Talk:Samuel Feltman

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I'm not sure I understand how or why the speedy deletion tag gets added. However, as already noted in the article (and documented with the references), Samuel Feltman played a crucial role in the history of computers and in other developments in Army Ordnance. His role was so important that the Army named a lab after him, and inducted him into the Army Ordnance Hall of Fame. All of this is explained in the article.

Also, an error message keeps appearing about a missing </ref> tag, but I entered that tag. Can someone please fix this? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sjscher (talk • contribs) 05:58, February 20, 2009‎

Notability[edit]

Unable to find significant coverage in reliable sources independent of the subject. The only significant coverage is the hall of fame description, which is not independent. Development of the ENIAC is extremely well-documented and what appears to be limited coverage of his role in this is not obviously consistent with notability of this individual. Bongo matic 15:07, 23 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The Goldstine book, from Princeton University Press, clearly meets all independence guidelines. Goldstine is a reliable source in relation to the development of ENIAC.
Why do you say the hall of fame citation is not independent? It was produced by the Army Ordnance Corps long after the death of the subject. Similarly, the article from The Voice was produced independent of the subject -- again, after his death. No one with any connection to Feltman had any connection to these sources. Sjscher (talk) 04:35, 26 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]