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The result was no consensus. ( non-admin closure) Nordic Nightfury 12:34, 5 September 2016 (UTC) reply

Reynold Xin

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There is some claim for notability, but most references are about companies he worked in and products he worked for, not about him. Arthistorian1977 ( talk) 06:08, 4 August 2016 (UTC) reply

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• Comment -- not sure, but it appears that there's some walled garden going on with Databricks. I was going to comment as "Redirect" to Databricks, but it appears to be a non-notable company itself, along with its founders. I tagged Databricks for "Notability" and PRODded one of the personnel articles. K.e.coffman ( talk) 23:43, 5 August 2016 (UTC) reply

• Comment -- Sorry for the format. This is the first entry I added. This guy is perhaps the most influential in the Apache Spark project, which is the largest open source project in big data. He has been cited by a lot of media in the enterprise data space. Just some examples I found via quick Google News:

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http://sdtimes.com/examining-spark-2-0-reynold-xin/
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http://www.cio.com/article/3101842/analytics/databricks-unveils-commercial-support-for-apache-spark-2-0.html
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https://adtmag.com/articles/2016/07/27/spark-2-0.aspx
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http://siliconangle.com/blog/2016/02/18/a-new-model-of-data-with-streaming-and-spark-sparksummit/
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https://opensource.com/business/15/4/interview-reynold-xin-apache
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https://adtmag.com/blogs/dev-watch/2016/05/asf-big-data-projects.aspx
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https://adtmag.com/articles/2016/05/12/spark-2-0-preview.aspx
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https://www.datanami.com/2016/06/01/merging-batch-streaming-post-lambda-world/
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http://www.informationweek.com/big-data/big-data-analytics/apache-spark-20-preview-googles-amazon-echo-rival-big-data-roundup/d/d-id/1325528
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http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/mongodb-enables-advanced-real-time-analytics-on-fast-moving-data-with-new-connector-for-apache-spark-300290985.html
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http://www.eweek.com/database/mongodb-delivers-connector-for-apache-spark.html
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https://opensource.com/community/16/2/winners-2016-community-awards
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http://www.dbta.com/Editorial/News-Flashes/Spark-16-Release-Continues-to-Make-Spark-Easier-to-Use-108351.aspx
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https://www.datanami.com/2015/05/04/deep-dive-into-databricks-big-speedup-plans-for-apache-spark/

He also had a Google Scholar profile with 1500+ citation count. Should we update the page to reflect these? Xuweixuwei (3:44, 15 August 2016 (UTC))

• Well, I'd like to see at least a short article, couple paragraphs anyway, in a major daily paper. That, or a full interview or mini-bio in a less notable venue. Not seeing this. There's a mention here in notable Wired... he's quoted, a couple sentences, which is a start, but... WP:GNG wants "significant coverage", defined as that which "addresses the topic directly and in detail"... I'm not seeing that. On the other hand, we are not slaves to WP:GNG, and there're a lot of mini-references which result in a reasonably-detailed, reasonably-well-ref'd article. If pressed I would say the article is maybe worth keeping. Herostratus ( talk) 21:01, 31 August 2016 (UTC) reply

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