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Satoshi Nakamoto

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No notability demonstrated as per WP:N. No major press coverage, most links are to bitcoin forums etc. Hell they don't even know if he's a real person or not. This article should be merged with Bitcoin. Simon-in-sagamihara (talk) 01:45, 12 June 2011 (UTC)

• This should be deleted. Speculation about a software developer which appears to be non-notable his creation of bitcoin. It's full of random speculation, and the lack of substance makes the existing content unsuitable for merging. At best this could hope to be is a terrible coat-rack article, unless he does something else interesting and unless more cite-able material becomes available.--Gmaxwell (talk) 08:56, 12 June 2011 (UTC)

• Redirect; Nakamoto doesn't have any notability apart from Bitcoin, so merge any relevant info into that article. The fact that Nakamoto might be a pseudonym is irrelevant to his notability. There's a fair bit of major press coverage mentioning Nakamoto too, but only incidentally to Bitcoin, and so there's no need for a separate article on its creator. Miracle Pen (talk) 11:29, 12 June 2011 (UTC)

• Redirect to Bitcoin. Like other articles about people known for one thing only, Nakamoto (or whatever his name really is) has no notability independent of his single work. The article can be resurrected if he does something else. This has been done before (here) so there's a precedent. Totnesmartin (talk) 20:18, 12 June 2011 (UTC)

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Software-related deletion discussions. — • Gene93k (talk) 20:19, 12 June 2011 (UTC)

Note: This debate has been included in the list of People-related deletion discussions. — • Gene93k (talk) 20:19, 12 June 2011 (UTC)

People have accused Satoshi Nakamoto of being a pseudonym but now you accuse him of being software? You've gone too far! --Gmaxwell (talk) 21:39, 12 June 2011 (UTC)

• Redirect or Merge to Bitcoin is probably the better option, given the lack of proper sources --SF007 (talk) 00:51, 13 June 2011 (UTC)
• Redirect as only thing of note this character is linked to it is far more informative to have information in the Bitcoin article itself. If there is significant evidence of notability independent of Bitcoin then go ahead and have the separate page but wikipedia users are better served by not doubling up information unnecessarily. 194.66.0.122 (talk) 10:57, 13 June 2011 (UTC)
• Strong keep The guy invented bitcoin, and as of the time of this comment he's mentioned in 18 news stories, his paper has been cited 4 times, and google claims 56,000 references to him on the interwebs. You can't in honesty claim he's not notable, particularly if the hype around bitcoin continues. For better or worse, his invention might change economics as we know it. 121.45.247.39 (talk) 15:01, 13 June 2011 (UTC)
• Merge to Bitcoin. I came here wondering what the deal with the creator of Bitcoin was because there was no information about him/her in the article. It's reasonable for people to be curious about the creator. The creator's anonymity is worth mentioning, as, currently, there's no reason for an average person reading the Bitcoin page to think Satoshi Nakamoto isn't just some Japanese guy. That's misleading (not intentionally so, but still). I think a brief "Creator" or "Origin" blurb would be good--something to acknowledge the mystery. --76.115.3.200 (talk) 23:24, 13 June 2011 (UTC)
• Keep The inventor of a global electronic currency is blatantly notable. The article may need more sources, but deleting it for that reason would be silly. — O'Dea (talk) 02:22, 14 June 2011 (UTC)
• Strong keep. Mentioned in the Guardian earlier this week, in the New York Observer today, in London's City A.M. last week, and on Raznick's Forbes blog also last week. Oh, and in the Wall Street Journal last week too. --Tris2000 (talk) 01:35, 15 June 2011 (UTC)
• Delete or Redirect. In either case, make it clear to the reader from the start that it probably is a non-existing character, a pseudonym. — Preceding unsigned comment added by OldCar (talk • contribs) 12:14, 16 June 2011 (UTC)
• Merge to Bitcoin, redirect The problem here isn't notability. The problem here is anonymity and lack of information. The name is probably a pseudonym. There isn't enough information available about this person (or persons) for an article. --John Nagle (talk) 15:39, 16 June 2011 (UTC)
• Delete. No significant independent coverage required by WP:GNG has presented here. I do not buy the claims that he qualifies per WP:CREATIVE in the absence of WP:SECONDARY coverage. FuFoFuEd (talk) 19:32, 16 June 2011 (UTC)
• Strong Keep. While enigmatic, Satoshi Nakamoto is certainly notable. The very fact that he is so hidden and mysterious by nature adds to his notoriety. Besides the aforementioned Guardian, New York Observer, and Forbes, he has been name dropped in Business Week, The Atlantic, and The Wall Street Journal. This, at the very least, demonstrates that this article is deserving of a keep. --Sharkface^T/_C 09:22, 17 June 2011 (UTC)