Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Hàn Thế Thành


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The result was   redirect to pdfTeX. Black Kite (t) (c) 13:31, 23 May 2010 (UTC)

Hàn Thế Thành

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Biographical article that lacks independent coverage in reliable sources. The only semi-independent source is tug.org. See also the AfDs for Taco Hoekwater and Hans Hagen, based on the same source. Pcap ping  08:24, 15 May 2010 (UTC) OK this makes sense; I have no trouble with the deletion. Silas S. Brown (talk) 19:42, 21 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Software-related deletion discussions.  -- Pcap  ping  08:24, 15 May 2010 (UTC)
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 * Delete per the lack of reliable sources. This article fails Notability (people) and Verifiability because the unreliable sources are insufficient. The subject's thesis does not establish notability because it is not a third-party source. This interview is better; however, it is insufficient because the TeX Users Group has dubious reliability and because it consists largely of the subject talking about himself. Cunard (talk) 23:03, 15 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Just a question. Google books returns around 10 results (books about TeX written by independent authors, though it's still just books about TeX ...) mentioning his name, though admittedly none of them talks about his biography, they all just give him the credit for writing pdfTeX. Do any of those books make any difference or none at all? --Mojca Miklavec (talk) 16:09, 17 May 2010 (UTC)
 * We also credit him in the article on pdfTeX, in line with those sources. Pcap ping  15:47, 18 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Academics and educators-related deletion discussions.  —David Eppstein (talk) 04:00, 18 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Redirect to pdfTeX per WP:BIO1E. pdfTeX itself is notable, but if the only noteworthy thing we can say about him is that he wrote it, then we shouldn't have a separate article. —David Eppstein (talk) 23:17, 22 May 2010 (UTC)
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