Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Hannes Seifert

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The result was delete. Spartaz ^Humbug! 10:00, 24 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Hannes Seifert[edit]

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Entirely unsourced, quick look-ups indicate a WP:SIGCOV failure (although there are source that say that he was a founder and head of Neo Software (later Rockstar Vienna) and Games That Matter Productions (later Deep Silver Vienna), as well as 2010-2017 head of IO Interactive, there is just about nothing on the person himself). This is definetly not suitable for a BLP article. Lordtobi (✉) 17:01, 9 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Delete lack of the significant coverage needed to pass the general notability guidelines.John Pack Lambert (talk) 18:18, 9 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Video games-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 21:03, 9 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Bands and musicians-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 21:03, 9 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Austria-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 21:03, 9 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Keep from Video Games Around the World page 72 "the first commercial video game developed in Austria was the text adventure game Der verlassene Planet (The Abandoned Planet) (see fig. 1), created by Hannes Seifert in Austria and released in 1989 by the German publisher Markt & Technik". This guy and his work have been covered for decades. FloridaArmy (talk) 23:19, 9 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]
@FloridaArmy: Notability is not inherited; even if his works have been covered in great detail, he has not, wherefore the article fails WP:SIGCOV (as stated above). Lordtobi (✉) 23:22, 9 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

He and his work are the subject of much discussion amd interviews. He's influential. Father of Austrian video game development. He developed video games and video gaming companoes so it seems strange to object to him being covered in that context. Do you want him to be covered fpr doing other then what his known for? FloridaArmy (talk) 23:25, 9 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

All interviews he has ever been in do not discuss him, but rather projects of his. Show me a few good sources that go in detail about the person himself, not just something he has created. E.g., we need at least 2–3 sources that confirm all claims made in the article. Unsourced claims are a no-go for encyclopedia, especially for BLPs. Quick searches indicate that there are no such sources. Lordtobi (✉) 23:32, 9 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Sandstein 22:54, 16 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Delete per nom. I am perplexed how someone apparently so famous could have no reliable coverage? Either we're missing that (which would change my vote to keep if included) or he's not notable after all. Ifnord (talk) 17:07, 23 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. 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.