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Apparently non-notable; the only source I can find is the one in the article, which isn't enough per WP:BIO.

EDIT: After the new sources that have been added due to the (now hatted) discussion below, I'm changing my implicit delete to a weak keep, though I'd like to keep the AfD open to get other opinions, as I think it's a borderline case. Writ Keeper 14:10, 24 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Extended conversation with article author

What constitutes notability? - gjp. I had understood it to mean any meaningful contribution to a field of knowledge or endeavor. Is a one million plus units sold for an application not notable? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Gregoryptm (talkcontribs) 14:18, 24 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Hey, Gregory, I'll expand on your talk page. Writ Keeper 14:30, 24 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]


Writ Keeper: I do have some additional external sources for Andrew Stone's notability, including articles in MacWeek and Business Week. Let me compile those first before you delete, okay? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Gregoryptm (talkcontribs) 15:04, 24 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Don't worry, this discussion runs for seven days; you have plenty of time. Writ Keeper 15:08, 24 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I just added sources from Business Week, Mac Week and Wired UK. How notable is notable? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Gregoryptm (talkcontribs) 15:13, 24 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

At first glance, those look pretty good; the BusinessWeek article is definitely a keeper. Let me take a closer look later today, and if it is good enough (and I suspect it is), I'll withdraw the deletion nomination. In the meantime, though, you might want to take a look at this; we generally prefer the paragraphs to be directly cited to the source that supports it, rather than just having a bunch of sources glommed on at the end. No worries, though; that's not a big enough concern to warrant deletion or anything, as it's easily fixable. Again, I'll see what I can do with that later today.
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Okay, after looking at them, the Bloomberg source and probably the Wired.com source (with a loose enough definition of "significant coverage") look legit enough (the others appear to be opinion pieces, which generally aren't accepted as reliable sources). So, I'll say that Stone is probably notable enough to pass the GNG, though it's a borderline case. I'm going to leave this AfD up for now to get other people's input, as it's a borderline case, but I'm changing my delete !vote to a weak keep. One way or another, the article needs a lot of work. Writ Keeper 23:41, 24 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Computing-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 17:47, 27 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of People-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 17:47, 27 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Mark Arsten (talk) 14:37, 1 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

FWIW, I've known Andy Stone since 1991. Andy influenced my NextStep programming and ultimately led to my creation of Mesa (a spreadsheet for NextStep and the worlds first real-time spreadsheet). I'm not sure why there is any quibbling at all about Andy's Bio. It all seems right to me and it seems nasty and petty to try to take it down.