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I'm certain that Salman does not use Microsoft Paint any longer. Tehcarp (talk) 19:10, 9 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I agree, however, most of his current videos are still from MS Paint.

Go Khan!!!! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.123.61.111 (talk) 09:37, 6 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Merge to Salman Khan

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– Clear consensus to keep the articles separate. --Cliff (talk) 17:44, 17 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose. Sal created the Khan Academy, but the site is more than Khan himself. There are multiple software engineers, a translator coordinator, a COO, and other people in charge of running the site who work very hard. The Khan Academy is now a significant enough website to merit it's own page. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Vpletap (talk • contribs) 05:44, 9 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Support. He has done lot more for humankind.
Oppose. I vote for not merging. I agree that Salman has become a notable personality.Yatesman (talk) 15:33, 2 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose. I don't think merging is a good idea, no need to be that exclusive. Also representing criticism/acclaim of this on this page would be good. 88.159.72.164 (talk) 08:39, 12 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose. Vote for not merging -- Khan seems to have become a noted personality of his own. Any later events/information not directly related to the academy may have to got to the person article. HonoluluMan (talk) 12:07, 30 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Support. It's enough to have one article, because the man is mostly notable for his activities with the Academy. --Amir E. Aharoni (talk) 09:01, 15 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Khan's own article completely lacks secondary sources which cover him. A merge would be sensible for now; if sources which cover Khan himself are found then it can be later split back out. Chris Cunningham (not at work) - talk 09:08, 15 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose. I would like to link to a WP article that focuses on the lessons--appreciate the work of Mr. Khan, but would rather that be a separate article. --Anthon.Eff (talk) 01:42, 16 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
oppose both meet notability criteria, elaborate on academy remote teaching criticism Accotink2 talk 18:28, 26 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
oppose Article noteworthy in its own right William (talk) 02:55, 28 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose One of the most influential teachers of our time. The only reason why this merge is being suggested is because there is currently a one to one relationship between Khan and the Academy he created. However both topics are noteworthy on their own. --Gerrywastaken (talk) 10:12, 21 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
A video of Khan being used as a guest on CNN where almost no mention is made of his academy and instead the emphasis is his knowledge of the credit crisis. I believe this should be enough to demonstrates his noteworthiness: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ZAlj2gu0eM --Gerrywastaken (talk) 11:00, 25 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose The Khan Academy project has recently received US $2 million from Google in donations and a bit more from the Gates Foundation (was it 3.5 million?). This is since recently no longer a one man project and therefore I vote for keeping the pages separate. Tommy (talk) 17:38, 17 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

History section.

In the first sentence, Khan is referred to as a Bangledeshi American. Since he was not born in Bangledesh, I am not certain this is appropriate. In the cited reference, he states: "I was born and raised in New Orleans, Lousiana. My mother was born in Calcutta, India. My father was born in Barisal, Bangladesh." Nowhere does he identify as "Bangledeshi American", nor "Indian American". His first statement is that he is from the US, as such I am removing nationality/ethinicity statements from the history section. I am open to discussion of this point, of course. Cliff (talk) 17:29, 17 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I think it would be better to label him as "south asian" descent as that includes both of his parents' homelands. Many articles refer to a persons religion or ancestry. For example, other pages note a person's Jewish ancestry. Does this mean all of those pages should remove such ethnicities? Why only this one? I think its only fair to at least mention he is south asian. Surag198 (talk) 20:08, 26 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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	In the first sentence, Khan is referred to as a Bangledeshi American. Since he was not born in Bangledesh, I am not certain this is appropriate. In the cited reference, he states: "I was born and raised in New Orleans, Lousiana. My mother was born in Calcutta, India. My father was born in Barisal, Bangladesh." Nowhere does he identify as "Bangledeshi American", nor "Indian American". His first statement is that he is from the US, as such I am removing nationality/ethinicity statements from the history section. I am open to discussion of this point, of course. [[User:Cliff\|Cliff]] ([[User talk:Cliff\|talk]]) 17:29, 17 March 2011 (UTC)		In the first sentence, Khan is referred to as a Bangledeshi American. Since he was not born in Bangledesh, I am not certain this is appropriate. In the cited reference, he states: "I was born and raised in New Orleans, Lousiana. My mother was born in Calcutta, India. My father was born in Barisal, Bangladesh." Nowhere does he identify as "Bangledeshi American", nor "Indian American". His first statement is that he is from the US, as such I am removing nationality/ethinicity statements from the history section. I am open to discussion of this point, of course. [[User:Cliff\|Cliff]] ([[User talk:Cliff\|talk]]) 17:29, 17 March 2011 (UTC)

			I think it would be better to label him as "south asian" descent as that includes both of his parents' homelands. Many articles refer to a persons religion or ancestry. For example, other pages note a person's Jewish ancestry. Does this mean all of those pages should remove such ethnicities? Why only this one? I think its only fair to at least mention he is south asian. [[User:Surag198\|Surag198]] ([[User talk:Surag198\|talk]]) 20:08, 26 March 2011 (UTC)