Deletion of Mark Jason Dominus (4th nomination)

Comment: The nominator seems to be a single purpose account, per , and has made few or no edits unrelated to this particular AfD nomination. Starting an AfD with their ''third'' edit to WP (after user page and user talk page creation) is not typical behavior for a new user
Stance: comment
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Single-purpose account (WP:SPA)

Comment: or merge selectively to Higher-Order Perl. MJD's main claim to notability is as the author of ''Higher order Perl'' and as a columnist of ''The Perl Journal''.  He was a prominent although not central figure in the Perl world. Based on the book, he seems to meet notability per , but reasonable people could disagree on this. What is clear is that there is basic verifiable information out there on the man, and per our WP policies of  and , it is preferable to preserve verifiable information rather than delete it. Hence if consensus does not develop for keeping the article, merging basic facts relevant to the HOP article, his most notable achievement, would be the best policy-based course of action
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:AUTHOR||WP:PRESERVE||WP:ATD)

Comment: passes  and , although it would be best if someone else sort of rewrote the article, it is extremely poorly written. I would stay stick to coding, Mark.  —&nbsp;Preceding Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned comment added by
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:GNG||WP:BASIC)