Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/John Paul Morrison

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 no consensus, default to keep. Sandstein 17:51, 10 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

John Paul Morrison[edit]

WP:V, WP:RS, WP:COI - crz crztalk 20:19, 3 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

It has been suggested that I add more citations of my work - they can be found in Talk:John Paul Morrison. Jpaulm 19:03, 7 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Comment Given that the deletion process has started to garner a bit of media attention [1], it would be nice to have reasons for deletion that aren't stuffed with jargon and acronyms. Catchpole 08:13, 4 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Very weak keep As inventor of FBProgramming, but otherwise, 1 book? On the edge. (P.S. If this goes, Barbara McKenzie-Smith should go as well, relatively nn artist. SkierRMH,08:44, 4 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. Does not prove he meets any of the criteria in WP:BIO, and there are no secondary sources. Would need citations to multiple independent book reviews, or news stories proving that he has made a widely recognized contribution. --Ars Scriptor 14:50, 4 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Strong Keep. Many articles already reference him and he's the inventor of FBP. -Cleo 142.167.82.247 13:01, 5 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Comment - I think the question is whether flow-based programming is notable. If FBP is notable, I think the inventor of it probably is as well. From a quick search and straw poll, FBP does seem notable. I did a copyedit on the article to bring it more in line with WP structure. However, if the article is to be kept, it will need to be better sourced. I suggest the regular editors of the article cite more reviews of the author's book and articles, and link to papers and books where his work is cited as a source. --Kathryn NicDhàna ♫♦♫ 21:17, 5 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Strong Keep - FBP is very relevant, though it has never had the direct success of OOP or other more mainstream practices. Nevertheless there are major successful software products such as DataStage based on FBP principles. - Mike Beckerle. IBM Corp.
Qualified Keep - Morrison's FBP is a notable programming paradigm. As the inventor of FBP, Morrison probably meets the criteria for notability. However, I strongly believe that User:Jpaulm should refrain from editing the article himself. And I definitely would like to see better referencing within the article if it is kept. --Allan McInnes (talk) 20:55, 9 December 2006 (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.