Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Rishab Aiyer Ghosh


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The result was   keep. There is a stronger, more policy based consensus for the article to be kept, and the sources provided by Buster prove notability.(non-admin closure) MacMedtalk stalk 01:42, 26 June 2011 (UTC)

Rishab Aiyer Ghosh

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Despite the promotional tone in this article, he does not appear to be a notable academic. Editorship of First Monday (journal) does not seem like the kind of journal that automatically qualifies someone for a Wikipedia biography per WP:PROF. FuFoFuEd (talk) 23:55, 18 June 2011 (UTC)


 * Weak Keep. While the article needs to be re-written (for example, "His work helps reshape the global understanding of FLOSS, including in the academic world" is really not appropriate as an unreferenced assertion), he is apparantly a founding editor of a magazine that is notable enought for its own article. It also looks like he has been an invited speaker at a number of panels (see, for example ]). That being said, I appreciate notability is not inheritable, and I would be more comfortable with keeping this article if there were references that this person has been the subject of third-party reliable sources. Singularity42 (talk) 21:01, 19 June 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Software-related deletion discussions.  — • Gene93k (talk) 00:36, 20 June 2011 (UTC)
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 * Weak delete with a GS h index of only 12 in a highly cited field. Too early. Xxanthippe (talk) 01:14, 20 June 2011 (UTC).
 * Delete Per Xxanthippe. Note that he is not the editor-in-chief of First Monday.
 * Keep Passes general notability, based on in-depth coverage by multiple independent sources. I just added links from Information Week, The Inquirer, Linux Journal, The Register, and Hindu.com, If I could read German or Russian, I could have added about 5 more good ones. Some of these links are interviews, and at least one discussed the Wikimedia Foundation's hiring Ghosh's group for research. I only know about him myself because of a speech he made at Wikimania 2006. BusterD (talk) 13:11, 25 June 2011 (UTC)
 * Keep. He received sufficient coverage outside academia in his academic capacity, so I think he passes WP:PROF. GNews gives 62 hits, and quite a few of them make it clear that he is regarded asa significant figure in the public policy debate regarding open source movement. E.g. here:"One of the key persons behind this study is Rishab Aiyer Ghosh....He also wrote for technical and mainstream publications. In addition, Ghosh had his own newsletter, "Indian Techonomist", that went out to people such as Reed Hundt and Vint Cerf. At the request of senior Indian government officials, he contributed various consultation papers concerning opening up internet policy, especially to small providers." And here: "The study was prepared by senior researcher Rishab Aiyer Ghosh, who did a tremendous amount of FLOSS studies the last few years, amongst them on FLOSSpols and FLOSSWorld." Etc. Overall, passes WP:PROF. Nsk92 (talk) 19:24, 25 June 2011 (UTC)
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