Draft talk:Leemon Baird

Resubmitting article due to greatly increased notability since rejection in 2017
I am proposing to re-submit this article because the subject is significantly notable, circumstances having much changed since the original discussion in 2017. In 2017, the Hedera network had not been launched, the hashgraph algorithm was a hypothetical conjecture, and the HBAR cryptocurrency didn't exist. Today, Hedera is one of the main blockchains in the market, yesterday HBAR achieved #20 in Coinmarketcap's rank of cryptocurrencies by market cap, Hedera has processed around 50 billion transactions (orders of magnitude above competitors), and counts with a governing Council including Google, IBM, Boeing, LG, University College London, Deutsche Telekom, DLA Piper, FIS, Magalu, Tata Communications, Avery Dennison, Chainlink Labs, Wipro, Standard Bank Group and Zain Group.

I have improved the shape of the article to be more neutral and include better sources. Granted, there will not be sources such as Forbes or The Economist making extensive coverage of Leemon Baird because he is more focused on technical work. However, Baird is extensively recognized in the cryptocurrency industry and is arguably much more notable than other individuals within the Hedera DLT like the Hedera President or the Swirlds Labs CEO, who would usually receive more coverage. I believe that the founder of one of the main cryptocurrencies and inventor of its consensus mechanism (which does have an article in itself Hashgraph) should be included.

I reviewed the original deletion discussion (Articles_for_deletion/Leemon_Baird) and it seems like all original arguments for lack of notability have been significantly overcome: - "No evidence of personal notability": he is a highly regarded founder at present - "Zero hits on Google News": hundreds of hits at present - "This is difficult to distinguish from a vanity piece": Maybe made sense with the original tone of the article and non-existence of Hedera in the market in 2017, but 7 years afterwards this has changed. - Google Scholar citation count discussion: has significantly increased - "CEO of a nn company": The company is no longer nn, see the list of Hedera Governing Council members listed above. - "non-notable product": again HBAR is usually top 20 or 30 by market cap and Hedera reached 50 billion transactions lately.

—Juanignacioibanez (talk) 15:23, 25 April 2024 (UTC)