Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Skunk Studios, Inc.

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The result was delete. MBisanz ^talk 21:54, 22 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Skunk Studios, Inc.

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Questionably notable and improvable company article as the best I found was this, this, this and this. Pinging interested users Czar, SuperHamster, The1337gamer, VQuakr and Eeekster. SwisterTwister talk 06:10, 30 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of California-related deletion discussions. SwisterTwister talk 06:12, 30 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Software-related deletion discussions. SwisterTwister talk 06:12, 30 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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• Pinging other video games users I initially missed Esquivalience, Salvidrim, DMacks, Bovineboy2008, Samwalton9, Comatmebro, SoWhy, David Fuchs, Wizardman and NinjaRobotPirate. SwisterTwister talk 20:24, 5 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
• Comment. This is questionable. I've found numerous trivial mentions and countless press releases. I ignored those. Then I started finding lots and lots hits for the co-founder and original CEO, Margaret Wallace. It seems like Wallace is significantly more notable than the company she helped to establish. For example, [1] and [2] from Bloomberg Businessweek, both of which are more about Wallace than Skunk Studios. Still, I think it counts toward something. Amid the various announcements, I found this one on Gamezebo, which says it's the first HD hidden object game. One could easily say that this belongs in an article about the game, not the studio, but maybe that counts, too. I checked Gamasutra and Gamesindustry.biz, but there wasn't really a lot going on there outside of press releases and coverage specifically of Wallace. I'm still trying to find a secondary source that describes the company's history without seguing into a profile of Wallace. There are several articles about Wallace that describe her as a major player in the casual games market, and, as an example, they cite that she founded Skunk Studios. For example: [3] in Fortune. I don't know how much weight to put on that. If they say that she's notable for having founded the company, does that make the company notable, too? NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 01:50, 6 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

• • Delete At this point there's nothing in the article to demonstrate notability, and cursory searches of Google didn't turn up anything like a feature on the studio or the like. I looked at the games that have Wikipedia articles, and none of them sport a real review from a reputable third party that would suggest their games are notable either. Towards Ninja's comment above, notability isn't inherited. Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs^(talk) 13:16, 6 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete. Alright, I'll buy that it's inherited notability. Would be nice to find a way to save the article, but I'm not really seeing it. WP:ORG does say that a famous founder doesn't give an organization a pass. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 05:37, 15 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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