How come Jeff Gerstmann gets his own Wikipedia page...?

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#1  Edited By AlexMarra

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#2  Edited By JJWeatherman

Because you haven't created Ryan's yet. Get to it!

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because nobody has written it yet. That's how Wikipedia works.

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#4  Edited By JJOR64
@JJWeatherman said:
" Because you haven't created Ryan's yet. Get to it! "
What he said.  GET TO IT!!
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#5  Edited By FiestaUnicorn

Ryan Davis is not a real person.  He's sort of like the doctor from Star Trek Voyager who was a hologram.
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#6  Edited By JJOR64
@AlexMarra said:
" @JJWeatherman:  No, I do believe Ryan Davis did in fact have his own Wikipedia page at one point, but it's not there anymore. "
Hmm...  Well, my guess is that Jeff has a history behind and Ryan does not.  That's my guess to why Jeff has a page and Ryan does not.
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#7  Edited By BeachThunder

He might not have one on Wikipedia, but he definitely has one on Giant Bomb's wiki...

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#8  Edited By Phished0ne

Because Wikipedia has arbitrary rules for what is "notable" enough to go on their site, even though Wikipedia has essentially unlimited space for for pages.

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#9  Edited By The_A_Drain
@JJOR64 said:
" @AlexMarra said:
" @JJWeatherman:  No, I do believe Ryan Davis did in fact have his own Wikipedia page at one point, but it's not there anymore. "
Hmm...  Well, my guess is that Jeff has a public history behind and Ryan does not.  That's my guess to why Jeff has a page and Ryan does not. "
Fixed?
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#10  Edited By JJWeatherman
@FiestaUnicorn said:
" Ryan Davis is not a real person.  He's sort of like the doctor from Star Trek Voyager who was a hologram. "
I always suspected as much.
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#11  Edited By SSValis

because Jeff is the most famous

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#12  Edited By Jacob_Shock

Maybe Ryan didn't want the attent.. who am I kidding? I don't know.
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#13  Edited By Mushir

Jeff had a lot of controversy behind him when he left Gamespot. I'm guessing that's what warranted him to have a Wikipedia page.

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#14  Edited By StaticFalconar
@Phished0ne said:
" Because Wikipedia has arbitrary rules for what is "notable" enough to go on their site, even though Wikipedia has essentially unlimited space for for pages. "
So that means wiki has something against Ryan but not Jeff for some reason. 
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#15  Edited By MattyFTM  Moderator

Because Jeff meets Wikipedia's notability guidelines and Ryan doesn't. Simple.

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#16  Edited By Hourai

Because of the Gerstmanngate incident. 

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#17  Edited By superfriend

Jeff > Ryan
but then again 
Jeff > almost anybody in the industry. That guy got influence, folks.

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#18  Edited By HODGEY3000

why doesnt someone make one for ryan
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#19  Edited By Hourai
@HODGEY3000 said:
" why doesnt someone make one for ryan "
It has to be full of noteworthy content and properly cited and everything or Wikipedia will just delete it. 
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#20  Edited By triple07
@Twilight said:
" Jeff had a lot of controversy behind him when he left Gamespot. I'm guessing that's what warranted him to have a Wikipedia page. "
@MattyFTM said:
" Because Jeff meets Wikipedia's notability guidelines and Ryan doesn't. Simple. "
This is why.
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#21  Edited By lizcav
@Hourai said:

" @HODGEY3000 said:

" why doesnt someone make one for ryan "
It has to be full of noteworthy content and properly cited and everything or Wikipedia will just delete it.  "
And most people are to lazy/busy/in stasis to do that..... hence no page. It's not a matter of notability guidelines.... geeze... .there are some really non-notable people on wiki.... 
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#22  Edited By MrSnow

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#23  Edited By LordAndrew

Ryan is probably not notable. Jeff is.

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#24  Edited By HandsomeDead

Because unlike Jeff, Ryan's Ruff, Tuff and Dangerous.

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#25  Edited By Video_Game_King

You have to have been credited in a game, even if it was for absolutely nothing at all.

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#26  Edited By iam3green

he is god.

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#27  Edited By Cube

Not only does Ryan not meet qualifications, but he doesn't deserve one. 

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#28  Edited By Jeffery

 
How about Brad?

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#29  Edited By AhmadMetallic
@The_A_Drain said:
" @JJOR64 said:
" @AlexMarra said:
" @JJWeatherman:  No, I do believe Ryan Davis did in fact have his own Wikipedia page at one point, but it's not there anymore. "
Hmm...  Well, my guess is that Jeff has a public history behind and Ryan does not.  That's my guess to why Jeff has a page and Ryan does not. "
Fixed? "
Yes.
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#30  Edited By zero_

Because Jeff is better than Ryan. BOOM! ....yeah come on, who wants 'sum

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#31  Edited By selbie

 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryan_Davis
 
Close enough?
 
As you can see, most of Jeff's page is about his Gamespot involvement, plus notable media appearances. Ryan just wasn't STICKIN' IT TO DA MAN enough :P

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#32  Edited By Djeffers03

Hang on, why you lookin on wikipedia and not GIANTBOMB dawg!?