Wikiquote:Votes for deletion archive/Gary Kildall


 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review).  No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: delete.. Fys. &#147;Ta fys aym&#148;. 14:44, 2 February 2007 (UTC)

Gary Kildall
This page was created with only a single unsourced quote, namely, "640k ought to be enough for anybody." While commonly (and mistakenly) attributed to Bill Gates, there's no evidence that this person said it, either. There are only thirteen Google hits for "640k ought to be enough for anybody" Kildall, and it appears that all of them simply have Kildall's name appearing on the same page as the quote, but not as the originator. —LrdChaos (talk) 00:10, 26 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Vote closed: Result: Delete. Fys. &#147;Ta fys aym&#148;. 14:42, 2 February 2007 (UTC)


 * Delete. —LrdChaos (talk) 00:10, 26 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete in addition to LrdChaos's reasons, it is a single, unsourced [mis]quote designed to make the speaker look foolish. For that it should be deleted for the same reason that the Angela Beesley article was. To quote JeffQ: "After some high-profile controversies, Wikimedia has become much more sensitive to the creation of articles with the clear intent of embarrasing their living subjects, formulating w:Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons to prevent unsourced personal attacks." Koweja 06:51, 26 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete definitely. Tyrenius 07:14, 26 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete --McNoddy 08:22, 26 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete. - InvisibleSun 22:26, 26 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete per above. Cbrown1023 19:05, 27 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete unless properly sourced Kildall quotes are added. The current one has to go without a source, given its suspect provenance. ~ Jeff Q (talk) 21:29, 27 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete per Jeffq. 121a0012 03:58, 29 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete. ~ UDScott 14:13, 29 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Speedy Delete - As per Koweja's comment (noting that this is not a living person). WIKISUPERFIXER 13:28, 1 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete per above.--Jusjih 13:43, 1 February 2007 (UTC)


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