Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Cory Barlog

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The result was keep. 78.26 _{(spin me / revolutions)} 20:52, 3 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Cory Barlog[edit]

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Fails WP:GNG. All references are incorrect as per Wikipedia guidelines. I am surprised this article has not been flagged before Globe2trotter (talk) 18:47, 20 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of People-related deletion discussions. MT Train^Talk 03:42, 21 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of California-related deletion discussions. MT Train^Talk 03:42, 21 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

KeepI'm finding some coverage of past projects inckuding on Google Books and a lot of news coverage of him in relation to being director of the upcoming God of War video game release. FloridaArmy (talk) 14:49, 23 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 01:50, 27 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Keep -- This guy easily passes GNG. Nom fails WP:BEFORE. See e.g. interview in the Telegraph and interview in Rolling Stone, not to mention literally hundreds of interviews in top gaming blogs. Oh, and if you're thinking that interviews aren't reliable sources, perhaps they're not, but clearly they are sufficient to establish notability, e.g. per WP:INTERVIEWS. 192.160.216.52 (talk) 13:33, 27 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Keep – In-depth interviews with Daily Star, Telegraph, Gamespot and Hardcore Gamer just to name a few third party publications. The list goes on and on. I am WP:AGF with this nomination but question how much research was done before the nomination. ShoesssS ^Talk 14:13, 27 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Video games-related deletion discussions. czar 00:52, 1 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Comment - People, interviews are first party commentary. You need third party sourcing to prove notability. (WP:GNG) I'm not saying he's not notable - I haven't looked it up yet - I'm just saying, if people start throwing down some valid deletion rationales, all these "but I found this interview" comments are going to be disregarded. Sergecross73 msg me 01:24, 1 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Wrong -- Interviews are primary sources for facts stated by the subject, but they're perfectly valid for establishing notability, as they represent an independent party's judgment that the subject is worth interviewing. See WP:INTERVIEW. 192.160.216.52 (talk) 14:34, 3 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. The refs noted above are ok, less so in the article. Szzuk (talk) 10:27, 3 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Keep, though the article does need to be better sourced. However, as per other editors, the sources do seem to exist and the subject passes GNG. Chetsford (talk) 19:43, 3 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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