Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mark Russinovich


 * 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 of the debate was KEEP. The creator of the article finds this debate frivolous &mdash; but living with debate is part of knowing your article should survive. -Splash talk 04:35, 27 November 2005 (UTC)

Mark Russinovich
Is this guy really notable? I think this should redirect to 2005 Sony CD copy protection controversy. &mdash; Timwi 16:58, 16 November 2005 (UTC)


 * Yes, He's notable.
 * He's recieved a great deal of coverage in electronic media.
 * He's the author of several books.
 * He's widely respected in his field.
 * He's the creator of many widely used programs.
 * google his name gets 482,000 results.
 * I'd vote to keep the article. &mdash; ProveIt 22:11, 16 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Can you back those claims? For example with links to those electronic media? - Mgm|(talk) 09:28, 17 November 2005 (UTC)
 * The Washington Post ProveIt 16:28, 17 November 2005 (UTC)
 * The article itself provides the information to substantiate the 2nd and 4th. Uncle G 20:37, 18 November 2005 (UTC)
 * And the 3rd can probably be deduced from the number of times this author is cited as a source in our Architecture of Windows 2000 article. Uncle G 20:37, 18 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Vote to keep - Russinovich is a notable writer on these topics. -- — Preceding unsigned comment added by 201.50.54.73 (talk • contribs) 16 November 2005
 * He's Already in, keep it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.253.195.144 (talk • contribs) 2005-11-18 02:51:42 UTC
 * The article tells us that this person is a published author of both books and magazine articles, and provides a bibliography of some of the books and articles. The article also links to press coverage where this person's research has sparked newsworthy discussions, both recently, as reported on Wikinews, and in 1996, as reported by Schulman.  This person appears to satisfy the WP:BIO criteria. Keep. Uncle G 20:37, 18 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Speedy Keep This person has received international media coverage and is well noted in his field. Paul Cyr 04:55, 19 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Must keep. Russinovich is a very well known field expert on Windows OS internals (kernel and other low level topics), and for years his books on the subject have been considered mandatory reading for engineers whose work involve low level programming on Windows.
 * Considering he is recognized as one of the greatest authorities in Windows internals and is mentioned in various advisories from Microsoft itself I think an article about him is apropriate. Rnbc 14:00, 23 November 2005 (UTC)


 * As the guy who started this article, and considering the responses here, I find the deletion rec essentially frivolous. Can it be removed now? Mateo_LeFou 23 November 2005


 * 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.