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The result was Delete. Pascal.Tesson 23:20, 30 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Richard Gooch[edit]

No real assertion of notability. Just one of many people that has worked on Linux and there doesn't include any justification for this person having an article. Currently a substub, I can't see how this can be expanded into a decent biographical article. violet/riga (t) 08:11, 25 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Software-related deletions. -- the wub "?!" 16:29, 25 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Weak delete. Linux as a whole is a major work that is part of the enduring record of its field, and Gooch's contributions to it are widespread. But none of them are particularly important, as far as I can see. Devfs was a major user-visible feature, but it was replaced fairly quickly. Other contributions are minor: obscure features, or small performance improvements. No reliable independent sources that I can find with a brief search. JulesH 16:54, 25 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Weak Keep based on google scholar hits Corpx 02:02, 26 July 2007 (UTC) _{—An external link was removed from the preceding comment in order to avoid a strange spam blacklist rule. —gorgan_almighty 14:26, 30 July 2007 (UTC)}[reply]
Delete. The google hits are not very convincing, and the article itself is a complete and total WP:BLP violation with absolutely nothing in the way of non-trivial reliable sources, just a personal homepage. Burntsauce 17:57, 26 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. The notability of DevFS is WP:NOTINHERITED by it's author, and there's no other assertion of notability here. —gorgan_almighty 14:26, 30 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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