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The result was delete. ‑Scottywong| gab _ 19:56, 9 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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The article presents no evidence of any notability, evidence of achievements beyond maintaining a website and creating an individual software program for email. A search for the author's name does not reveal any major achievements which justify a wikipedia biographical article. JoshuSasori (talk) 09:27, 12 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

• KeepComment He is well-known in the Perl community. As evidence possibly contributing toward notability,

(1) Using Qpsmtpd is an in-depth secondary source describing the above mentioned email program, from O'Reilly, a reliable publisher.

(2) Fighting spam with qpsmtpd is another in-depth secondary source. I can't vouch for Search Enterprise Linux, but it looks journalistic.

(3) Ask Bjorn Hansen received a White Camel award at OSCON for Perl Community service in 2001

(4) He developed and maintains the NTP pool project, a notable open pool of NTP servers that is used by millions of computer systems to keep computer clocks synchronized.

I'm inclined to think he is notable for the NTP pool project and the White Camel award, but would be interested in what others think. Update: Given that the NTP pool project apparently doesn't contribute notability to its author, I am changing my keep recommendation to a simple comment on sources found. Mark viking (talk) 05:23, 13 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for your input. Your top two sources appear to be reliable third-party sources, but they are not significant coverage of the article topic, which is "Ask Bjorn Hansen". The white camel award is already noted in the article, but it doesn't justify a wikipedia article about the person. Most of the recipients don't have freestanding wikipedia articles about them. Similarly, while the NTP pool project may have received significant coverage, that does not justify an article about "Ask Bjorn Hansen". Do you have any evidence that anyone has ever written an article about ABH or with the main topic being ABH? I couldn't find one. JoshuSasori (talk) 06:21, 13 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the explanation of your rationale. So the idea is that notability is not inherited from the NTP pool project, even if that person is the one who created and maintains it? I haven't found any interviews or biographical pages on the web about him. Mark viking (talk) 18:21, 13 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

So the idea is that notability is not inherited from the NTP pool project, even if that person is the one who created and maintains it? - Yes, please refer to WP:INHERIT.

I haven't found any interviews or biographical pages on the web about him. - so no luck with passing through WP:BIO? JoshuSasori (talk) 00:54, 14 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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• Delete - Fails WP:GNG--Nixie9 (talk) 19:22, 18 December 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, Courcelles 08:14, 19 December 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, Courcelles 05:46, 26 December 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, Courcelles 00:23, 2 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete No significant coverage. -—Kvng 04:21, 8 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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