Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bob Shannon (computer programmer): Difference between revisions

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*'''Keep''' ''IFF'' this content can be adequately sourced. Otherwise, baleet it. <font color="#BA181F">[[User:JBsupreme|JBsupreme]]</font> (<font color="#BA181F">[[User talk:JBsupreme|talk]]</font>) 07:39, 28 January 2010 (UTC)

*<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>

*'''DeleteStrong delete'''. TheSome 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)

*'''Comment''': A portion of the ''COMPUTE! Gazette'' article cited is available [http://bobshannon.org/gazette.htm on the subject's homepage]. &mdash;[[User:Korath|Korath]] ([[User talk:Korath|Talk]]) 01:09, 29 January 2010 (UTC)

** That hardly satisfies [[WP:GNG]] as it's 3-paragraphs in one article presumably not exclusively about him. There's no mention of him or his BBS in http://timeline.textfiles.com, which is generally accepted as reliable source per [http://books.google.com/books?id=26NyHREJwP8C&pg=PA1926&dq=bbs+history&cd=1#v=onepage&q=bbs%20history&f=false]. The fact that he says on his home page "Skeptics abound as per me calling myself the founder of the BBS System." is a good reason to be very suspicious of anything sourced from there. See [[CBBS]], which matches the book source I linked above. [[User:Pohta ce-am pohtit|Pcap]] [[User_talk:Pohta ce-am pohtit|<small>ping</small>]] 01:05, 29 January 2010 (UTC)