306:. The previous two AFDs were overwhelming keeps, and there's no indication that anything has changed to support a different result. The argument that the only available sources cover only what makes him notable, whether accurate or not, is particularly unconvincing to me. Knowledge (XXG) biographes are generally better when their contents are limited to material which reflects notability, rather than being bulked out with dating history, childhood incidents, and trivia.
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information beyond being a co-founder of Jagex and developer of RuneScape is mentioned in any reliable source. The fact that all but the barest of facts are sourced from non-independent sources is a clue to this. There is nothing here that is both worthy of reporting and not appropriate for the articles on the company or its products.
381:. The fact that there is no biographical information should not be a reason for deletion: Better to provide the reader with the information that exists in a stub, rather than have no information at all. Whilst I can see why this is on the borderline of "Keep" and "Delete" according to guidelines, I think that
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Jagex and RuneScape are undoubtedly notable. However the founder and developer--despite wealth and appearing (with no significant information beyond the source of his wealth) in lists of wealthy people--is not. There is no significant coverage of him whatsoever--no significant biographical
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Telegraph listed him and his brother as the 11th richest young entrepreneurs in the UK, this surely helps with notability concerns... (Added to the article too.)
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