Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mike Beedle

Mike Beedle

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Not seeing any notability. As well as a number of other issues. ~~This may even be a hoax.~~ Slatersteven (talk) 10:27, 12 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of People-related deletion discussions. MT Train^Talk 13:18, 12 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Authors-related deletion discussions. The Mighty Glen (talk) 13:22, 12 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Computing-related deletion discussions. The Mighty Glen (talk) 13:22, 12 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Comment it's not a complete hoax: [1]. But I've removed some unsourced claims. The Mighty Glen (talk) 13:24, 12 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]
User:Slatersteven, I urge you to return and strike the assertion about this looking like a hoax. I searched the book title and instantly saw that it was a real book, although it appeared to be a textbook designed to teach computer skills related to the fact that author had founded a small company also called "Scrum". Then I searched his name, and found this Chicago Tribume article 29 March 2018 Public's help sought as police investigate stabbing death of software CEO in River North.E.M.Gregory (talk) 13:52, 12 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Actually I was referring to some of the very odd information (they were born at the age of 55) And unsourced claims like they were murdered. There is just something very odd about this. As if someone is tying to create an article with as many iffy "facts" as they can.Slatersteven (talk) 13:57, 12 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you. (I suspect that this page was created by a mourner, and it seemed cruel to call a page a "hoax," at a moment when mourners are likely to visit the page.) That aside, there was coverage of him in reputable news media for several years, coverage unrelated to the he was murder (he walked out a bar with cash in his hand, and stepped into an alley with the alleged murderer - [http://cltv.com/2018/04/06/man-56-charged-in-river-north-fatal-stabbing-of-software-ceo/ who has been denied bail.) The killing does not appear likely to be notable, but I do hope that someone who follows the Computing-related deletion will weigh in on his notability as a tech entrepreneur. He seems to have created more than one tech venture.E.M.Gregory (talk) 14:45, 12 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Delete Wikipedia is not a memorial site, and we need proactive evidence of notability which is clearly lacking.John Pack Lambert (talk) 02:33, 13 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Like John Pack Lambert, I note NOTMEMORIAL and see no basis for notability, but feel free to ping me to revisit if someone familiar with Beedle's career, his tech innovations, or roles in corporations comes up with notability that I cannot see.E.M.Gregory (talk) 14:12, 13 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - WP:NOTMEMORIAL
Do not delete This page is not intended as a memorial one, I have added more details about his contribution, and I think that this page should exists from many time ago, as he was one of the Agile Manifesto signators. Of course will respect your decision. Daniel Ceillan (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 21:07, 15 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Notable. Mike Beedle has publications with in excess of 3602, 2802, 680, 171 cites respectively (the actual number of cites is higher because they have listed some of these as several papers rather than one). These very highly cited works satisfy WP:PROF. Multiple papers with thousands of cites is notability in any field. James500 (talk) 06:05, 16 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Significant edit made please review your positions. Thanks. Daniel Ceillan (talk) 16 April 2018, at 09:50 (UTC)