Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Dinnerbone

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 redirect to Mojang. Two "Keep" opinions were provided. One was a generic WP:PERABOVE which I've set aside as it's not clear to what it is referring. The other offers more detail, but there's no clear rationale for keeping that's based on a policy. Redirecting rather than deleting as a plausible search term. Lankiveil ^{(speak to me)} 12:03, 5 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Dinnerbone[edit]

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Aside from working as a programmer for a company that has received a decent amount of attention, the subject of this page does not convey that this individual is any more notable than the forty-six other Mojang employees. Unless there are sources that indicate that this figure has achieved something notable themselves, this page should be deleted. DARTHBOTTO_talk•cont 05:24, 24 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete - There are news links from over the years but nothing significant or notable and Books found nothing. SwisterTwister talk 19:45, 26 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Comment Looking over various factors, he has 428,000 followers on Twitter and 42,000 subscribers on YouTube which is better than most developers. And using this search it seems he's a public facing developer, being quoted plenty of times about news, changes and releases relating to Minecraft. I can at least say there's no mention of his rework of the Minecraft Ender Dragon and other points that would be worth mentioning in the article --- :D Derry Adama (talk) 13:46, 27 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - Based on User:DerryAdama's comments, it seems reasonable to keep the article. Dinnerbone is probably the most widely recognizable employee of Mojang, after Bergensten and Persson, even ranking higher than Mojang's co-founders. Whether this is due to prevalence online in social (or other) media or otherwise is debatable, but ultimately the perks of being a 'public facing' developer makes this article worth keeping. After all, one wouldn't propose a the page for a writer's magnum opus for deletion only because their other books aren't notable enough for articles of their own. Plot Citizen (talk) 17:55, 27 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - Most of the article is fluff and can be summarized in one sentence the company article under a section called "key people" or something. Additionally this article is basically an orphan, except for being included on the Mojang template. —Мандичка^YO 😜 04:17, 28 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@Wikimandia: You're proposing a merge and redirect then?--- :D Derry Adama (talk) 16:41, 28 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - No coverage in main stream media significantly about Adams per WP:BASIC. Spshu (talk) 15:22, 30 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect to Mojang --- :D Derry Adama (talk) 20:53, 1 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect to Mojang or Minecraft: fails WP:BASIC, many passing mentions, but very little actual coverage. Esquivalience ^t 02:03, 2 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. Article topic lacks significant coverage from reliable, independent sources. (?) As for the argument that the subject is popular on Twitter, still no part of this bio meets the notability guideline for creatives. Only hits in a video game reliable sources custom Google search were in passing. The subject is not mentioned at either the Mojang or Minecraft articles, so those would not be worthwhile redirects. If there was something on Bukkit, perhaps, but there isn't a section for that (perhaps because it isn't notable). Please ping me you find more (non-English and offline) sources. czar ⨹ 19:52, 3 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Strong keep - As above. J 1982 (talk) 11:29, 5 May 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.