Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Fernando Pérez (software developer)

Fernando Pérez (software developer)

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Sources either are directly related to the subject or only mention him in passing. The only article that directly deals with him is the Infoworld article, but that's basically a interview transcript. Sulfurboy (talk) 04:38, 28 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

The Free Software Foundation Announcement is the most relevant article establishing notability of the subject. Until the addition of the page being discussed, the subject was the only historical recipient of the Free Software Award who did not already have a Wikipedia page. In light of this article and the additional secondary sources included, I feel the subject has been shown to meet the WP:NRVE and WP:GNG criteria. Jakevdp (talk) 05:04, 28 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of United States of America-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 02:57, 29 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Keep. It's always surprising how poorly Wikipedia deals with "notability" issues related to open-source software. The arguments for deletion always seem to relate to lack of "independent" sources and never seem to have much familiarity with how these communities work. Pérez works in academia and develops software widely used there; I think it makes more sense to think in the spirit of WP:PROF. What matters is that his work is widely discussed and highly influential - multiple features in Nature, even! - not that the articles aren't specifically about his life or that they contain interview material. Being worth interviewing is a sign of notability, after all. The Free Software Award really ought to clinch it. But I dunno, I use IPython literally every day and am arguably not "neutral" with regard to scientific computation (that is, I actually know something about it). Opabinia regalis (talk) 06:53, 29 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]