Talk:Tom Chilton (game developer)

message: This section seems redundant, not to mention its been the site of most of the vandalism on this page Jklharris 09:51, 19 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Personal 

message: I just want to add in some quick thoughts on the deletion potential of this article since it doesn't seem to be addressed outside the complaints about vandals.
Regardless of the current state of the Blizzard / Warcraft Community, Tom Chilton is one of the lead developers for currently the MOST POPULAR game in the world. With 10 million subscribers, the efforts he added into the game's development should be recognized heavily. An article regarding this individual does deserve to be in existence considering he is a lead developer.
Beyond that, the contents of the article are what should be in question, not weather the article itself should exist or not. Tom Chilton has certainly made his mark on the world to the point that a wiki article for this individual not only deserves to be existence, but in good faith of the wiki project, must be. --151.199.226.77 (talk) 19:35, 25 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Regarding Deletion Potential 

message: Even ignoring all the vandalism, this entire article is just full of bias. Basically this page reads like it was written by WoW General Forum trolls. For example: I have never heard it suggested by anyone that somehow balancing for teamplay rather than for 1v1 caters to "hardcore" (a term that is not defined or linked to a definition) instead of "casual" (again, same problem) players. Plenty of games favor team effort over singular effort and could still be considered easily accessible (or "casual"). For example: Baseball or Gin Rummy. I would suggest scrapping the entire thing and starting over with a neutral article. 68.207.126.7 (talk) 21:26, 28 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Why does this article exist?  It seems this person is not notable enough for a Wikipedia article.  I suspect it was self created and violates several Wikipedia guidelines. 208.203.4.140 (talk) 21:52, 28 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: It exists for the same reason that articles about other game developers exist.  He is a very influential developer and is known in the gaming world not to mention that he is the lead developer for the largest MMO in existence.  I'm very sick of Wikipedia's standard of deleting articles because they "Feel that they aren't necessary" and  they "violate Wikipedia guildlines."  That mentality is destroying this site and useful information is becomes more difficult to find.  134.129.71.172 (talk) 18:48, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

text:  This is absolutely not "self created". It was created by a World of Warcraft player. No one would create an article about themselves with such negative bias (other than a troll). 68.207.126.7 (talk) 19:30, 29 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Bias 

message: What is this crap? This page is getting worse all the time. It's basically a place for players to mock this person. This page is an example of why wikipedia fails. Editors have no clue who this guy is, and there's too many pages for them to police all of them, so people just put up insulting crap about whoever they want to link to other people and giggle about it. This page should be reduced to the facts alone ("Tom Chilton is lead game designer in charge of pvp/class balance/whatever") and locked. 72.189.248.245 (talk) 21:59, 7 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Kalganism"? 

message: This page needs protected again.  They are deleting factual information presented on this page. Greatcow95 (talk) 22:01, 16 March 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Forums and patch notes don't meet the rigorous sourcing requirements of WP:BLP, particularly regarding controversial and contentious material -- have reliable secondary sources reported any of this? Such sourcing is critical on biographies of living persons. – Luna Santin (talk) 01:26, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

text: "Kalganism" is not remotely notable enough for Wikipedia. It's that simple. - Glynth (talk) 05:50, 24 March 2008 (UTC)
replies: text:  The term is popular enough to have wedged its way into MANY circles and has an entry in Urban Dictionary. It might be some what derogatory in nature, it has a president for the legacy this individual has obtained (good and bad). --151.199.226.77 (talk) 23:50, 26 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Protection

message: While Tom Chilton currently has a prestigious job as a lead software engineer at blizzard, he is unpopular among players.  Any negative or controversial changes on this page are immediately reverted, how is that NPOV?  Is this page watched by someone affiliated with Blizzard?  Or did I miss something that different rules apply because he is still alive?
Feel free to add factual information about his career/success of the game. Noting that he is unpopular might be tolerable, but any attempt to explain his unpopularity comes off as childish and unsubstantiated. 151.203.224.129 (talk) 17:06, 1 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Why are any negative changes to this page reverted? 

message: Many of the things that makes this man famous are the negative things about him.  By reverting anything negative added to the article, this neutered mess is the result.  This is as POV as if the entire article was written with a negative tone.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.233.148.176 (talk) 02:02, 28 January 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: If that's your opinion, then you obviously don't know what POV means. -- Glynth (talk) 10:12, 18 December 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  This emasculated article says nothing