QUOTE(Somey @ Sat 24th April 2010, 8:08pm)
I know I've said this before, but it bears repeating:
Despite the success of the Transformers movies and Natural Born Killers, I just don't see how Mr. Murphy here could be said to have reached the kind of "household name" status that would necessitate Wikipedia's having an article about him. Maybe if he were a bit more of a self-promoter, or had some hit TV-series credits, he'd be there with folks like Jerry Bruckheimer or Stephen Bochco, whom everybody's pretty much heard of. But I'm pretty sure I could name several guys with longer (and possibly more impressive) resumes who don't have WP articles. Let's face it, the reason Don Murphy is in Wikipedia is because Wikipedia is full of kids who grew up playing with Transformers action figures, and one or two of them probably didn't like it when their suggestions for what to do on the first movie were rejected. That's it, that's the entirety of it right there. It's one of the stupidest reasons for starting a WP article I know of (though I'm sure there's plenty worse out there that just haven't come to my attention).
When are they going to just delete the article? How many people with the same name(s) as some lame-brained WP "editor" (sheez, "Erik Kraft" probably isn't even his real name!) are going to have to suffer because Wikipedians can't keep it in their pants?
And it's not just real-name accounts, either - for example, if the Murphy article were under attack by User:Can't Sleep, Clown Will Eat Me, just imagine how many people who actually are insomniacs due to fear of circus clowns would suffer? Or if the person was User:Kiss Me Ladies, I'm the Cavalry - just think of all the heterosexual horsemen wearing military uniforms would suddenly be under attack by messageboard "goons" for no apparent logical reason? And don't even ask what would happen if it were User:Everybody Everywhere...
The people insisting that this article be kept are, quite simply, morons. I'll bet a group of organ-grinder monkeys would do a vastly better job of managing the content on Wikipedia, if this is the best the existing regime can do.
Encyclopedias do not need to just be about "household names". As it happens I've never heard of either the people you just mentioned about. If one goes into an industry such as the one Murphy is in, it's inevitable one will become notable.
It's not like he is a minor backstage guy - he has produced nearly a dozen notable films. You can't expect to be treated as if you're a nobody if you're a film producer.