Suggestion: Change the rules on "Person" pages

This "rule" is on the help page regarding what makes a person valid for having his own page. According to the moderators, this is an inflexible rule that they are adhering to strictly, so I think it should be changed. Here's the rule:

I've noticed Billy Mitchell is here, not because he made the games, but because he has the world records for the games, so something should be changed: either take out Billy or give some notable exceptions  in the persons rule.

If reviewers were allowed, could you submit the games they reviewed under them?

"I've noticed Billy Mitchell is here, not because he made the games, but because he has the world records for the games, so something should be changed: either take out Billy or give some notable exceptions  in the persons rule.

If reviewers were allowed, could you submit the games they reviewed under them?"

I agree that this rule should be changed, especially with that example of Billy Mitchell.

Not to mention, how many people are left uncredited in a game because the companies feel they have the right to remove staff credits (which really angers and saddens me).

So yes, please change the rule!

From what I understand Giant Bomb was mean to be an encyclopedia of videogames, thus I feel that even videogames journalists should be allowed, I mean people who have been in the industry for a long time like Garnett Lee and Matt Cassimina (sp?) should be allowed to have pages, they've been part of the culture and in some cases controversy.

Adding people who are meaningful to the industry, but isn't necessarily credited in a game... Yeah, I would be all for that! There needs to be a line for how meaningful to the industry someone has to be before they deserve a page, though.

I see your point.

If the most basic of requirements for a Person page is lifted, who is going to decide which people are "important" enough to be included in the Wiki?  It's too subjective.

The people decide!  It's a wiki!

"The people decide!  It's a wiki!"

It's not a bad idea, I wouldn't mind seeing it implemented. but if you really want the site designers to see this you might wanna post it in the official suggestion thread.

"It's not a bad idea, I wouldn't mind seeing it implemented. but if you really want the site designers to see this you might wanna post it in the official suggestion thread."

You could end up with a wiki containing all the members of a famous CS clan, just because some people think those guys are important enough to have their own wiki page. I agree with MB that it is too subjective, and this would put a lot of extra work on the mods.

"Vaxadrin said:

"The people decide!  It's a wiki!"

  Bingo."

"Patchinko said:

"Vaxadrin said:

"The people decide!  It's a wiki!"

  Bingo."

The problem is, people are idiots sometimes."

This isn't about making things easier on the Wiki moderators.  It's about keeping the scope of pages that are added to the Wiki focused on people that actually work on games.  I'm not saying the rule will never be changed, just trying to clear up why this rule is in place.

Yeah, I agree. There's a road ahead. I just think that particular rule could cause relevant content to be excluded. I will say, with gratitude, that I know you guys have been letting some people who aren't creditted slide because they're clearly relevant, so thanks for that. :)