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editLorinda Cherry was a programmer of whom little is known but made important contributions of Unix and computer science during her time. I think her page must be retained.
- Unfortunately Wikipedia notability guidelines are based around verifiability of references to 3rd party reliable sources. If little is known then this person likely wont meet notability guidelines. The 2 sources given are a blog and paper produced for a collegiate course. Neither of which can be considered reliable sources. --RadioFan (talk) 14:30, 4 October 2009 (UTC)
- Improved/fixed in 2012. Sumana Harihareswara 13:13, 12 June 2014 (UTC)
Lorinda Cherry (Lorinda L. Cherry) is quoted as contributor in a film hosted by Victor Vyssotsky. Lorinda L. Cherry is presenting UNIX in about minute 13:50 in a remarkable little film to be found here: https://techchannel.att.com/playvideo/2014/01/27/ATT-Archives-The-UNIX-System-Making-Computers-Easier-to-Use (remark by Dietmar Wilkens, 2021) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A01:C22:B4FA:56FF:4647:A38E:9F0B:35CF (talk) 21:23, 14 October 2021 (UTC)
Death
editShe has died. Unknown date of death. Please see https://minnie.tuhs.org/pipermail/tuhs/2022-February/025387.html — Preceding unsigned comment added by Gusbenz (talk • contribs) 21:30, 15 February 2022 (UTC)