Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jeff Sutherland


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The result was   keep.  Sandstein  10:26, 30 December 2013 (UTC)

Jeff Sutherland

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The subject of the article doesn't necessarily meet notability criteria; provided links are very limited and don't establish notability. cherkash (talk) 18:45, 9 December 2013 (UTC)
 * Delete, as per WP:NOTLINKEDIN —Prof. Squirrel (talk) 18:53, 9 December 2013 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Software-related deletion discussions.  Jinkinson   talk to me  18:59, 9 December 2013 (UTC)
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 * He was (and is) important for the development of Scrum. Scrum is used by thousends of people. There is even an article on him in another language Freek Verkerk (talk) 18:59, 11 December 2013 (UTC)
 * None of these provide sufficient criteria to establish notability cherkash (talk) 03:10, 15 December 2013 (UTC)
 * Keep - Adding in actual references now. He seems to have made a widely recognised contribution. But the article is incredibly poorly written. Needs to be fixed. Somewhat fixed. -ManicSpider (talk) 12:55, 17 December 2013 (UTC)
 * Well done, ManicSpider, thanks! by Softzen (talk) 04:09, 18 December 2013 (UTC)
 * Though I'm not clear on which external links are acceptable. I can't see the point in most of them. -ManicSpider (talk) 13:12, 17 December 2013 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.


 * Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, SarahStierch (talk) 16:58, 17 December 2013 (UTC)



KEEP - Is Jeff Sutherland, the co-founder of one of the most popular agile methods for the last decade, not notable? It's a bad joke. Just keep the article and improve it. by Softzen (talk) 04:09, 18 December 2013 (UTC)

KEEP - Jeff Sutherland is an authoritative source in Agile / Scrum and deserves a Wikipedia entry. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Raztazman (talk • contribs) 02:31, 22 December 2013 (UTC)


 * Delete – even after a re-work, the subject's notability is not well established. Most all links/references in the article are only tangential to the subject: they reference the products/ideas he may have developed, but don't clearly reference the subject himself. E.g., it doesn't make sense to keep quoting different sources about Scrum or Agile (to which multiple references exist) since they have separate Wiki articles - especially if none of these sources clearly refer to the subject of the article itself, or support any of the stated facts about Jeff as a person. So the article remains poorly referenced (essentially, unreferenced!) with respect to Jeff himself, and all the external links are not really good sources per Wikipedia standards. cherkash (talk) 16:52, 22 December 2013 (UTC)

KEEP - Was shocked to see this discussion today. I personally study and practice SCRUM, and I read Jeff Sutherland's name multiple times, in various works as he his highly referenced. I noticed the article lacked two of his books, which where added today. In the world of SCRUM he is Notability has been established. CentervilleDad (talk) 16:53, 24 December 2013 (UTC)
 * 1) 1 of 14 Authors of the Agile Manifesto many of which also Wikipedia articles.
 * 2) Published several books and other works on the subject.
 * 3) Asked to write Foreword but other Agile Authors, such as in "Implementing Lean Software Development: From Concept to Cash"
 * 4) CEO of a Company specializing in SCRUM.
 * 5)  Interviewed by FORBES
 * 6) Contrary to other claims, article is highly referenced with 14 unique references.
 * 7) Sources are published books from various authors meet the guidelines outlined in Identifying_reliable_sources
 * Keep, the single-purpose accounts aside, the coverage of this individual in reliable sources (such as Forbes would indicate to me that he meets WP:N. Lankiveil (speak to me) 00:17, 27 December 2013 (UTC).
 * Keep per Lankiveil.LM2000 (talk) 05:14, 30 December 2013 (UTC)
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