777:. The real deal is that many millions of people have had some success in their careers and received some mention in the press. But encyclopedia articles are supposed to tell the reader something above and beyond a CV and a scrapbook. Knowledge of Michael Bletsas is not necessary to an understanding of any other topic. Without context and a claim of notability these sorts of articles must be deleted.
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800:- As per my above comments, neither of the Michail/Michael Bletsas have that much notability among the community, I've only heard one mention of them on the news, sure the OLPC founder has some standing among the community his notability is still next-to-nothing...
891:. You're very stubborn, but I don't see the point of it here when there's so much other evidence that they're one person. Also, this web page is a primary source and we should be using secondary sources when possible. Also also,
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