Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Pat Villani
In comments to other statements above I have given some explanation why I find this subject to be notable although it does not seem to be easy to find a reliable source directly supporting Villani's notability in short time. My argumentation above is an indirect one along the line that FreeDOS is a notable work (proved formally) and Villani as the original developer of the FreeDOS kernel has thereby become notable as well (or "is likely to be notable" as  puts it). Nevertheless, it would be better to have reliable sources directly mentioning him, not only his work - they may exist, but I could not find them online so far. It has been suggested to wait a while to see if it will be covered in the press once the "news" spreads. It has also been suggested to merge the contents into the FreeDOS article (or user page) and redirect Pat Villani to FreeDOS, something I would support as well if the Villani article would otherwise be deleted, however, I would still prefer it to remain a separate article with a scope different from what can be done in the FreeDOS article. As I see it, his biographical details would hardly belong in the FreeDOS article, and we may be able to flesh this out a little over time. The Villani article could also have a short section on how DOS-C came into existance and later became the FreeDOS kernel, and it could discuss Villani's achievement in developing a DOS-compatible kernel in a high-level language such as C (instead of in assembly language, which would have been a more natural choice from the viewpoint of DOS system-level development). Nevertheless, I don't envision the article to ever become longer than perhaps one or two pages, unless Villani would be known also for other public achievements besides his fundamental involvement with FreeDOS. I can't comment on this, as I knew him from the FreeDOS project only. If the article is not deleted, I would be willing to contribute some bits to it over the course of months and add some references, but it might be a wasted effort for as long as a Damocles sword such as AfD hangs above the article. Therefore, I'd like to learn the other commentors' view on this, especially those who suggested a deletion. Do you still strictly feel the article should be deleted or do you now, with possibly a bit more background on Villani's involvement with FreeDOS, see some form of notability (although it would still require some degree of goodwill in the interpretation of the policies as it stands so far
— User:Matthiaspaul, 15:15, 20 November 2011 (UTC)
Stance: comment
Cited policy: WP:CREATIVE (Wikipedia:Notability)