Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Asa Dotzler

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The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was KEEP. The initiator of the deletion has voted against it and large majority of the participants have moved to keep. (Non-admin closure). —mako๛ 13:49, 25 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Asa Dotzler

Asa Dotzler (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs) – (View log)

The person doesn't fullfill the notability guideline. mms 00:22, 24 July 2007 (UTC)

  • Speedy Delete No valid assertion that would pass WP:N Rackabello 01:51, 24 July 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete Neutral as a PR person, he is speaking for the company in the interviews and he's not notable on his own Corpx 02:58, 24 July 2007 (UTC)
  • Week Weak Keep it's a good article on someone who was behind Spread Firefox which makes him notable. Certainly, not everything the article should be kept but I think the article is worth keeping. —mako๛ 03:04, 24 July 2007 (UTC) (Update: I'd be fine for keeping the article for more than just one week. ;) —mako๛ 13:36, 24 July 2007 (UTC))
  • Weak Keep per Benjamin Mako Hill; his role in Spread Firefox is just enough for WP:N, in my opinion. —Disavian (talk/contribs) 06:33, 24 July 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep. The article is pretty inside baseball but could easily be improved. Dotzler is not just a "PR guy", he is one of the founding coders for Phoenix (now called Firefox)[1], and credited with not just the idea but the shepherding of the wildly successful[2] Spread Firefox campaign[3]

. --Dhartung | Talk 06:45, 24 July 2007 (UTC)

    • Comment mms has explained to me on my talk page that he was simply collapsing categories, and has reconsidered his position on some articles. --Dhartung | Talk 08:31, 24 July 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep Businessweek article, and notes about him being spokesman for Spread Firefox are enough to clear notability. Also seems to be interviewed a lot in tech pubs/sites due to being somewhat of a celebrity coder.Horrorshowj 06:58, 24 July 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep per above comments. --mms 08:12, 24 July 2007 (UTC)
  • Strong keep and a word of warning to the nominator to check notability before nomination. There are 6 reliable sources linked in this article which are solely about the subject. This passes any reading of WP:BIO. JulesH 08:43, 24 July 2007 (UTC)
    • Comment: There are several people who have been interviewed somewhere and who don't have an article about them in Wikipedia. Rackabello wants a speedy deletion and Corpx has concerns that these interviews aren't sufficient for our notability guidelines. There are other nominations where I was overhasty but I think it is a good thing that we now evaluate the notability of Asa Dotzler. From the present article I just don't get the impression of notability. --mms 10:12, 24 July 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep. He is the public face of the Mozilla Foundation and its forerunners (Mozilla.org/NCC), founder of Spread Firefox and a co-founder of Firefox. I'd say he fulfills all the notability criteria except probably #2. (Did the nominator read the article?) —Joe Llywelyn Griffith Blakesley talk contrib 18:17, 24 July 2007 (UTC)
  • Weak keep. Enough press cited to make him barely notable. Realkyhick 18:36, 24 July 2007 (UTC)
The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.