Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Paul Brainerd


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The result was keep. clpo13(talk) 22:46, 28 January 2019 (UTC)

Paul Brainerd

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Delete Does not appear to meet the criteria for establishing notability. References are poor and not entirely reliable or are Primary. Biggest claim to fame is a claim to have coined the phrase "Desktop Publishing" Fails WP:BIO.  HighKing++ 15:04, 13 January 2019 (UTC)
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 *  Weak Keep I saw some decent sources in a search. There is recent news coverage regarding his philanthropy, and numerous book references on his computer career. They're not extremely strong, but they are enough for WP:BASIC.ThatMontrealIP (talk) 23:19, 13 January 2019 (UTC)
 * , that's great! Can you post links? I am unable to locate any decent references that meet the criteria for notability.  HighKing++ 14:44, 16 January 2019 (UTC)
 * Sure,, but next time maybe you can do the research before nominating? I found these by employing a standard Google search with the quoted phrase "Paul Brainerd", sometimes with "Aldus" or "philanthropy". Some are in-depth and some are passing mentions of the DTP phrase he coined. The sources deal with both his role in computer history and his more recent, widely covered, efforts in New Zealand to establish some kind of ecological retreat. There are at least a dozen more mentions of his role in establishing DTP that I have not included. So there you are.
 * US couple 'give back' with trailblazing Glenorchy camp ground
 * How Paul Brainerd’s extraordinary career went from revolutionizing publishing to empowering enviros:"The sale in 1994 of Seattle’s Aldus to Adobe for $525 million didn’t end Paul Brainerd’s entrepreneurial run. It just pointed it in a new direction. A personal windfall of roughly $120 million allowed Brainerd, whose PageMaker software revolutionized desktop publishing, to break from the business world and move to nonprofits. He spearheaded the launch of a series of organizations that sought innovative strategies for practicing philanthropy, education and saving the environment."
 * Foreign investment in the South Island: Strangers in Paradise
 * Meggs' History of Graphic Design
 * Glenorchy rift 'ripping the town apart'
 * Responsibility at Work: How Leading Professionals Act (or Don't Act) Responsibly
 * Type: The Secret History of Letters
 * Forbes: "Take Paul Brainerd, a former journalist who founded Aldus, the developer of the desktop publishing program PageMaker. After making millions from the sale of his company, he started the Brainerd Foundation, which focuses on environmental protection in the Pacific Northwest, in 1995. From there, he founded Islandwood, a 250-acre outdoor learning center that brings kids from urban neighborhoods to Bainbridge Island, Wash., to educate them about the environment."
 * International directory of Company Histories
 * Infoworld article
 * The Telecommunications Illustrated Dictionary
 * Infoworld again
 * Desktop Publishing: Anwendungen, Erfahrungen, Prognosen
 * Computerintegrierter Arbeitsplatz im Büro: München
 * Australian Printer Magazine
 * Business Week
 * Entrepreneur magazine encyclopedia of entrepreneurs
 * Computing fundamentals
 * PC world
 * Time Magazine:"Toward the end of 1984, a gentleman named Paul Brainerd, the CEO of PageMaker, showed Apple CEO John Sculley and his team a new software product. This was the first WYSIWYG program of its kind and as Brainerd pointed out at the time, the Mac made it possible for him to create such a product. The term “desktop publishing” came out of the union of Apple’s Mac, the laser printer and Aldus’ PageMaker. It changed the world of publishing forever."
 * Macworld
 * Macworld: the Macintosh Magazine
 * Inside Philanthropy
 * Cases in Corporate Acquisitions, Buyouts, Mergers, and Takeovers
 * US News and World Report
 * Personal Computing, Volume 14
 * This Place on Earth: Home and the Practice of Permanence
 * Design World
 * Dr. Dobb's Journal of Software Tools for the Professional Programmer
 * Personal Publishing, Volume 7, Issues 1-12
 * Venture Philanthropy
 * Desktop Publishing in the University: Opinions and Experiences of Professional and Non Professional Publishers
 * New York Times
 * New York Times Interview
 * New York Times article on Social Ventures Partners, one of his philanthropy projects: "It has to do with a generational shift, said Paul Brainerd, who founded Social Venture Partners after he collected $150 million from the sale of his software company, the Aldus Corporation, to the Adobe Corporation in 1994. These are people in their 30's and 40's who have more to give than just their money. They have their intellects, their minds. Their idea is more than just charity. It's investing."
 * PHILANTHROPY: THE NEXT GENERATION - The Washington Post " Paul Brainerd and his friends don't have much experience being rich..."
 * Computer Age Millionaires Redefine Philanthropy, The New York Times

ThatMontrealIP (talk) 01:18, 17 January 2019 (UTC)  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * Comment the nomination claims coining a phrase isn't enough for notability. Fair enough, however in this case he did not simply make up a phrase. He co-founded a company that brought out the first WYSIWYG consumer Desktop publishing program. Then he coined the phrase. There's a bit of work there. Per WP:ANYBIO, he made "a widely recognized contribution that is part of the enduring historical record in his or her specific field". That contribution to the field is widely recognized above, in the many different publications... Time, the New York Times etc. He is mentioned is just about every history of DTP.ThatMontrealIP (talk) 02:17, 17 January 2019 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Jovanmilic97 (talk) 18:30, 20 January 2019 (UTC)  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * keep I think, thanks to ThatMontrealIP, that there are enough sources to show that the GNG is met. There are a lot of passing mentions, but also some good profiles.Sandals1 (talk) 15:21, 26 January 2019 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Vanamonde (Talk) 18:42, 27 January 2019 (UTC)
 * Keep Too late for a Speedy Keep. Thanks to ThatMontrealIP for all his RS! StrayBolt (talk) 16:32, 28 January 2019 (UTC)


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