Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Lou Rosenfield

Lou Rosenfeld[edit]

former title of discussion: Lou Rosenfield

Vanity. Rick K 22:40, Oct 4, 2004 (UTC)

Keep. Notable. 16,600 Google hits, authored Amazon.com's best computer book of 1998 "Information Architecture for the World Wide Web," and is generally considered a trailblazer in that field. SWAdair | Talk 03:49, 5 Oct 2004 (UTC)
- Please note that I believe that Rosenfield is himself the creator of this article. At least the now-deleted "Rattle his cage with mailto:lou@louisrosenfeld.com" makes me think that. Rick K`
- LOL! I missed that. Gauging from his own website, he does seem to be a strong self-promoter. Ooh, that's interesting... when I search for him, but exclude the word "bloug" (the name of his blog), a lot of the hits are not this guy. Difficult to tell how many of those hits are for him. Now I'm torn -- probable vanity vs. someone who seems to be notable in his field. Changing vote to abstain. SWAdair | Talk 03:33, 6 Oct 2004 (UTC)
Delete. Not notable. If book is notable, maybe have an article on it, but author is not, and I haven't heard of this book. --Improv 16:55, 5 Oct 2004 (UTC)
Keep. The name was spelled wrong in the article title so that might have caused confusion. Anyways, he seems notable enough. (2 google tests there). His notability extends beyond his one book, so he deserves an article proper for sure. The article should be expanded of course. —siro χ o 04:55, Oct 6, 2004 (UTC)
Delete. Ambi 00:00, 9 Oct 2004 (UTC)
WHEW! Lou Rosenfeld here. Just stumbled on this page, and naturally I found it quite interesting. To address some questions: no, I *didn't* submit a page for myself. I realize some people must do that, but no, I didn't (and was pleasantly surprised to find myself here). And yes, you had my last name misspelled. Finally, it's somewhat disconcerting that no one from the field of information architecture was consulted to see if I was for real. I guess that'd be a fair amount of work, so perhaps you can't be blamed, but I worry when "I haven't heard of him so he must not belong" is how decisions get made. Then again, you all did decide to include me, despite the comments here. So I'm really confused. Hm. Anyway, thanks. Jan 30, 2006.