Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Alex Mashinsky (2nd nomination)


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The result was keep. The sources provided to meet GNG have not been challenged. 78.26 (spin me / revolutions) 13:46, 12 August 2019 (UTC)

Alex Mashinsky
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Not notable outside of his company, lacks significant in-depth references to establish notability, all signs of WP:UPE. Meeanaya (talk) 06:05, 29 July 2019 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Businesspeople-related deletion discussions. Meeanaya (talk) 06:05, 29 July 2019 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Ukraine-related deletion discussions.  94rain  Talk  06:21, 29 July 2019 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * Delete per nom. - Best Blake44 (talk) 07:05, 29 July 2019 (UTC)
 * Keep What a joke this website is sometimes. You have no problem giving undue credit to Alon Cohen who only patented a minor piece of the VoIP. Mashinsky played major part in the VoIP protocol being created. He also founded Arbinet which was a huge leap in how Telecom operates. Just because Wikipedia is too stupid to create an article on that company doesn't mean that is not a notable accomplishment. When writing this I noticed several notable companies Mashinsky founded. Groundlink was Uber before Uber. Q-wireless put Wi-Fi in the entire New York metro system. But fuck it. Delete it again if you want but don't accused me of being paid because I have not been paid by anyone in two decades. I haven't needed anything for two decades. I have never met Mashinsky and have no connections to him. I saw a lack of coverage in this area I am knowledgeable and interested in. I saw a page that was stupidly deleted and I recreated it. Read the Harvard Case Study before saying delete; it is 30 pages long and all, I mean ALL, about Mashinsky. As far as I could tell, he never even went to college let alone Harvard. Why would a Harvard Business School professor write 30 pages about a no body? Read the article in The Standard by Guth. Read the New York Times from 1999. For crying out loud, Mashinsky was notable before Wikipedia even existed. TheImogenen (talk) 09:31, 29 July 2019 (UTC)
 * Keep - As per the above.   The Lord of Moon's Spawn   ✉    10:47, 29 July 2019 (UTC)
 * Keep - It didn't take very long to find additional in-depth sources directly about the subject that aren't even used in the article currently (e.g., ).   G M G  talk  12:48, 29 July 2019 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, -- Scott Burley (talk) 07:13, 5 August 2019 (UTC)
 * Keep - decent sourcing in the article and found by . More than enough to meet the WP:GNG bar. Hugsyrup 13:06, 5 August 2019 (UTC)
 * Keep -- meets WP:GNG when I look at it. Roundrobinguy67 (talk) 00:26, 6 August 2019 (UTC)
 * Blocked for WP:UPE. MER-C 10:05, 11 August 2019 (UTC)


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