Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Edward Rice

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The result of the debate was DELETE. Postdlf 22:48, 1 May 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Edward Rice

Article doesn't indicate notability. Thue | talk 18:28, 17 Apr 2005 (UTC)

• Delete total nonsense vanity article. --Randolph 18:33, 17 Apr 2005 (UTC)
• Wait and see I have heard of this Edward Rice and I have added some data based on what information I could dig up. This may have started as a "nonsense vanity article" but it may develop into something more. Every article on Wikipedia starts off small; it is prudent to consider that even narcissistic entries could be the foundation for real articles that add to Wikipedia's completeness. Kiroshi 18:53, 17 Apr 2005 (UTC)
• Wait and see It is hard to tell. According to the article he seems like a developer.
  • Above unsigned comment by 69.142.214.108 --Randolph 19:25, 17 Apr 2005 (UTC)
• Comment at least remove the claim that compare his programming talents to Ben Stiller and Sun Tzu. That was the state of the article when I first saw it. --Randolph 19:31, 17 Apr 2005 (UTC)
• Delete. Linux has how many developers? Unless someone can actually provide concrete evidence of notability rather than ludicrous claims, this is not justifiable as an article. Average Earthman 19:53, 17 Apr 2005 (UTC)
• Delete, nn, nonsense. RickK 20:42, Apr 17, 2005 (UTC)
• It has been said of Rice that he is of great potential. It has been said of him that he has the markings of the legendary Linux coders, such as Linus Torvalds, Sun Tzu and Ben Stiller. (The aforementioned data is disputed.)

  Unless someone can show me some part of the kernel which mears a resemblence to Art of War, this looks like nonsense or a possible hoax. Either way, the wikt:PICOW of Gaim might merit an article, random contributors do not. At least, not this random, anyway. Chris talk back 21:06, 17 Apr 2005 (UTC)

• Delete. I find no evidence of natability. The only thing I found about him was this [1] and the official JGrader site. He hasn't done anything notable yet as far as I could see. Jeltz talk 21:13, 17 Apr 2005 (UTC)
• Wait and see This article is only a stub. Leave it and see what happens. More information about him will be contributed sooner or later.--68.48.178.199 23:59, 17 Apr 2005 (UTC)
• Unless verifiable evidence is available now that he is notable enough for an encyclopedia article, our community rules say that the article must be deleted. If he becomes famous later, we can always write the article then. However, this would be acceptable on a user page if the author wants to move it there. Rossami (talk) 02:24, 18 Apr 2005 (UTC)
• Wait and delete. Also, kill the socks. Radiant_* 14:21, Apr 18, 2005 (UTC)
• Do not wait and Delete now this sock-supported vanity. VladMV ٭ ^talk 17:47, 18 Apr 2005 (UTC)
• Delete. Vanity. As Rossami suggested, this could be "userfied" (move to the user's personal Wikipedia page). The three references provided are to a personal website, a web page describing him and several of his acquaintances, and a Sourceforge site which says "Sorry, but we currently have no downloads. A file release should be out in some time. We have not set a date, however." Dpbsmith (talk) 19:58, 18 Apr 2005 (UTC)

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