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Claude Comair was nominated for deletion. The discussion was closed on 5 January 2022 with a consensus to merge. Its contents were merged into DigiPen Institute of Technology. The original page is now a redirect to this page. For the contribution history and old versions of the redirected article, please see its history; for its talk page, see here. |
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Hello,
First, in accordance with Wikipedia’s plain and simple conflict of interest guide, I should state that I am an employee for DigiPen Institute of Technology, and have been tasked with reviewing the content on the school’s Wikipedia page.
I have taken a strong look at the page — taking into consideration the aims of Wikipedia as well as DigiPen’s inherent interest in its web presence — and have come up with a list of recommended changes for this page that should mesh with Wikipedia’s goals as well as address many of the issues mentioned on this Talk page.
To formulate my suggestions, I have looked at the Wikipedia pages of other for-profit and private universities. My goal is to simplify and clarify the points on this Wikipedia page so that readers can gain an informed understanding of DigiPen and what makes the school, its students, and its faculty notable. I would like to encourage a neutral editor to look over my suggested changes (they are relatively light, and are mostly redactions rather than additions) and input the changes at their discretion. I'll be watching this page if anyone has any questions or suggestions.
Now with all that said, onto the suggestions!
-- Infinifold ( talk) 22:03, 17 December 2014 (UTC)
This edit request by an editor with a conflict of interest was declined. A reviewer felt that this edit would not improve the article. |
Hello,
I am the same employee of DigiPen as User:Infinifold, above; I decided to create an account specifically for the purpose of suggesting changes to this Wikipedia article.
As User:CorporateM suggested, I have moved my proposed edits to my sandbox to avoid cluttering this Talk page. I think you will find that my edits are in line with Wikipedia's terms of use, though User:CorporateM is correct in stating that there is a lack of credible, independent sources cited. I aim to address that issue in this post.
DigiPen has won numerous awards from the Independent Games Festival (IGF), IGF China, and other game competitions around the world. I think this is definitely worth a mention in this article, since a lot of people show up to these competitions and they're a fairly big deal for independent game developers. While the websites below don't summarize the total number of awards DigiPen has won, they do list winners/finalists by year:
Even if the article just mentions the winners from DigiPen for the latest years (or just the most notable games that have won), I think that would be a valuable addition to the article.
Another aspect of DigiPen worth mentioning is that some of its students' games have gone on to become blockbuster hits in the video game realm. For instance, the student game Narbacular Drop went on to become Portal after Valve hired the DigiPen students who made it. Here are the relevant references listed in the Portal article:
Another DigiPen student game, Tag: The Power of Paint, earned the student developers places on the Valve team to produce Portal 2.
I would appreciate an editor looking at these sources and adding anything they see relevant to the DigiPen Wikipedia article. Thanks!
PatrickR dP ( talk) 17:28, 13 February 2015 (UTC)
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It was mentioned that DigiPen does research for companies without references to the said companies' public press release or objective sources. The references are to articles on DigiPen's web page. Thus, this article reads more like an advertisement than anything else. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:600:8080:11AA:182E:6828:C95E:F5C4 ( talk) 00:57, 25 June 2018 (UTC)
An unregistered editor is insisting that this article specifically say that this institution is not regionally accredited. That is true but it's completely unnecessary; the institution is accredited by a reputable national accreditor and there is nothing critically important or meaningful about regional accreditation (or lack thereof). ElKevbo ( talk) 15:37, 20 January 2020 (UTC)
The additional citation for the Jim Sterling video feels unrelated / unnecessary. The video, while potentially notable for prospecting art students, is not really influential in a macro sense. 4.16.175.130 ( talk) 22:55, 25 August 2022 (UTC)