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Perhaps best to make this a redirect to Zork. If anyone wants to add enough details to justify a stand-alone biographical article that option would remain available. CapnZapp (talk) 12:18, 21 June 2023 (UTC)
- Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: People, Science fiction and fantasy, and Video games. CapnZapp (talk) 12:18, 21 June 2023 (UTC)
- Keep doing a WP:BEFORE finds some passable sources [1][2] [3] [4] [5] [6] Working on WP:HEY'ing article IceBergYYC (talk) 06:32, 28 June 2023 (UTC)
- Comment as nominator: The reason I nominated this article wasn't because it wasn't sourced, but because it basically said nothing about the individual past "creating Zork". Thus, my suggestion to redirect to Zork. I still don't see why this person merits an article if we can't find any sources actually discussing the subject. As for co-founding Infocom, well, not all of the co-founders have their own Wiki page. What I'm trying to say is: while I commend your work to save articles from deletion, so far I don't see any addition that convinces me the article merits keeping. However, I realize that being notable for two things (both creating Zork and co-founding Infocom) likely will make some editors not want to have to decide where to redirect. CapnZapp (talk) 07:28, 28 June 2023 (UTC)
- Expanded again. I feel that now in its current state it's likely enough to stand alone. IceBergYYC (talk) 15:59, 28 June 2023 (UTC)
- Comment as nominator: The reason I nominated this article wasn't because it wasn't sourced, but because it basically said nothing about the individual past "creating Zork". Thus, my suggestion to redirect to Zork. I still don't see why this person merits an article if we can't find any sources actually discussing the subject. As for co-founding Infocom, well, not all of the co-founders have their own Wiki page. What I'm trying to say is: while I commend your work to save articles from deletion, so far I don't see any addition that convinces me the article merits keeping. However, I realize that being notable for two things (both creating Zork and co-founding Infocom) likely will make some editors not want to have to decide where to redirect. CapnZapp (talk) 07:28, 28 June 2023 (UTC)
Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, ✗plicit 14:06, 28 June 2023 (UTC)