Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ken Spreitzer


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The result was   merge to Uninstaller. Black Kite (t) (c) 19:42, 25 April 2010 (UTC)

Ken Spreitzer

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Does not appear to be notable. The article says his one claim to fame is that he wrote a program called "Uninstaller". Whatever that program is,it doesn't have an article (the link just goes to a generic article on uninstallers, which notes that they were invented by someone else).

Granting that given the rather generic nature of the program's name it's difficult to google that particular program, I haven't found anything that indicates the program is or was seminal or important.

The article says that the program is "now" sold by CyberMedia -- but "now" is 1998, so I assume the program is long defunct. In fact, for an article created in 2005 (as this one was) to refer to 1998 as "now" seems rather fishy, redolant of a paste from some long-ago press release. It's not clear who CyberMedia is or was.

Another listed accomplishment is given as the founding of Maximized Software, which doesn't appear to be a software powerhouse: their most recent press release is dated 2002, while their flagship product is called "FlashStats 2006".

There is a person called Captain Sensible, but that is an entirely different person, Raymond Burns. The only external link given is link to Maximized Software's web page, further fueling suspicion that this article (and the second para in the Uninstaller article) are vanity or advertising. Herostratus (talk) 04:23, 17 April 2010 (UTC)


 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Computing-related deletion discussions.  —Herostratus (talk) 04:26, 17 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Weak Keep To nominator: there are references in the article which are external links, including one to the New York Times, which devotes an entire article to the product and half that article to covering Ken Spreitzer. I think there's notability here. ɠǀɳ̩ςεΝɡ  bomb  07:51, 17 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Weak Delete Some published references, but I don't think it meets WP:ANYBIO, unless being a graduate is an award. He hasn't won any major awards or participated in any notable events. I may change my vote, but it is very difficult for me to decide whether to keep it or not. Minima  c  ( talk ) 08:54, 17 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Weak delete - Ginsengbomb's comment is accurate, but I think it overstates the coverage given in the NY Times article, and the Business Wire article is almost the same. I don't think there's enough there on its own. Being quoted in an article about something else is not significant coverage, no matter how reliable the source. Shadowjams (talk) 10:10, 17 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Businesspeople-related deletion discussions.  -- • Gene93k (talk) 12:43, 17 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Comment Eeek, everything's weak! I think Business Wire is just a PR compendium so it doesn't really count for anything in terms of notability. How does that help my "weak keep" argument? It doesn't! I recall the NYT coverage being more than a quote, but perhaps I got carried away in my description of it. Either way, yeah, this isn't exactly a slam dunk keep situation. ɠǀɳ̩ςεΝɡ  bomb  15:26, 17 April 2010 (UTC)
 * We just go with the flow here. Shadowjams (talk) 20:30, 17 April 2010 (UTC)


 * Delete - per nom. Fails WP:BIO. --Morenooso (talk) 05:34, 19 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep I added a couple more references. --evrik (talk) 05:43, 19 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Merge into Uninstaller due to similarity of context, the fact this article has nothing more to say in this field and there are no prospects of it ever growing into a full article. A merger would resolve any possible Notability dispute. Fleet Command (talk) 04:41, 20 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Merge into Uninstaller as per FleetCommand. Nageh (talk) 17:21, 24 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Merge into Uninstaller as per Nageh and FleetCommand.Moloch09 (talk) 14:44, 25 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Merge into Uninstaller seems he is notable mainly for his work with uninstaller programs.Slatersteven (talk) 15:36, 25 April 2010 (UTC)
 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. 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.