Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Donald Brown (programmer)

Eamon (computer game) and SwordThrust may be notable, but the programmer behind is definitely not. Jobjörn (talk) 02:16, 28 March 2008 (UTC) Jobjörn (talk) 02:16, 28 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Keep I don't understand. Why is he "definitely not" notable? You've said the games he's written are notable, it would follow that the developer is. --Canley (talk) 02:43, 28 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- No, it would not. See Wikipedia:Notability (people)#Basic criteria - it's very clear! He is definitely not notable because there is no published, reliable, intellectually independent, independent of the subject, reliable secondary source material that he is the subject of. A crude example: while Carl Linnaeus is notable, his father is not, even though the father's child is notable. Eamon and SwordThrust are like the children of Donald Brown. Jobjörn (talk) 03:05, 28 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  - I'm sorry, but that's a ridiculous example. I am well aware of the "notability is not inherited" guideline with regards to notable people and their families, but to compare a subject's notable achievements (artistic works and the like) to children is a bizarre interpretation of the notability guideline. I presume you are saying that you have been unable to find on Google any biographical reference details other than references to Eamon and Swordthrust. --Canley (talk) 03:50, 28 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]