Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Van Lindberg (2nd nomination)


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The result was delete.  Sandstein  15:55, 18 October 2021 (UTC)

Van Lindberg
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Fails WP:SIGCOV and WP:BIO. References are profiles and news about other folk. Can't see why he is notable.  scope_creep Talk  12:25, 26 September 2021 (UTC)

So, not a wikipedian, so I may not use the correct terms. But this article seems in line with other open source leaders that also have pages.
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- "The person has made a widely recognized contribution that is part of the enduring historical record in a specific field": There are only about 85 open source licenses that have been accepted by OSI; Lindberg was the author of the (arguably) most radical license since the GPL. This puts him in a very small class of people who have authored licenses accepted by the OSI. (Similar to Sam Hocevar, Lawrence Rosen, or Poul-Henning Kamp who have pages.)

- Similarly, Lindberg has been the head of or a board member of the Python Software Foundation for almost two decades, and completely reorganized the foundation. (Similar to Jim Jagelski, who has a page.) Lindberg's work in open source was cited by Intellectual Asset Management magazine - see https://www.iam-media.com/copyright/not-so-secret-source

- "People are presumed notable if they have received significant coverage in multiple published secondary sources" - Lindberg is probably best known for his public work against patent trolls. As well as a number of articles cited in the page, there are a lot more (Google "Lindberg patent trolls") - Lindberg has appeared in a documentary about fighting against patent trolls (https://www.amazon.com/Patent-Scam-Austin-Meyer/dp/B0736G66P8, check the details for the list of actors). He also led Rackspace's fight against patent trolls and testified in Congress about open source and patent trolls both (https://gigaom.com/2013/08/02/rackspace-helps-school-congress-on-copyright-and-open-source/).

So perhaps there need to be revisions on the style, or other parts added, but this seems in line with other Wikipedia pages. — Preceding unsigned comment added by TargozInvictus (talk • contribs) 15:21, 4 October 2021 (UTC)


 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Businesspeople-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 12:48, 26 September 2021 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Utah-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 12:48, 26 September 2021 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, ✗  plicit  13:17, 3 October 2021 (UTC)
 * Comment Looking at the first 10 refs:
 * Ref 1 A profile. Likely non-RS, since it is likley written by himself as is common in the corporate environment.
 * Ref 2 Open Source Vet Joins Taylor English IP Team In San Antonio An annoucement.
 * Ref 3 A listing. Likely non-RS. Not a source.
 * Ref 4 A forum front page. Non-RS.
 * Ref 5 An annoucement in a blog. A profile. Not in-depth. Likely non-RS.
 * Ref 6 Another profile. Very short.
 * Ref 7 Dead domain.
 * Ref 8 Link to an open source licence page. Non-RS for this particular subject.
 * Ref 9 Open Source Casebook front page. Non-RS for this subject.
 * Ref 10 Link to his book.

There is one single ref that independent, in-depth and secondary for this BLP. It is complete crock.  scope_creep Talk  15:41, 5 October 2021 (UTC)  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America1000 14:44, 10 October 2021 (UTC)


 * delete I agree with the nominator's analysis. The desperation of user TargozInvictus suggests a personal relationship with the subject. Ode+Joy (talk) 00:05, 11 October 2021 (UTC)


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