Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Sujoy Roy

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The result was keep. The Nordic Goddess Kristen ^{Worship her} 00:18, 17 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Sujoy Roy[edit]

Delete. Fails WP: BIO and WP: Notability. Professional online gamers do not meet these criteria. MrShamrock (talk) 23:28, 13 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Living people-related deletion discussions. --Erwin85Bot (talk) 00:01, 14 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. Not sure why professional gaming competitors should be treated differently from any other competitive endeavour. Mr. Roy has attracted a lot of media attention (e.g. [1] [2], a list of various stuff on his home page (a lot of which is not available online so I haven't been able to check it) [3], an article in C&VG that gives a brief profile and some comment [4], a lot of stuff like this about things he did following his professional gaming career. Yeah, I'd say this guy is notable. JulesH (talk) 09:41, 14 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- More: profile in The Independent [5]. Interview at CustomPC [6]. I'd say this verges on a speedy keep. JulesH (talk) 09:44, 14 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of video game related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 10:37, 14 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - above items are convincing, but obviously need implementing as the article currently fails WP:V. Marasmusine (talk) 11:01, 14 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Keep per sources found by JulesH one of the references even called him "the UK's first professional video gamer." (which makes him pretty much notable by default for being an important figure in a particular branche of gaming, just like musicians who are the pioneering representatives of a genre). The assertion of the nominator that professional gamers can never meet the criteria is erronous. If the competitions they're playing are sufficiently large they could even meet WP:ATHLETE. - Mgm|^(talk) 11:16, 14 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - References found by JulesH are reliable, and shows that Sujoy Roy is notable. The bio needs to be developed. More references should be added to the bio. AdjustShift (talk) 16:27, 16 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- I add a source found by JulesH to the bio.[7] The bio is better now, but it needs additional citations for verification. AdjustShift (talk) 16:53, 16 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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