Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Dave Hyatt

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The result was Keep, only keep votes, nominator also voted keep now . - Non admin closure --Cpt. Morgan (Reinoutr) 12:21, 24 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Dave Hyatt

The person doesn't fullfill the notability guideline. mms 00:21, 24 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Keep Co-creator with Blake Ross of the Firefox browser. Well known now for working on Apple's Safari web browser. Would you mind pointing out exactly how this article doesn't fit the guideline? AlistairMcMillan 01:20, 24 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

As far as I can see Hyatt surely meets "The person is regarded as an important figure or is widely cited by their peers or successors." AlistairMcMillan 01:23, 24 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Or how about "The person has made a widely recognized contribution that is part of the enduring historical record in his or her specific field." AlistairMcMillan 01:28, 24 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

keep if improved. There are no citations to establish notability, or even to establish the truth of the claims made. If citations are provided, this article should be kept. Argyriou (talk) 02:50, 24 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep notability is established per above comments, so no need to delete. Corpx 02:56, 24 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep, as the others have said, contingent upon the addition of credible sourcing. If this guy is an architect of Safari and one of the co-creators of Firefox, I'd say he's notable enough for an article. It does, however, need some good sourcing to make it credibly notable. bwowen talk•contribs•review me please! 03:42, 24 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Sjc

Please add a rationale to your keep vote -- just a vote with no reasoning is usually frowned upon. Ten Pound Hammer • ^{(((Broken clamshells • Otter chirps)))} 04:50, 24 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Keep - Co-creator of the Firefox browser is enough to satisfy WP:N, particularly "The person has made a widely recognized contribution that is part of the enduring historical record in his or her specific field." —Disavian (^talk/_contribs) 06:35, 24 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep as surely co-creation of a major software product is notability. I am unsure about the recent edit history of mms (talk · contribs), who has a) AFD'd a number of individuals, b) PROD'd a number of others, and c) massively decategorized under Category:Computer programmers and Category:Free software programmers, but my good faith assumptions are being tested. --Dhartung | Talk 06:56, 24 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- I second your good faith concerns about mms, particularly the decategorization of Category:Free software programmers. —Disavian (^talk/_contribs) 07:23, 24 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  - Comment mms has explained to me on my talk page that he was simply collapsing categories, and has reconsidered his position on some articles. --Dhartung | Talk 08:30, 24 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep as he is Co-creator of firefox I think that he meets WP:N. Oyster guitarist 06:58, 24 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep after reconsidering that he also »created and wrote the first specifications for the XBL and XUL markup languages.« Sorry for wasting your time with this. --mms 08:10, 24 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.