Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Paul Randles


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The result was   delete. Stifle (talk) 18:07, 27 July 2013 (UTC)

Paul Randles

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The vast majority of board game designers aren't notable. He's no exception. Clarityfiend (talk) 00:03, 20 July 2013 (UTC)
 * Delete No relevant Google hits, obituaries aren't reliable sources. -- SamX‧☎‧✎  01:20, 20 July 2013 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of United States of America-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 02:24, 20 July 2013 (UTC)
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 * Keep Multiple design credits for multiple companies. Here's a profile.  And here's another.  Note that, as the person is dead, BLP considerations do not apply.  Our editing policy  is therefore to keep the material.  Warden (talk) 09:06, 20 July 2013 (UTC)
 * Comment. A profile by a game vendor and two lines by something called Board Game Geek. Does this really satisfy WP:BIO? Clarityfiend (talk) 11:17, 20 July 2013 (UTC)
 * BoardGameGeek is "a resource without peer for board and card gamers, the recognized authority of this online community." It is an excellent source for our purpose.  Your sneering is irrelevant per WP:IDONTLIKEIT. Warden (talk) 14:25, 20 July 2013 (UTC)
 * Comment. That wasn't sneering. This is sneering: The Board Game Geek entry, all two lines of it, is copied from the Wikipedia article. Clarityfiend (talk) 06:45, 22 July 2013 (UTC)
 * That's not sneering; I must do more work on that topic. I noticed the issue you raise when I looked at the profile but considered it unimportant in assessing notability as the significant point was that BGG considered this designer significant enough to have a profile, albeit of poor quality.  But, if you want to see a better quality profile, then here's a third one.  Finding these profiles is just a matter of searching - takes about 30 seconds.  The ease with which coverage can be found further demonstrates the notability of the topic. Warden (talk) 11:04, 22 July 2013 (UTC)
 * Per WP:USERGENERATED, "self-published media ... are largely not acceptable. This includes any website whose content is largely user-generated." "The site is updated on a real-time basis by its large and still growing user base". Your first profile isn't neutral. I don't see anything in the third (maybe the pages I'm allowed to see are different than yours?). Clarityfiend (talk) 13:05, 22 July 2013 (UTC)
 * There are multiple entries in that book - try page 133, which starts "Paul Randles was a manager for a games company..." For yet another profile, see no. 4. Warden (talk) 14:54, 22 July 2013 (UTC)


 * Delete - Game Inventor's Guidebook is a good source, but Boardgamegeeks is not a reliable source. I don;t see any other significant coverage that would indicate that Wikipedia's inclusion criteria are met. -- Whpq (talk) 17:01, 23 July 2013 (UTC)
 * Delete Agree with the above. No indication of significance via WP:RS that would merit a separate entry. Eusebeus (talk) 17:28, 25 July 2013 (UTC)
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