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The result of the debate was nomination withdrawn by Jdoorjam. (ESkog)(Talk) 07:17, 22 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
He's had an interesting career, I suppose, but is simply not notable. JDoorjam 19:58, 21 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Weak Keep I remember Siegler posting on the same BBS message board as me years ago, so I somewhat know who he is. --MisterHand 20:30, 21 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
By reciprocation, if he remembers you, do you get your own page on Wikipedia? JDoorjam 21:23, 21 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
I already have my own page: MisterHand. But, what I should have said is that I remember him being from Apogee back in the day when they were THE name in shareware games. -- MisterHand 21:28, 21 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - Well, I wrote the article, so I would just look silly if I voted otherwise. :) There aren't that many Wikipedia articles linking to him, but for instance a Google search for "Joe Siegler" (including the quotes) gives me about... 73,500 hits, if that means something. If you are active in the Apogee/3D Realms community (or one of its game-specific sub-communities), you know who he is. He is of course also synonymous with Dopefish. Anyway, I figured that was enough when I wrote it. Maybe I was wrong? Retodon8 23:03, 21 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Apogee's influence in the computer games world is enormous, particularly considering its size, and Siegler has contributed significantly to it. Kragen Sitaker 23:17, 21 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Keep per above. -- JJay 02:41, 22 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
I will confess (at the obvious and critical! detriment of the AfD) to know very little about Dopefish. I would guess it's a cold-blooded animal off of which one can get high. While I can't close the AfD, I'd ask an admin to do so, and would gently suggest the notability be stressed more sharply in the article for those of us who have not browsed across those 73,000 hits. Cheers, JDoorjam 03:42, 22 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
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