete the article.

I believe this is a vanity page, delete 217.43.215.78 16:18, 14 Nov 2004 (UTC)
 * If this is an autobiography of user CTerry (and it certainly reads like it is), it should be moved to the User page. Niteowlneils 18:16, 14 Nov 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete: Invision Power Systems was already up on VfD and lost. I believe that this is not simply an entirely innocent mistake, or at least not a new one.  Geogre 19:49, 14 Nov 2004 (UTC)
 * Keep: I admit I'm new to Wiki, but I have seen Wikis for webmasters and designers. So there is some precedent, and in the context of being linked from Invision Power Board and Invision Power Services, I believe it's a valid entry, although in a sense it is a vanity page.  But I've seen vanity pages for Wiki users as well.  So, in short, Mr. Mecham is the designer of a pretty popular forum application, so in that context I feel he deserves a page.  Dark Reality
 * Sock puppet. Only one previous day of editing, much of it to the Sandbox.  RickK 23:35, Nov 14, 2004 (UTC)
 * Keep: The page can be a bit edited - but really there is nothing there to delete it
 * Sock puppet. Only previous edits were to the Sandbox.  RickK 23:35, Nov 14, 2004 (UTC)
 * Keep: This guy(Matt Mecham) Changed the way we interact with each other. This should stay here.
 * Sock puppet. This is this user's first edit.  My vote is delete.  RickK 23:35, Nov 14, 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete or move to user space if appropriate. -- Cyrius|&#9998; 00:27, 15 Nov 2004 (UTC)
 * Keep: Matt Mecham is popular enough to keep, being the developer of multiple message board software which have revolutionized the community at large. A google search for the name even shows interviews by big names with the man.
 * The above from anon user User:68.70.29.75. RickK 05:20, Nov 15, 2004 (UTC)
 * Not only is this vanity, it's formatted vanity as well! Given my strong dislike of both vanity articles and sockpuppets, delete.  Speedy, if possible. - Lucky 6.9 23:49, 15 Nov 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete -- I'm sure it's not speedyable, but any limited attraction this article might have had is obliterated by the proliferation of sockpuppets. Jwrosenzweig 23:51, 15 Nov 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete, non-notable. Impressive that he's Chairman, CEO, and the developer of both the company's products. I wonder how many employees there are. Pnot 02:50, 16 Nov 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete. [[en:RaD Man|RaD Man (talk)]] 22:16, 18 Nov 2004 (UTC)
 * delete because the sockpuppets have convinced me, yeah time to start work on making that sockpuppet image Pedant 08:25, 2004 Nov 19 (UTC)
 * Delete. Vanity page. --Calton 08:28, 19 Nov 2004 (UTC)
 * Keep - Trollminator 21:40, 19 Nov 2004 (UTC)

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