Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/George Samachisa


 * 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   delete. joe deckertalk to me 04:21, 28 March 2012 (UTC)

George Samachisa

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This individual has essentially no coverage in independent sources. The claims made in the article are unreferenced, the links are either dead or not about him, and any outside coverage is apparently limited to this. It's safe to say that one paragraph in one article from 1996 does not make for encyclopedic notability. - Biruitorul Talk 05:13, 10 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Delete. per WP:BIO — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jmajeremy (talk • contribs) 06:48, 10 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Technology-related deletion discussions.  • Gene93k (talk) 15:42, 10 March 2012 (UTC)
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 * Comment A Google Books search turns up more on him than is mentioned above - I've added one book ref to his role in the development of flash memory into the article. He also has a substantial number of patents: to his name. It is debatable whether this amounts to enough for demonstrable notability, but it is more than "essentially no coverage". AllyD (talk) 18:36, 10 March 2012 (UTC)
 * I wanna say Delete, per WP:BURDEN. The mere mention of his books in x sources does not amount to an encyclopedic entry. It may be borderline, but the scholar etc. hits do not seem to add enough content in the way of a biography. Dahn (talk) 20:00, 12 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.


 * Relisting for AllyD's comments to be given more time to be viewed by commentators. Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks,  Wifione  Message 09:30, 17 March 2012 (UTC)


 * Delete Unverified. I could find no verification that he is "well known" as the "inventor" of the first commercial flash-memory device, and he has no other claim to fame. Google Scholar finds some heavily-cited patents where his is one of several names on the patent; I don't think that qualifies him under WP:SCHOLAR. Google and Google News found absolutely nothing. The article supplies one passing reference to him in a book, along with three dead or unhelpful external links. --MelanieN (talk) 19:56, 25 March 2012 (UTC)
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