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The result was delete. W.marsh 19:54, 13 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
No assertion of notability; software developer with a quote on Usenet who has written software for Unix. ck lostsword • T • C 11:30, 26 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- Note: This debate has been included in the list of Academics and educators-related deletions. -- John Vandenberg 18:09, 26 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- Keep. It seems to me that an academic who appears in lists of "famous quotations" alongside Einstein and Cicero and Tom Wolfe and so on is likely to be of interest to somebody. Kestenbaum 22:35, 27 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- Comment I see no mention of his actual academic position at Texas A&M--it could be anywhere from full Professor to teaching assistant. Inclusion in a WP list of famous quotations has no more authority than the editor who added it, and if it comes from David Hill's internet list it has only his, especially as he gives no individual sources, DGG 01:19, 28 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- Comment. I have a 1995 paper with him and others (for which reason I don't intend to express an opinion in this AfD) which lists his TAMU affiliation, and at that time he had a cs.tamu.edu email so I'm pretty sure it was specifically the CS department at TAMU that he belonged to, but judging by this early 1997 copy of the TAMU CS department faculty listing, he was gone by that time. —David Eppstein 20:00, 29 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so that consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Mailer Diablo 13:38, 5 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- Delete -- on teaching/Prof. side -- no assertion of notability per guidelines here. Little to support that the software is important. And quotations don't = notability per DGG. -- Myke Cuthbert (talk) 07:19, 6 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- Weak Delete I'm fairly certain that this person is just not quite notable enough. If he is, there should be some non-trivial coverage of his software development work. Certainly, the quote cannot be relied upon as the sole indicator of sufficient notability. Adrian M. H. 21:18, 7 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- Delete The only reference I was able to find was his MySpace and company’s website. This in itself does not make him notable. ShoesssS Talk13:14, 13 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
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