Talk:Chris Hecker

message: The article may be improved by following the WikiProject Biography 11 easy steps to producing at least a B article. -- Edofedinburgh 00:36, 24 March 2007 (UTC)
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message: Due to the timing of the CSD A7 deletion of this article in relation to the publication of the inflammatory remarks by this article's subject at the Game Developers Conference, I have reverted the deletion with help from Google Cache, and dispute the reason for the claimed Speedy Deletion.
I have not yet added the complete Category Links and what-not, only the base article with the external links listed at the bottom that were in the previously-cached version. Trial-by-fire learning templates and category adding and what-not, as I hadn't done them before, but wanted to get the article up-and-running first, instead of trying to submit a 'single perfect edit' to revert the deletion.
The appropriate CSD A7 warning has been added to the top of the article, in addition to the appropriate counter-tag to direct discussion to this talk page. I am also watching this page, and storing the current version locally to counter any pending delete-war.
:: Why the heck was this deleted? What the Google cache gives is a useful article on a relevant person, plus he is of special interest due to his current rant on Nintendo. Protect it, I could understand this, but DELETE? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 80.137.126.32 (talk) 18:03, 8 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text:  I agree.  This speedy deletion was extremely questionable.  A ten-second glance at the history page shows extensive vandalism activity immediately prior to the request.  The correct action would clearly have been to protect the page, then work on the talk page to resolve the issue as to whether the page should be deleted or kept.  The fact that the page was instead deleted suggests to me that more care needs to be taken on Wikipedia when evaluating requests for speedy deletion.  Cmuratori 21:26, 8 March 2007 (UTC)

text: I second the call for this page to be protected, as it is very frequently vandalized. Especially since The Hecker Effect phenomena on GameFAQs and Spore Forums has lead to such a backlash of unjustifiable hatred against this man by disgruntled gamers. --Valentine82 (talk) 02:54, 31 October 2008 (UTC)
replies: text:  The speedy deletion seems weird.  That said, the lack of citation for these quotes (although I've seen the third-party citations so I don't doubt the veracity of them) doesn't lend this article to being up to standards.  I'll see if I can add some. Eddie Parker 16:46, 9 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Deletion

message: I was just reading the bio on chrishecker.com and I don't see any proof that he actually writes code. I don't think he actually creates games, looks more like he's in management. 198.6.46.11 (talk) 21:30, 29 October 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: He is definitely a programmer.  He wrote WinG, a long-running programming column for Game Developer Magazine, the renderer for Encarta World Atlas, GLSetup, and the creature tesselation, painting, and animation systems for Spore (and is the primary author on the SIGGRAPH paper published regarding said animation system).--Cmuratori (talk) 21:51, 29 October 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: User Cmuratori is correct, the mention that Chris Hecker is a programmer is more than justified, and his status as a programmer is independently well established. His history as a programmer speaks for itself. --Valentine82 (talk) 02:30, 31 October 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Fair enough...don't suppose you could source it? Also, neither of you has a user page. 198.6.46.11 (talk) 16:24, 31 October 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes I can source any of that if you'd like... for what parts did you want sources?  I have recently added sourcing to the article itself for the SIGGRAPH paper, an interview corroborating his creation of WinG, and two interviews about his work on Spore.  I am still looking for a good source for credits for the original 3D Encarta World Atlas on which he did the renderer, since there isn't a credits database for those sorts of things like there are for games (as far as I know).--Cmuratori (talk) 20:23, 31 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Programmer?

message: Why is there a factual dispute tag at the top of the article now?  Is there actually a fact in the article as currently written that someone is disputing?  If so, what is it, and who is disputing it?  If no one elaborates I am removing the tag.--Cmuratori (talk) 01:08, 31 October 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree it should be removed. It seemed to have been slapped on as an afterthought, or possibly in anticipation of further edit warring.  THEN WHO WAS PHONE? (talk) 01:35, 31 October 2008 (UTC)
replies: text:  I also agree that it should be remove, there doesn't appear to be any factually inaccurate information currently in the article. --Valentine82 (talk) 02:20, 31 October 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Since the decision that the tag warrents removal is unanimous and there is no agrument for why it should remain, I'm going ahead with it's removal. If an argument is presented in the future for why it should remain, I'll re-add it pending full discussion on why it should remain. --Valentine82 (talk) 07:44, 31 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Factual dispute tag? 

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