Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of software moguls


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The result was   delete.  MBisanz  talk 03:02, 22 September 2008 (UTC)

List of software moguls

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If this deemed a necessary or useful description, then a category could be created. At the moment, this is unsourced original reasearch. PhilKnight (talk) 13:25, 13 September 2008 (UTC)
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 * Comment Looks like a holdover from the early days of Wikipedia (2004), when phrases like "software moguls" seemed encyclopedic. I think the list is superseded by List of the 100 wealthiest people and a redirect there would be OK. Mandsford (talk) 15:42, 13 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Yep, I think a redirect there would be ok. PhilKnight (talk) 20:22, 13 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete - Due to the fact that "software mogul" is an ambiguous designation, any inclusion criteria for this list would necessarily be subjective, arbitrary, or both. I see no need to redirect, as the article has few incoming links and the title does not seem to be an especially likely search term. –Black Falcon (Talk) 20:40, 14 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Redirect per Mandsford, above. Bearian (talk) 20:06, 17 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so that consensus may be reached. Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks,  TravellingCari  00:55, 18 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Redirect, it doesn't cost anything extra to have a redirect and if it helps one person find what they are looking for it will pay benefits. Jeepday (talk) 00:59, 18 September 2008 (UTC)


 * Question Why redirect to the List of the 100 wealthiest people? I bet not even 10% of that list have derived their wealth from software, or even computing in general. If I put in "software mogul" as a search term, "Warren Buffett" is hardly the result I'm looking for ....MadScot (talk) 01:07, 18 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Comment, I agree with MadScot here, why redirect to the List of the 100 wealthiest people? The Man in the Rock (talk) 02:35, 18 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete per Black Falcon. The fact that Linus Torvalds and Steve Balmer are both "moguls" in this list proves how worthless the list is. VasileGaburici (talk) 08:47, 18 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete. List offers nothing more a category would Equendil Talk 09:45, 18 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep; unless there is a better list of those people involved in software who are rich, famous, powerful, or influential. Yartett (talk) 15:15, 19 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete unsourced original research, scope is far too vague to make a coherent list. Hut 8.5 12:44, 21 September 2008 (UTC)


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