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*'''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. - <font face="MS Gothic">[[User:Eastmain|Eastmain]] ([[User talk:Eastmain|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/Eastmain|contribs]])</font > 06:32, 28 January 2010 (UTC)
::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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** 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>]]''' 06:59, 31 January 2010 (UTC)
*** 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)
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