Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/David Reveman (2nd nomination)

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The result was redirect to Compiz. While there appears to be some small degree of notability here, there is minimal coverage of him outside of that specific project. The history has been left intact for any useful information to be merged. ~ mazca ^talk 14:50, 21 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

David Reveman

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Fails WP:AUTHOR in my view. Apparently there was an interview with him on a site closely related to this work, but even that's a dead link now. I had prodded this, but someone discovered a "no consensus" VfD from 2005, so tectonically it's ineligible for prod. Pcap ping 20:27, 5 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Authors-related deletion discussions. -- Pcap ping 20:27, 5 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Delete I don't know what WP:AUTHOR would have to do with this article, but the subject sounds like he's just one of many employees at a software firm. Also, as the article is unsourced, there are BLP concerns. RadManCF (talk) 20:31, 5 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Weak Keep I have found that David Reveman has been newsworthy. The article now has a few citations. I am not sure what the general feeling is about software developers in terms of how much coverage becomes significant. Given the brief time I looked for sources, I suspect that there is more out there. --Bejnar (talk) 00:51, 6 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- Since you had a look at the newspaper interview/article, can you tell us if it's solely about him, or is he just interviewed as an expert in some other context. And how long is the article? Thanks, Pcap ping 03:18, 6 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The Salt Lake Tribune article was about five of Norvell's tech geeks, and their combined presentation. Reveman was the last of the five and in addition to his talk, it described him as "Norvell's Graphics Ninja." The PR Newswire US article was primarily about software. It did talk about Reveman's leadership role at Norvell, indicating that he was not just another programmer. Not a lot, but how many programmer get that much? I didn't listen to the interview, here, but the link is not dead as it said in the article. --Bejnar (talk) 03:47, 6 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Tim Song (talk) 17:11, 12 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Merge to Compiz. I can't find anything that says anything of interest about him unrelated to that project, and from what I can tell he's only really notable for starting that. More recent news hits seem to show that he has passed out of the picture. Mangoe (talk) 20:27, 12 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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.