Talk:Gian Merlino

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Contested deletion[edit]

This page should not be speedily deleted. It describes the contributions of a notable technologist, co-creator of hte widely-used open source package Apache Druid (used by over 1,000 organizations, inlcuding the Wikimedia Foundation: https://wikimediafoundation.org/news/2018/01/02/wikistats-2/ ). I believe this should qualify as notable under CSD A7.

Notability is a separate issue from WP:A7, which is "some indication of importance ". A much lower threshold. To be notable, a subject needs significant coverage of content cited from reliable sources that are unconnected with the subject and have a reputation for fact checking." --Deepfriedokra (talk) 22:32, 8 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Tags added on 10 Feb[edit]

On February 10, Ciridae added {{Notability}}, {{Self-published}}, {{Third-party}}, and {{Unreliable sources}} tags to this page.

Notability was earlier discussed on this talk page. While Gian Merlino is not in the same notability category as Albert Einstein, he is the co-creator of the open source package Apache Druid, used by over 1,000 organizations, including the Wikimedia Foundation: https://wikimediafoundation.org/news/2018/01/02/wikistats-2/

The reference to LinkedIn should be replaced with something else to cite his education status. This seems to be the course of thle self-published, third-party, and unreliable sources tags.

Does anyone see other issues that should be addressed to remove those tags? Briskmad (talk) 19:22, 11 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

The LinkedIn reference has been replaced. Any objections to removing the other template tags?Briskmad (talk) 02:03, 14 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Having seen no response here for 3 days, I am going to remove the tags. If someone believes they are still justified, please join the conversation!Briskmad (talk) 20:59, 17 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Apologies, I did not see the talk page message and did not respond earlier. No, I don't think that the issues highlighted by the templates have been adequately addressed. Notability requires coverage in reliable, third-party secondary sources, independent of the subject. Most of the sources do not qualify. And surviving speedy deletion is not a notability discussion, I'm afraid; that's a much lower threshold. I have reverted your change for now, but if you still think otherwise, you or another editor can remove the templates again, but please make a note of the reason why in the edit summary. Ciridae (talk) 09:20, 18 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

This article is a biography of the co-creator of Apache Druid, a technology widely-used by thousands of organizations. This seems to qualify for notability under WP:AUTHOR: "The person is known for originating a significant new concept, theory, or technique"

There are multiple sources cited for this article. alumnius.net, apache.org, and datascienceassn.org are reliable sources that are independent of the subject. While they are not secondary sources, they seem to fall under the guidelines for inclusion in WP:PRIMARY. I've added an additional paragraph, with a citiation of an independent reporting source, SF Scala. Ciridae what else do you think is needed to remove the templates? Or do you believe that this person is not sufficiently notable to deserve inclusion in Wikipedia, so no remediation is possible? Briskmad (talk) 04:41, 3 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]