Talk:Alan Cooper (software designer)

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On 23 November 2024, it was proposed that this article be moved from Alan Cooper to Alan Cooper (software designer). The result of the discussion was moved.

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why is he the "father", not simply the father?—Preceding unsigned comment added by 204.81.7.13 (talk) 13:44, 20 September 2004 (UTC)[reply]

He's your father. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.29.32.210 (talk) 15:08, 30 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

What's the reference to Xerox parc doing in there? it makes the sentence unreadable gobbledegook. We're talking about design & dev tools not philosophy of UI design. Wiki benguin 08:35, 22 April 2007 (UTC)Wiki_Benguin[reply]

What a nob, its his fauly i'm stuck writing applications that don't work and are slow... :'—Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.29.32.210 (talk) 14:47, 30 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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Can someone explain "Inmates" title?

I picked up a copy of "Inmates". That is quite a provocative title. As the author points out, engineers are not normal. But who is crazy? It seems to me that the managers are crazy for thinking that they will get better results by delaying the project start and then spending only 3 months on engineering. The engineers are quite sane for ignoring problems they have no control over.—Preceding unsigned comment added by 2605:e000:6306:5000:3617:ebff:fede:435b (talk) 20:01, 25 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move 23 November 2024

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The result of the move request was: moved. (closed by non-admin page mover) Frost 12:16, 30 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

– Alan Cooper is not (or no longer) the primary topic. Alan Cooper (biblical scholar) has 2/3 the page views of the software designer. Throw in all the other Alan Coopers that there are, and the software designer gets a bit more than 50% of the views. Therefore, WP:PTOPIC is not met. Schwede 66 02:49, 23 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

~~@Schwede66 I think this can be closed as uncontroversial if you do not mind. There is no reason to contest this.~~ ~/Bunnypranav:<ping> 06:47, 23 November 2024 (UTC) Never mind![reply]

I don’t mind at all. I've moved articles that I thought were even more straightforward and got moaned at big time. Hence the formal process. Schwede 66 07:11, 23 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Weak oppose - for the following, (1) long term significance shows 58% support for this Alan, but even more so when you remove the extremely short term spikes of interest it is more like 64% -- however beyond that is (2) the software designer is a more developed article (20k v 4k in size); (3) There are significantly more inbound links (213 vs 22); (4) Wikinav shows no data for the DAB page, however for the software designer, of the 1.4k incoming page views just 20 (or 1.5%) sought the DAB page for (presumably) landing in the wrong place; (5) Reviewing Google Ngram, Books, Scholar, News, and Trend all seem to significantly favor the software designer over all others; (6) the software engineer has been translated into 14 other languages showing a broader appeal... However, even with all that said, I would agree that there isn't that overwhelming 80% that some people would prefer in any given area, but I would proffer that the preponderance of leanings in many of the WP:DPT criteria would lean towards keeping it as is. TiggerJay (talk) 07:48, 23 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support. I agree there is no clear primary topic. Shhhnotsoloud (talk) 12:31, 23 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support Disambiguation is warranted. ~/Bunnypranav:<ping> 12:34, 23 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Weak support per nom. Crouch, Swale (talk) 18:34, 23 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support per nomination, Shhhnotsoloud, Bunnypranav and Crouch, Swale. There are seven men listed upon the Alan Cooper (disambiguation) page, with little indication that renown of the software designer exceeds combined notability of the other six entries. —Roman Spinner (talk • contribs) 04:48, 29 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support per nom. No primary topic here. -- Necrothesp (talk) 12:32, 29 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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