Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Stefan Poag

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. Spartaz ^Humbug! 22:03, 1 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Stefan Poag[edit]

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Unreferenced article about an artist which does not meet WP:ARTIST or WP:GNG. Searches have come up with several blogs posts and a vendor site which does not establish enough notability. McMatter ^(talk)/_(contrib) 15:49, 16 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of People-related deletion discussions. McMatter ^(talk)/_(contrib) 15:49, 16 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Fictional elements-related deletion discussions. McMatter ^(talk)/_(contrib) 15:50, 16 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Arts-related deletion discussions. McMatter ^(talk)/_(contrib) 15:50, 16 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - as an RPG writer myself, I respect the field in which he works; but he's a non-notable illustrator for a minor publisher, and we have no sources to back up any assertion of notability. --Orange Mike | Talk 14:51, 19 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Comment - I would take issue with the statement that Goodman Games, Green Ronin Publishing, Kenzer & Co., and Necromancer Games are non-notable publishers. These are literally some of the most venerable RPG publishers there are with over a decade in existence each. The credit list is still not completed. I added reference links for each one, but they were deleted with the comment "spam". Is there a guideline about which is a valid reference link and what is not? OSRdude (talk) 01:25, 15 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, there are guidelines. References need to be ABOUT the subject of the article. For important topics within the article text, you can wp:wikilink (using two square brackets) to the relevant Wikipedia article. You generally only link to each topic once. I added a link to Goodman Games as an example. LaMona (talk) 04:43, 25 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

ps: The existence of WP articles for the publishers does show that they aren't entirely non-notable. LaMona (talk) 04:48, 25 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, —☮JAaron95 ^Talk 18:43, 23 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Delete for now as I see no immediately better improvement and a better article can be restarted later if needed. SwisterTwister talk 05:09, 25 October 2015 (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.