Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Derek Smart (2nd nomination)
As has previously been mentioned, apart from being a public figure and notable gaming industry veteran, the guy is a legend (for good, bad or ugly). Just one trip to any search engine shows '''hundreds of thousands''' of hits from interviews, seminars, forum postings, gaming related etc. The problem with his Wiki page is the same that afflicts all other Wiki pages in that it is subject to not only vandalism but also posts which clearly violate  as well as . It seems that every time something major happens in which he is involved, people make a beeline for his Wiki page entry in an attempt to vandalize it or add entries which are not only libelous and defamatory but also which clearly violate Wiki rules. Case in point: there is http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Derek_Smart#New_Development_Regarding_Alganon.2FQuestOnline_Position on-going legal battle between a guy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Allen_%28game_designer%29 David Allen) who he (Smart) publicly fired from the company that he Smart is now President of. So it comes as no surprise that since that happened (back to May 2010) new Wiki editors like Wikiposter0123 are once again popping up and attempting to not only taint the page but also have it deleted. They have also tried to have that libelous Follies website (which is hosted by a known Smart detractor Bill Huffman) added as an entry to his Wiki page for years and with no success. The talk pages show this effort as well as Huffman's own attempts to influence the page entries themselves. The solution, just like other Wiki pages which have the same fate, is to just lock the page and have it only edited by admins or credible Wiki editors
— User:Wildcard999, 13:40, 29 July 2010 (UTC)
Stance: keep
Cited policy: WP:BLP||WP:POV (Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons)