Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/David Rolfe (programmer)

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The result was delete. Kurykh (talk) 01:26, 12 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

David Rolfe (programmer)

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Not the subject of significant coverage from reliable, independent sources. (?) No in-depth hits in a video game reliable sources custom, books, or regular Google searches, and no suitable redirect targets (isn't known as an employee or designer of a single company/game). czar 07:52, 4 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of People-related deletion discussions. czar 07:53, 4 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Video games-related deletion discussions. czar 07:54, 4 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Delete lacks significant coverage to show notability.John Pack Lambert (talk) 04:25, 5 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. He seems to have a following on blogs, forums, and fan sites. However, these are not reliable sources. There are some promising hits on Google Books, but they're hidden behind Google's snippet view. For example: this book published by Sybex. It clearly mentions Rolfe in a chapter about the Intellivision, but this is the only hit listed by Google for "Rolfe" in the book. From what one can tell by the limited preview, this seems like a trivial mention. If someone can locate coverage that more readily demonstrates significant coverage, the article can be recreated. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 21:41, 6 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. I don't think we should be discounting a citation in a book just because it's not available in a google search! I happen to have that book on my shelf, and it credits Rolfe with writing "the software, including the Exec OS and Major League Baseball." Each of those items by itself is fairly significant. Trivial searches also reveal other (significant) games he developed that aren't cited in the Wikipedia article. In short, I don't think the problem is that he's not notable, I think the problem is that the article isn't adequately fleshed out. I can volunteer to improve it. Nandesuka (talk) 23:57, 6 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Haven't seen your source, but that would be two passing mentions. Where is the content for us to write an article about him? Now would be the time to show your sources. czar 02:32, 7 February 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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