Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Matthew Garrett


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The result was Keep. czar ⨹   15:18, 9 December 2014 (UTC)

Matthew Garrett

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Seemingly non-notable individual. Has done a fair amount of coding, but other than a few name-drops in mainstream media I am not seeing anything to indicate notability (many of the current references are primary sources) Primefac (talk) 23:04, 26 November 2014 (UTC)


 * Comment — I started this article in March after Garrett's receipt of the Free Software Award was announced. I felt that the award clearly pushed Garrett over the notability bar. That said, the nominator of this article also just sent the awards themselves to AfD so the award's notability is literally up for discussion. :) Several months ago, Garrett became a member of the Free Software Foundation board of directors (a fact not reflected in the biography) where I also serve. Because we serve on the same board, I think it's most proper if I do not !vote here. — m a k o ๛  00:36, 27 November 2014 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Ireland-related deletion discussions. lavender|(formerlyHMSSolent)|lambast 01:53, 27 November 2014 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Software-related deletion discussions. lavender|(formerlyHMSSolent)|lambast 01:54, 27 November 2014 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of People-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 14:34, 27 November 2014 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.
 * Comment: this has no chance of being deleted. The article was created by an associate of the subject, and this associate sits on the board of the Wikimedia Foundation. If I were a !voting man, I'd say "snow keep", and save the community the effort of debating this. Eddymason (talk) 17:45, 28 November 2014 (UTC)
 * Keep In addition to the notable award mentioned above there is also in-depth coverage in The Register and Infoworld states that he is well-known . --I am One of Many (talk) 07:55, 3 December 2014 (UTC)
 * Keep Garrett is a member of the Free Software Foundation board of directors, and has won a significant award. Further, the sources from I am One of Many show sufficient recognition to establish notability. Johnuniq (talk) 10:27, 3 December 2014 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, NorthAmerica1000 00:37, 4 December 2014 (UTC)
 * Keep mostly per IAOOM. Seems to be notable because of the award and in-depth coverage. -- Amaryllis Gardener  talk 15:20, 4 December 2014 (UTC)
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