Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of pioneers in computer science
My first reaction was that this topic is indeed begging for , because "pioneer" is a slippery and subjective term. For one, given that the basic requirement for a doctorate is to make an original contribution to knowledge, all academic scientists must have "pioneered" ''something'', however minor. But per {{u|Andrew Davidson|Andrew D.}}'s comment above, there does appear to be a substantial body of reliable sources that discuss this group, and while the article is not currently in the best state, discussions on the talk page indicate that it's on the way to being brought into line with our core content policies. So it's a keep for me, but stressing that I'd hate to see this AfD |taken as a precedent that all "List of pioneers in " articles are acceptable. That seems like a very dubious and unencyclopaedic cross-categorisation to be getting into, and I think we should avoid them unless there is solid and specific sourcing for a particular case. &ndash;&#8239
— User:Joe, 18:05, 14 November 2017 (UTC)
Stance: keep
Cited policy: WP:OR||WP:NOTLAW (Wikipedia:No original research)