Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/James Atkinson (software developer)

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 of the debate was KEEP. User:Edward NZ is a sock puppet, but even ignoring his vote, the consensus is clearly keep. — JIP | Talk 09:00, 20 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] James Atkinson (software developer)

phpBB is notable, but is the founder of the project notable? Talrias (t | e | c) 22:01, 13 November 2005 (UTC)

• Yes, just about. Keep. TheMadBaron 22:52, 13 November 2005 (UTC)
• Yes, phpBB is very widely used forum software, so whoever thought it up is certainly notable. Keep. - Mgm|^(talk) 10:00, 14 November 2005 (UTC)
• Keep per above; phpBB is a large Internet project and the founder is notable Dbchip 14:36, 14 November 2005 (UTC)
• delete I wouldn't call him notable, will this ever expand beyond a stub without being vanity? Pete.Hurd 19:37, 15 November 2005 (UTC)
• Keep I say keep. Without him, there would be no notable, decent GPL forum projects Ed 5:23, 20-11-2005 GMT
• Keep He founded phpBB, and since phpBB is very much a widly known forum software, so is his founder. NeoThermic 04:29, 20 November 2005 (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.