Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mike Cohn


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The result was keep. ✗ plicit  00:28, 23 October 2021 (UTC)

Mike Cohn

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Fails N, most if not all of the sources that mention the topic are Primary sources AINH (talk) 23:49, 15 October 2021 (UTC)


 * Strong keep - passes WP:ANYBIO #2, probably WP:NAUTHOR, and probably WP:GNG. Steve Denning, Senior Contributor to Forbes Magazine wrote in 2011, "If there was a Nobel Prize for management, and if there was any justice in the world, I believe that the prize would be awarded, among others, to Jeff Sutherland, Ken Schwaber and Mike Cohn for their contributions to the invention of Scrum". In almost the exact form of words we would use to describe what notability means here at Wikipedia, Denning is saying that Cohn has made a significant contribution to his field and is part of the enduring historical record. Further, Denning's book The Age of Agile was published in 2018 and was selected by the Financial Times as one of the best business books of 2018. It focuses, at least in part, on Cohn and his co-creator colleagues. As a result of his contribution, Cohn is cited as an expert by publications like CIO. Emergn included Cohn on their list of, "The top 20 most influential Agile people". Not at #20. Not at #10, or #5. Mike Cohn is considered  the most influential Agile person in the world by his peers. This one's easy I reckon.  St ★ lwart 1 1 1 08:28, 16 October 2021 (UTC)
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 * Keep per Stalwart111.Brayan ocaner (talk) 13:36, 17 October 2021 (UTC)
 * Keep. It is usually hard to find sources for significant people in the software development area. But in this case there are many publications (articles and books) about Agile development, and Cohn has three books with over a thousand citations each. There are reviews of his books here and here. StarryGrandma (talk) 20:46, 18 October 2021 (UTC)
 * Keep per others, appears to be enough coverage of Cohn and his work. NemesisAT (talk) 11:28, 20 October 2021 (UTC)


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