Talk:Alistair Cockburn
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[edit]I thought folks weren't supposed to be editing their own entry.
We need more information about this amazing man.
thanks for that nice invitation. Obviously I can provide information, but don't know what would be appropriate. Let me know, please? - Alistair
It would be interesting to add info about his background formation we only know his is a "witchdoctor" And also about his Ph.D. (we only know it was at the University of Oslo) but: 1) Was it about Informatics? 2) Who was his Mentor? 2) What was the Title of his thesis? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 200.117.84.139 (talk) 14:25, 29 January 2014 (UTC)
Pronunciation of Cockburn
[edit]I corrected the pronunciation from "coo-burn" to "co-burn".
I've known Alastair since before he left IBM an became famous, and that's the way I remember him pronouncing it.
He also has it as "co-burn" on his web site. --Rick 16:07, 29 April 2007 (UTC)
I fixed a grammatical error and maintained the oxford comma". —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.56.176.11 (talk) 03:17, 30 September 2008 (UTC)
I have seen Alistair once IRL, when he was visiting our office in Riga after the public conference. He always asks to pronounce his Surname as "co-burn", not the "cock-burn" or "coo-burn". In Russian it is also "Кобурн" (co-burn), not a "Кокбёрн" (cock-burn), as it often mistakenly written, even in Russian Google! 82.193.73.212 (talk) 12:08, 4 May 2016 (UTC)
Birthdate
[edit]The article currently says has was born in 1984. If so, his first book was published when he was 12 or 13. Also the article currently states that he was working for IBM in 1984, which must violate some sort of child labour law. Theodore.norvell (talk) 15:32, 13 November 2016 (UTC)
- the 1984 date has been changed to something more likely true. I've been in correspondence with him recently and he has mentioned the birthdate gets in his way professionally due to age discrimination. Given his date of birth isn't material to his contribution I am going to remove it. Craigwbrown — Preceding undated comment added 20:29, 1 December 2021 (UTC)
Sources
[edit]The first is a manifesto to which he’s a signatory. The second, which doesn’t work and solicits donations, is his site. That doesn’t look anywhere near sufficient for a BLP. And the likelihood of a COI? KJP1 (talk) 17:58, 11 June 2019 (UTC)