Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Gene Kim


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The result was delete. -- There'sNoTime (to explain) 07:29, 10 July 2017 (UTC)

Gene Kim

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As the original PROD tag put it, "Spammy BLP with unimpressive sources; a 'thought leader', apparently." Your basic run-of-the-mill IT entrepreneur, in a biography propped up by churnalism, press releases, and Amazon reviews or the non-notable books he's written. Calton | Talk 04:57, 15 June 2017 (UTC)
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 * Delete. Certainly no pass of WP:Prof. WP:GNG not achieved by sources. Xxanthippe (talk) 22:36, 15 June 2017 (UTC).
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 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * Keep. Gene Kim's book is far from non-notable as suggested above. The Phoenix Project is an international bestseller and currently one of the most influential books in the software development industry. Gene Kim is a widely recognized thought leader and sought-after keynote speaker at industry conferences. Anyone connected with the software development industry would recognize the Phoenix Project and Gene's role in driving the DevOps movement that is transforming the way organizations develop software. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Telmocean (talk • contribs) 04:29, 16 June 2017 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Ad Orientem (talk) 02:39, 23 June 2017 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * Keep In depth interviews with Wired – Forbes – TechRepublic and a few other news outlets that are reliable – 3rd party and independent of the individual qualify Mr. Kim for inclusion. ShoesssS Talk 13:09, 23 June 2017 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America1000 05:45, 1 July 2017 (UTC)
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 * Delete - per nom. Quick, Spot the Quetzalcoatl! (talk) 14:01, 3 July 2017 (UTC)
 * Delete -- unremarkable career & WP:PROMO tone / content. Per long established precedent, interviews do not count towards establishing WP:SIGCOV. There's nothing else there. K.e.coffman (talk) 03:11, 4 July 2017 (UTC)


 * Delete - K.e.coffman sums it up well. There are way too many SPA/paid editor written promo articles on Wikipedia, and this is a very mundane example of what they look like: lots of unimpressive links to unreliable sites and a few passing mentions.  Dennis Brown - 2&cent; 00:01, 10 July 2017 (UTC)


 * Merge to Tripwire (company). He might not be notable enough for inclusion but his company is, so a few sentences about him there are in the spirit of WP:ATD-M. Regards  So Why  07:21, 10 July 2017 (UTC)


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