Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Takashi Hasegawa

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 no consensus; keep. Johnleemk | Talk 14:05, 22 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Takashi Hasegawa

Who is this guy? Seems like a fairly regular programmer. The cable he apparently helped invent seems pretty minor. Google doesn't love this guy either Deiz 00:23, 17 January 2006 (UTC)

• Weak delete, but if he helped to invent something maybe merge it (if we have an article about it). --King of All the Franks 00:25, 17 January 2006 (UTC)
• Weak delete as per above. Dustimagic *\o/* ^{(talk/contribs)} *\o/* 00:36, 17 January 2006 (UTC)
• weak keep His MLVWM turns up 19,000+ hits despite being one of the worst acronyms I've ever seen. The 10 Gigabit Ethernet Media Converter seems to be less notable, but he is credited in the documentation, and seems to be worth mentioning. 1 and a half noteworthy things is enough to warrant a wiki page in my book. --Bachrach44 01:50, 17 January 2006 (UTC)
  • By virtue of being a computer program it gets google hits.. the program seems to be aimed at the Japanese market (otherwise it would have a help file in English, for example) and the linked page above was created in 1998 and last edited in 2001. Not notable. --Deiz 02:20, 17 January 2006 (UTC)
    • What does any of this have to do with notability? Age of a project shouldn't matter to an encyclopedia. Nor country of origin. - Jaysus Chris 23:13, 17 January 2006 (UTC)
      • 1. Project was shortlived with no lasting relevance 2. Country of Origin doesn't necessarily matter but international appeal would certainly help assert notability. Deiz 19:12, 18 January 2006 (UTC)
• weak keep. His notability is too borderline to justify deletion.--ragesoss 04:05, 17 January 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete MLVWM already has an article, and there is no distinguishing stuff here... WhiteNight ^{T | @ | C} 05:31, 17 January 2006 (UTC)
    • However, he's done more than just MLVWM. Is he had, I would say merge, but since he has done other stuff, which can't go on the MLVWM page, it needs its own page. I admit that the "other things" are borderline which is why I'm keeping my original vote at "weak keep", but I don't htink he can be plainly merged into MLVWM. --Bachrach44 19:21, 17 January 2006 (UTC)
    • The only other thing here besides MLVWM is the "10 Gigabit Ethernet Media Converter" which is just something your everyday "engineer" does - for example, do you think the person who helped make one of the USB-to-PS2 converters would be here? WhiteNight ^{T | @ | C} 20:20, 17 January 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per WhiteNight. —gorgan_almighty 16:22, 17 January 2006 (UTC)
• Delete. He's a programmer. Good for him. Can I write an article for my plumber now? -R. fiend 18:34, 17 January 2006 (UTC)
  • Has your plumber contributed something notable to his field? Then go ahead. See my comment below. - Jaysus Chris 23:07, 17 January 2006 (UTC)
• Weak keep per Bachrach44 - N (talk) 18:59, 17 January 2006 (UTC)
• keep per BachRach44 -- Eddie 20:34, 17 January 2006 (UTC)
  • People, seriously. Ever looked at Wikipedia:Notability_(people)? And have you looked at the article?? A very short bio on a Japanese guy who wrote some source code for a mac app when he was a student in 1998 and collaborated on some kind of cable. Notable? BachRach, fair do's for defending the little guys but is this Wikipedia or The Online Mega Web Directory of Absolutely Everything in the Whole World Ever? You know the answer. If the things he created are notable then they should mention who created them. And my final word on the subject, this is from my talk page by the author of the article: "Thanks for the link to the guide on Notable subjects. For whatever it is worth, I agree with (and support) your arguments for the article's deletion. Cheers. Folajimi". --Deiz 21:09, 17 January 2006 (UTC)
• Keep We list tons of reporters for simply doing "everyday" reporter things (just an example). This guy's actually done something notable, what's the problem with keeping him? - Jaysus Chris 23:07, 17 January 2006 (UTC)
• Delete miscelleneous techie. His major contribution to the field, which he co-created with four other people according to the article, doesn't even have an article itself. Andrew Lenahan - Starblind 23:38, 17 January 2006 (UTC)
• Keep, an invention including small ones is quite notable for an encyclopedia. --Terence Ong 11:05, 18 January 2006 (UTC)
• Keep per above. --badlydrawnjeff 14:07, 18 January 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per Starblind. Stifle 14:28, 18 January 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per above. --Agamemnon2 12:11, 19 January 2006 (UTC)
• Delete this article, but maybe keep MLVWM. Just because the invention is notable doesn't make the inventor notable. Peyna 03:32, 22 January 2006 (UTC)
• Keep, notable enough for a comprehensive encyclopedia. Kappa 08:52, 22 January 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per Starblind. Maustrauser 08:54, 22 January 2006 (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.