Talk:Nick Pelling

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Game list[edit]

Which of the games on this list were actually designed by Pelling, and which were ports of games that were written by others? They should be separated out. --El on ka 22:18, 27 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Elonka, it doesn't really matter because Wikipedia editors recommended the list be deleted. :-( Nickpelling (talk) 14:10, 2 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

But it matters what's of interest to readers. However, what we're lacking is references. As to Elonka's question, are the answers covered in previous published sources... or is it about time to arrange another interview? -- Trevj (talk · contribs) 09:40, 4 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

This has been kind-of answered in the AFD... but that's WP:OR for inclusion within the article, of course. -- Trevj (talk · contribs) 21:09, 1 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Voynich contributions not notable[edit]

I've removed the information pertaining to Voynich as he is not a notable scholar for this crypto-document. However I'm retaining information relating to his game development career as his coining the term "gamification" gives some weight to the games he made.Simonm223 (talk) 14:41, 20 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Can you please point me at some Voynich scholars who you would consider notable? I'd be fascinated to see your list. Nickpelling (talk) 21:48, 28 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Maybe Stephen Bax - but that'd be about it. Because, frankly, most of the media doesn't care enough about one coded book to pay any attention; which makes WP:RS hard to establish. Simonm223 (talk) 21:54, 1 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

You must therefore be aware that the Voynich Manuscript has received an enormous amount of media attention over the last two months, which suggests the opposite of what you're claiming. Similarly, my book "The Curse of the Voynich" received a favourable 2007 review in Cryptologia by Augusto Buonofalce - http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/01611190701244541?journalCode=ucry20#.UyQuLGdF1aQ - and was subsequently cited in a 2008 Cryptologia article - http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/01611190701756585#.UyQu8mdF1aQ . Hence I suspect you're being a bit selective, and possibly a bit mean-spirited: a single sentence (or indeed clause) mentioning my decade-long Voynich research would hardly make this some kind of vanity bio. Nickpelling (talk) 10:47, 15 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Programming interviews[edit]

In addition to the 1987 A & B Computing interview, a more recent one exists but it seems to be WP:SPS. Therefore, it'd be questionable to include it as a reference here. Having said that, if the subject is able to authenticate the contents then perhaps it could be used after all. -- Trevj (talk · contribs) 03:04, 28 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

AfD follow-up[edit]

Actually reviewing the sources in the AfD, none of the ones that claim he coined "gamification" look reliable. Very sparse reliable sourcing here. czar 05:50, 9 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Literally who?[edit]

Was this written by Nick himself why is this article up? He certainly didnt develop all those games by himself — Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.27.84.205 (talk) 01:01, 1 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]