Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mike Boich

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The result was keep. j⚛e decker ^talk 06:38, 11 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Mike Boich

Request withdrawn

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Is a former employee of Apple notable enough for a standalone article? After the primary source tags were removed, I had another good search - he seems to average one namedrop a book, in no significant context - enough to show he existed and was a real person, but nothing really in-depth. All sources are blogs or press releases. He doesn't seem to be part of the Template:Original Macintosh Design Team. A merge might be possible, or a redirect to an article on the group of people who signed the original Mac 128k. He might qualify as a "key figure in the history of Apple" (see Template:Apple celeb) but will surely need sources to demonstrate his notability and coverage - something a bit more substantial than one-off throwaway name checks. Mabalu (talk) 02:19, 2 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Comment he was also a founder of Radius (computer) and was a well-known figure in the valley in the late 80s-early 90s. I can't !vote or expand the article because I knew him back then. Philg88 ^♦talk 07:39, 2 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Comment. I'm the author of the article. I was unaware of the other articles. I am in favor of merging the articles. As noted, the material around this person is lacking. I have "reached out" to Guy Kawasaki. For him, he just wants to see the item corrected. That is, Mike Boich is the original 'technology evangalist' for Apple Machintosh. As such, you can merge or I can merge. meatclerk (talk) 03:34, 3 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Computing-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 04:21, 2 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of People-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 04:21, 2 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. Major figure at Apple--an important firm in an important industry. Sufficient reliable sources meets general notability guideline. A keeper.--Tomwsulcer (talk) 22:22, 9 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Keep WP:BIO doesn't fail and there are a lot of references which are reliable sources. 5.150.92.19 (talk) 11:45, 10 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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