Talk:Christopher Ferris

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reason for creating - Christopher Ferris was referred to on Hyperledger as a key Board of Governors member, and Chair of Technical Steering Committee of the foremost Blockchain project in the Linux Foundation. Ferris is therefore also a key person in the category "open source advocates" - the article still needs details, picture(s), etc. per WikiProject_Biography - which I am a brand new member of... (talk) 12:22, 12 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

- Blockchain is one of the "hot" technologies today ^[1]

- Open Source Software is one of the "hot" business topics today - Microsoft acquiring GitHub ^[2]

- Christopher Ferris has expertise on both "hot" topics above - blockchain and open source software

@Smartse:, @The Mighty Glen:, @Polyamorph:, and @Daviding: please consider the argument for expanding WP:AUTHOR for WP:CREATIVE to include mention of creative people who are significant open source coders/programmers, contributors, committers, maintainers, and governance board members of open communities as notable people WP:BIO who are worthy of having a biography [WP:BIO] on Wikipedia. Also per WP:BIO "Special Cases" instructions, I am adding request for "cleanup biography" and more "expert needed" to Christopher Ferris article to continue improving it. (talk) 14:57, 10 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

for more on why - see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Christopher_Ferris

== References == Spohrer (talk) 12:38, 12 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I still have a lot to learn about rating biographies ----

^ ComputerWorld on Blockchain https://www.computerworld.com/article/3235972/it-careers/blockchain-moves-into-top-spot-for-hottest-job-skills.html
^ Microsoft acquiring GitHub https://techcrunch.com/2018/06/04/microsoft-has-acquired-github-for-7-5b-in-microsoft-stock/

[1] ComputerWorld on Blockchain https://www.computerworld.com/article/3235972/it-careers/blockchain-moves-into-top-spot-for-hottest-job-skills.html

[2] Microsoft acquiring GitHub https://techcrunch.com/2018/06/04/microsoft-has-acquired-github-for-7-5b-in-microsoft-stock/

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