The result was this is silly. The process has been irreparably tainted. However I do think this guy was significant in his field. I recommend giving the article a bit of time to mature and revisiting this issue later if we must. Friday (talk) 19:29, 22 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Non-notable bio. Wikipedia is not a memorial. While Mr. Shannon may have been known within a small community for his newsletter/website, there are no actual independent, reliable sources about him as a subject, as required by WP:BIO-- just articles about Compaq/HP that he had written. --LeflymanTalk 02:32, 22 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
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[3]. Furthermore, Leflyman states false information because Terry Shannon was profiled in NetworkWorld Magazine— Preceding unsigned comment added by Discpad (talk • contribs) 09:58, 22 February 2007