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Questionable Notability. "First BBS System for <specific antiquated computer>" with hints of a reference in a outdated COMPUTE!'s Gazette magazine doesn't strike me as particularity notable. [[User:Noian|<span style="color:red;">'''ηoian'''</span>]] [[User talk:Noian|<small><span style="color:MediumSeaGreen;">''‡orever ηew ‡rontiers''</span></small>]] 06:08, 28 January 2010 (UTC)
*'''Keep'''. Once notable, always notable, and at least one reference (in the form of the COMPUTE! Gazette article referred to) exists. References don't have to be online to be valid. - <
::Can you tell me how to verify this assertion? Or for that matter, how designing not the first BBS system in existence, but rather one that worked on a particular system is notable? It seems to be a stretch. [[User:Noian|<span style="color:red;">'''ηoian'''</span>]] [[User talk:Noian|<small><span style="color:MediumSeaGreen;">''‡orever ηew ‡rontiers''</span></small>]] 06:37, 28 January 2010 (UTC)
*<s>'''Keep''' ''IFF'' this content can be adequately sourced. Otherwise, baleet it.</s> [[User:JBsupreme|<
** Changing to '''DELETE''' after further consideration. It appears that this person has been using Wikipedia as a self-promotional piece to advance his position and retool history as it relates to the bulletin board system. I cannot endorse that. [[User:JBsupreme|<
*<small class="delsort-notice">'''Note''': This debate has been included in the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting/Software|list of Software-related deletion discussions]]. <!--Template:Delsort--></small> <small>-- [[User:Pohta ce-am pohtit|Pcap]] [[User_talk:Pohta ce-am pohtit|<small>ping</small>]] 00:55, 29 January 2010 (UTC)</small>
*'''Weak delete'''. Some of the info appears true [http://books.google.com/books?as_brr=0&q=%22Bob+Shannon%22+%22electric+magazine%22+-inpublisher%3Aicon&btnG=Search+Books], but not enough to pass [[WP:ANYBIO]] in my view. I just don't see how this is "a widely recognized contribution that is part of the enduring historical record in his or her specific field". [[User:Pohta ce-am pohtit|Pcap]] [[User_talk:Pohta ce-am pohtit|<small>ping</small>]] 01:05, 29 January 2010 (UTC)
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*'''Keep:''' Once notable, always notable. - [[User:Ret.Prof|Ret.Prof]] ([[User talk:Ret.Prof|talk]]) 23:39, 30 January 2010 (UTC)
** [[WP:BLP1E]]. [[User:Pohta ce-am pohtit|Pcap]] [[User_talk:Pohta ce-am pohtit|<small>ping</small>]] 23:43, 30 January 2010 (UTC)
*'''Keep''' Those who said delete, please look at the long version [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bob_Shannon_(computer_programmer)&oldid=340638254] of the article. Some valid information was erased by someone who wants the article deleted. I don't think seven hours after someone tags something as needing a citation, that section should be erased by someone else. Give people time to find information, someone perhaps having one of those old magazines. If he got such praise in a notable magazine of the time, he is clearly notable. [[User:Dream Focus | '''<span style="color:blue">D</span><span style="color:green">r</span><span style="color:red">e</span><span style="color:orange">a</span><span style="color:purple">m</span> <span style="color:blue">Focus</span>
** The "valid" information is [[WP:V|unverifiable]]. I tagged it as such and JBsupreme deleted it per his standard routine. By the way, the info was added by the subject of the autobiography himself. [[User:Pohta ce-am pohtit|Pcap]] [[User_talk:Pohta ce-am pohtit|<small>ping</small>]] 06:50, 31 January 2010 (UTC)
***The person adding it should've been asked to scan in the magazine article in question and list exactly what issue it was in. I just got done searching around, and can't find anything more than pictures of the covers of that magazine, the text not backed up anywhere online. I'll do that now, and ask people who have contributed to the Wikipedia article for that magazine, if any of them own any old copies, or know where to find it. [[User:Dream Focus | '''<span style="color:blue">D</span><span style="color:green">r</span><span style="color:red">e</span><span style="color:orange">a</span><span style="color:purple">m</span> <span style="color:blue">Focus</span>
*** FWIW this person apparently has a reputation for [[Make a mountain out of a molehill|making a mountain out of a molehill]] when it comes to claims-to-fame, and any such autobiographical reference is simply unreliable. I don't say this lightly. [[User:JBsupreme|<
::::Nothing particularly new that is notable in that diff besides unverifiable peacock, weasel, and promotional wording. [[User:Noian|<span style="color:red;">'''ηoian'''</span>]] [[User talk:Noian|<small><span style="color:MediumSeaGreen;">''‡orever ηew ‡rontiers''</span></small>]] 00:08, 1 February 2010 (UTC)
*'''Maybe''' he is famous after all [http://ascii.textfiles.com/archives/917 for his edits on Wikipedia]—[[textfiles.com]] article about that. [[User:Pohta ce-am pohtit|Pcap]] [[User_talk:Pohta ce-am pohtit|<small>ping</small>]] 08:05, 1 February 2010 (UTC)
*'''Delete''' - the sourcing on this isn't anywhere close to establishing notability, and doesn't do a great job of establishing the given facts. --[[User:SarekOfVulcan|SarekOfVulcan]] ([[User talk:SarekOfVulcan|talk]]) 15:29, 1 February 2010 (UTC)
*'''Comment''' I have posted a scan of the ''COMPUTE!'s Gazette'' article in question [http://img64.imageshack.us/g/computegazetteissue1719.jpg/ here]. It mentions Shannon and one other sysop, as examples; this 3-page sidebar article is part of a larger article about the increased use of BBS telecommunications on Commodore systems. It gives a bit of background on Shannon and the other guy (who, AFAIK, doesn't have an article and probably shouldn't). It says nothing about the claim that he was the first person to create a BBS for the VIC-20, so that claim will have to be sourced elsewhere. [[User talk:Crotalus horridus|<
:Was he in two different articles that year? The article mentions quotes from an article the same writer wrote called "BBS Fever". What you uploaded is an article called "The Indispensable Sysop". [[User:Dream Focus | '''<span style="color:blue">D</span><span style="color:green">r</span><span style="color:red">e</span><span style="color:orange">a</span><span style="color:purple">m</span> <span style="color:blue">Focus</span>
::The 3-page "Indispensable Sysop" sidebar article was part of a larger article called "Bulletin Board Fever", which is presumably the one you're referring to. Only the blue sidebar had any mention of Shannon (and it seems to function as an article in its own right), so that was the only portion I posted. [[User talk:Crotalus horridus|<
::: Thanks for posting that. I've read the entire column, there's no mention of Shannon writing a VIC-20 BBS, only a Commodore 64 one. Instead, [[Tony Ott]] is credited with writing a VIC-20 BBS in that column, but there's no claim that that one was the first BBS for that platform either. So, what we have here based on secondary sources is the author of just another Commodore 64 BBS software. There were dozens of these if look at [[textfiles.com]]. Doesn't qualify anyone for a biography here via [[WP:ANYBIO]] or [[WP:AUTHOR]]. There are also extremely few details about the BBS software itself (14Kb of BASIC, and sold 400 copies); it's very hard to even write an article about that. [[User:Pohta ce-am pohtit|Pcap]] [[User_talk:Pohta ce-am pohtit|<small>ping</small>]] 09:11, 3 February 2010 (UTC)
'''Notice''' I'd like to inform everyone of this message posted on Wikiproject Software by the writer of the article in question. [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk%3AWikiProject_Software&action=historysubmit&diff=341632123&oldid=341255258]. Assistance in verifying and explaining to the new editor about reasons that self published information might be in violation of policy is welcome. [[User:Noian|<span style="color:red;">'''ηoian'''</span>]] [[User talk:Noian|<small><span style="color:MediumSeaGreen;">''‡orever ηew ‡rontiers''</span></small>]] 07:18, 3 February 2010 (UTC)
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