Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Andy Davidson (game designer)

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The result was merge to Worms (series). Or to Team17, whichever the merging editors prefer. Sandstein 14:31, 14 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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The subject of this article appears to be notable for one event only, which is creating the Worms franchise. In this case, it may as well be appropriate to redirect it to that article, or it could be deleted and his name can remain on the disambiguation page while pointing to the franchise. FreeMediaKid! 07:08, 29 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of People-related deletion discussions. FreeMediaKid! 07:08, 29 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Video games-related deletion discussions. FreeMediaKid! 07:08, 29 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep A franchise is not a single event; it's quite the opposite as the essence of a franchise is that there are multiple parts. Andrew🐉(talk) 10:27, 29 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Are you the same Andrew Davidson that the article is about? ApLundell (talk) 23:05, 29 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Not likely. While it may look like a conflict of interest, if we look at the photographs of the user on his user page and Andy Davidson, we can see that the game designer has darker hair and thik eyelashes. The Wikipedia user's face, however, appears to be less elongated. FreeMediaKid! 01:20, 30 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

• KEEP Based on what I found after a few seconds of looking for reliable sources after clicking the link at the top of the AFD for Wikipedia reliable sources. https://www.engadget.com/2012-04-02-worms-creator-davidson-rejoins-team17-after-14-year-absence.html https://www.theguardian.com/technology/gamesblog/2011/oct/17/worms-and-team17 https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2016/06/history-of-team17-and-worms/3/ Dream Focus 02:08, 1 May 2020 (UTC) 16:38, 29 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep I agree with Andrew; a franchise is not one single event. His work (Worms (1995 video game)) is notable, and he has "played a major role in co-creating" it. Ahmad^talk 19:36, 29 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
• Merge or delete, 'Worms' and the franchise it's spawned are undeniably notable, but this entire article is about Worms. There doesn't seem to be any separate notability. It could all be folded into the 'Worms' article. (The three links DreamFocus provides above after "a few seconds" of searching, don't actually address this concern. ) ApLundell (talk) 23:05, 29 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I may have been mistaken to call a franchise a single (albeit large-scale) event, but that does not mean that the article should be kept. I did mean that I cannot think of some other event that the British game designer was notable for. I apologize for my confusing language. I just struck out my second option in my first comment because I think it can be useful as a redirect. FreeMediaKid! 01:20, 30 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

• Merge to Team 17. Both Team 17 and Worms are clearly notable, and Andy's participation in both is significant [1] but to that end, he has little else for notability going for him. Thus he should be searchable term, named out at both Team 17 and Worms, but not a standalone article. --Masem (t) 22:57, 3 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]
• Merge to Team 17. Of the reliable coverage I could find there is not much that was significant or in-depth enough to be notable for his own article (WP:GNG). The mentions of him were either his creation of the Worms franchise or that he returned to Team 17 in 2012, nothing in-depth. [2], [3], [4], [5], [6], [7], [8], [9], [10], [11], [12]. Regards  Spy-cicle💥  ^Talk? 16:22, 4 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

• Merge to Worms or (less preferably) Team17. Davidson is known for creating Worms and he now works for Team17, but that's the most there is. Not enough significant coverage to justify a separate article. IceWelder [✉] 15:59, 11 May 2020 (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.