Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/James Solomon

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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The result was Withdrawn by nominator (NAC). Sidatio 11:28, 2 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] James Solomon

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Does not meet notability requirements; only one source, from 1997, and notability is not temporary. Ravenmasterq 00:21, 2 August 2007 (UTC)

  • Keep: From what I can tell, there are several notable links pertaining to Mr. Solomon, especially if you add "Motorola" to your search terms. It definitely needs expansion, especially since it's been here for so long, but there should be enough sources to make an article if someone would just get around to it. Sidatio 00:36, 2 August 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete. Does not seem notable. The award he recieved also needs work, as it appears to be largely unsourced. Titanium Dragon 01:08, 2 August 2007 (UTC)
  • Note: This debate has been included in the list of People-related deletions. -- Tλε Rαnδom Eδιτor (ταlκ) 01:21, 2 August 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep: quite ridiculous nomination by ignorant person. The founder of the #1 EDA company cannot be nonnotable. `'Míkka 01:28, 2 August 2007 (UTC)
    • I don't think name calling will help the discussion at all. Perhaps you'd like to provide elaboration on the gentleman in question. Based on what I've found, he won an award, (which is a poorly sourced page on its own), and worked for some companies. If he's notable, make sure that his page is sourced.Ravenmasterq 01:46, 2 August 2007 (UTC)
      • "worked for some companies": obviously you have problems with comprehension, and I will not discuss your militant ignorance further. `'Míkka 01:52, 2 August 2007 (UTC)
        • Relax, Míkka. That junk's uncalled for, and I'm pretty sure you know that. It's just an article - don't take it personally. Sidatio 02:04, 2 August 2007 (UTC)
          • Nothing personal, just called a spade a spade. Solomon founded a company whose software make it possible for ravenmaster to idly chase ravens here. `'Míkka 02:17, 2 August 2007 (UTC)
            • Regardless, there seems to be a consensus that the article is incomplete. Instead of unproductive namecalling, why not help flesh out and source the article? We can go over what's needed on the talk page for the article? :-) Sidatio 02:32, 2 August 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete - Since there is not enought WP:RS material independent of James Solomon from which to develop a Wikipedia article, the topic cannot comply with Wikipedia article standards policies. -- Jreferee (Talk) 01:58, 2 August 2007 (UTC)
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He's actually fairly notable in his field - several chairmanships, the aforementioned award, and founder of numerous businesses. The sources are there - they just need to be added to an article that needs expansion, it seems. Sidatio 02:04, 2 August 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep. IEEE Fellow ("recognizes unusual distinction in the profession"), over 50 technical papers, founded two companies, and a Phil Kaufman Award winner seems pretty notable to me. Here the Valley's paper of record calls him an "icon". --Dhartung | Talk 02:13, 2 August 2007 (UTC)
    • Can you find the full text of that article? It would be nice to have once we start building the article up.Ravenmasterq 02:37, 2 August 2007 (UTC)
      • We might have to buy it if we wanted to use it to assist us. In the meanwhile, this might be useful. We should probably discuss the rest on the talk page. Sidatio 02:48, 2 August 2007 (UTC)
  • keep per Dhartung. There's already enough information for a short biographical entry that can be sourced to the Kaufman award bio. — brighterorange (talk) 03:51, 2 August 2007 (UTC)
  • keep now that the material has been found. it wasnt really obvious from the article by itself. DGG (talk) 04:46, 2 August 2007 (UTC)
  • Comment. Now that some good people have come out of the woodwork with sources and such, I am withdrawing this nomination...however one does that. I hope that everyone here who defended this article will assist in making it better.Ravenmasterq 05:11, 2 August 2007 (UTC)
  • Call for speedy close as a withdrawn nom. I would do it myself, but I have already voted. --Dhartung | Talk 10:37, 2 August 2007 (UTC)
    • Eh. I don't see a conflict, personally. I may be wrong, but that's nothing new! I'll close this one myself. Sidatio 11:28, 2 August 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.