Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Rob Lord (software developer)


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The result was delete. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont)  10:38, 22 June 2021 (UTC)

Rob Lord (software developer)

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A remarkably long-standing article that has only been edited by bots for the past seven years. While some projects he has been involved with are certainly notable, I have serious reservations about the guy himself, and the sources that can be found seem to corroborate this first impression, as they mainly concern themselves with Winamp, Songbird or whatever, but scarcely with the subject in a way that has any WP:GNG relevance. To me, this has all the hallmarks of a neglected remnant from a different era, and I think deletion would be the right move.  Angry Harpy   talk 16:25, 7 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of People-related deletion discussions.  Angry Harpy    talk 16:25, 7 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Businesspeople-related deletion discussions.  Angry Harpy    talk 16:25, 7 June 2021 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * Comment There is a possible redirect target: Songbird (software). Pavlor (talk) 05:12, 9 June 2021 (UTC)
 * , I had considered this, and for a person with a less generic name with no disambiguators, I might've just WP:BOLDly redirected it myself – but is anyone ever going to specifically look up "Rob Lord (software developer)"? I don't find that likely, they'd almost certainly type only Rob Lord, be redirected to Robert Lord and find him in the list. All we would have to do in this case is to turn Songbird blue, and with the short stub itself, I don't think there's all too much to WP:PRESERVE.  Angry Harpy   talk 05:25, 9 June 2021 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, ✗  plicit  23:56, 14 June 2021 (UTC)


 * Comment This also fails WP:3REFS. I searched for other sources online to see if it could pass this criterion but there only seems to be copies of this article on various clones of Wikipedia. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Trialan (talk • contribs) 14:20, 15 June 2021 (UTC)


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