Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Tandy Trower


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The result was no consensus with no prujudice against speedy renomination. Only !vote was by an editor who disclosed a connection with the person in question. No other views expressed despite 2 relists. (non-admin closure) Bungle (talk • contribs) 20:53, 24 August 2021 (UTC)

Tandy Trower

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Promotional article, most text added by a series of SPAs. The purpose appears to be to publicise his robotics company. Grandiose claims of notability and considerable biographical detail, but a paucity of independent third-party sources to back any of this. A WP:BEFORE shows passing coverage of the robotics firm. We don't have the necessary depth of coverage in independent RSes to sustain a BLP here. PROD removed by one of the SPAs, but adding a few new sources that were still not independent RSes. David Gerard (talk) 09:01, 3 August 2021 (UTC)
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Disclosure: I have known Tandy since 2006 and can confirm his career since then. I worked in the Microsoft Robotics Group. I did some of the editing for Microsoft Robotics Developer Studio on Wikipedia but I am not an experienced Wikipedia author. (Just look at how many edits it takes me to get things right!) Tandy asked me to create a page for him as a favor (quite a while ago). He provided much of the content.

Facts:

Tandy worked at Microsoft from 1981 to 2009. See citations in the article for History of Microsoft 1981 and The 20 Year Club.

He was asked by Bill Gates to investigate Robotics and later appointed as the General Manager of the Robotics Group. See the citation for the Scientific American article written by Bill Gates in 2008.

As a GM he routinely interacted with the press and was the spokesperson for Microsoft Robotics Developer Studio. Google "Tandy Trower".

Tandy formed Hoaloha Robotics to develop robots for elder care and is still working towards that today.

Claims:

Tandy's claims of his early work are difficult to substantiate because they pre-date the Internet and Microsoft does not attribute work to individuals, e.g. his work on design guidelines for Windows applications, his specs for Windows 1.0 desktop apps. These claims might have to be removed from the article.

His claims regarding Robotics are accurate and his position at Microsoft made him a notable person in the industry at the time who was sought after for commentary and interviews/podcasts.

Summary:

I propose that the article be retained, possibly with some material removed. I ask for guidance on that.

Trevor Taylor — Preceding unsigned comment added by TrevorTaylor (talk • contribs) 00:16, 4 August 2021 (UTC)  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, ✗  plicit  12:48, 10 August 2021 (UTC)

I didn't realise I had to sign my comments. This is all new to me. TrevorTaylor (talk) 22:49, 13 August 2021 (UTC)  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Extraordinary Writ (talk) 20:37, 17 August 2021 (UTC)


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