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:''The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. <span style="color:red">'''Please do not modify it.'''</span> Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's [[Talk:Charles Gaillard|talk page]] or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.''

The result was '''keep'''. Gaillard is a co-founder of [[Molecular Reality Corporation]], which has its own article, and company records document that. Those arguing to delete are right that sources outside the company say almost nothing about him: the five press pieces found during the discussion mention him in passing. But the article says nothing its sources do not support, and a low profile is not a deletion criterion. A merge can be proposed again on the article's talk page. [[User:Ionophore|Ionophore]] ([[User talk:Ionophore|talk]]) 18:40, 23 October 2026 (UTC)
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Biography of a living person whose only source for anything about him is the records of the company he co-founded. I found no independent source that says more than that he co-founded it. Notability is not inherited from the company, and the general notability guideline asks for significant coverage in independent sources. A redirect to [[Molecular Reality Corporation]] would be a reasonable alternative. [[User:Stern layer|Stern layer]] ([[User talk:Stern layer|talk]]) 14:27, 9 October 2026 (UTC)
<small class="delsort-notice">Note: This discussion has been included in the list of People-related deletion discussions. [[User:Zeptomole|Zeptomole]] ([[User talk:Zeptomole|talk]]) 15:12, 9 October 2026 (UTC)</small>
<small class="delsort-notice">Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Businesspeople-related deletion discussions. [[User:Zeptomole|Zeptomole]] ([[User talk:Zeptomole|talk]]) 15:13, 9 October 2026 (UTC)</small>
*'''Delete''' per nom. One source, and the source is the company. [[User:Silanol|Silanol]] ([[User talk:Silanol|talk]]) 03:15, 10 October 2026 (UTC)
*:Company records are a primary source, and a primary source is acceptable for a plain fact such as who founded a company. The article does not go beyond plain facts. [[User:Vernier gain|Vernier gain]] ([[User talk:Vernier gain|talk]]) 16:40, 10 October 2026 (UTC)
*'''Keep'''. He is one of the two founders of the company that publishes this encyclopedia, and the article states only what its sources state. [[User:Vernier gain|Vernier gain]] ([[User talk:Vernier gain|talk]]) 16:44, 10 October 2026 (UTC)
*Our only subject-specific notability guideline is [[Molecupedia:Notability (molecules)]], under which a molecule that has passed through a pore on the live stream is presumed notable. It does not cover people, so the general guideline applies. [[User:Zeptomole|Zeptomole]] ([[User talk:Zeptomole|talk]]) 09:02, 11 October 2026 (UTC)
*:It does not cover companies either, and nobody has nominated [[Molecular Reality Corporation]]. [[User:Vernier gain|Vernier gain]] ([[User talk:Vernier gain|talk]]) 13:37, 11 October 2026 (UTC)
*'''Merge''' to [[Molecular Reality Corporation#Founders and staff]]. That section already has the two facts about him, with the same citation. [[User:Salt bridge|Salt bridge]] ([[User talk:Salt bridge|talk]]) 21:50, 13 October 2026 (UTC)
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<span style="color:#FF4F00;">Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.</span><br />
<small>Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, [[User:Aperture tube|Aperture tube]] ([[User talk:Aperture tube|talk]]) 21:09, 16 October 2026 (UTC)</small></div>
*'''Weak delete'''. When I reviewed this for DYK, company records were the only source for anything about him, and they still are. [[User:Faradaic|Faradaic]] ([[User talk:Faradaic|talk]]) 08:12, 17 October 2026 (UTC)
*He is mentioned outside the company's own pages, though only in passing. ''The Coulter Courier'', ''Brownian Business Daily'', ''Signal & Noise'' and ''Debye Length'' each say, in one sentence, that he and [[Kent Kemmish]] founded the company in 2018.<ref>{{cite news |title=Local Bench Streams Salt Water to the World |work=The Coulter Courier |author=Dot Kimberley |date=2026-05-12 |url=/press/coulter-courier/2026/05/12/local-bench}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Ten Years of Hardware on About $1.6 Million |work=Brownian Business Daily |author=Harriet Quill |date=2026-09-30 |url=/press/brownian/2026/09/30/ten-years-on-a-budget}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Can a Hole That Slides Read a Molecule? |work=Signal & Noise |author=Lenora Ashgrove |date=2026-10-08 |url=/press/signal-noise/2026/10/08/sliding-holes}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Notes on demonpore, Two Pore Guys and Roswell |work=Debye Length |author=Ferris Calloway |date=2026-10-12 |url=/press/debye/2026/10/12/notes-on-demonpore}}</ref> None of them says anything else about him. [[User:Debye Length Enjoyer|Debye Length Enjoyer]] ([[User talk:Debye Length Enjoyer|talk]]) 11:26, 18 October 2026 (UTC)
*:A fifth piece, in ''The Femtoliter Review'' of 20 October, also mentions him in one sentence.<ref>{{cite news |title=Hole Story: Ten Years Inside a Company Named After a Demon |work=The Femtoliter Review |author=Imogen Tillery-Vance |date=2026-10-20 |url=/press/femtoliter/2026/10/20/hole-story}}</ref> [[User:Debye Length Enjoyer|Debye Length Enjoyer]] ([[User talk:Debye Length Enjoyer|talk]]) 09:14, 21 October 2026 (UTC)
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*'''Keep'''. He is named as a founder in the infobox of [[Molecular Reality Corporation]] and in five press pieces, so readers will search for him, and this article tells them what can be verified. [[User:Gigaseal|Gigaseal]] ([[User talk:Gigaseal|talk]]) 15:58, 21 October 2026 (UTC)
*'''Keep'''. The policy on biographies of living persons requires that what we say about him be sourced, and it is. Nothing in the article is contentious. [[User:Nernstian|Nernstian]] ([[User talk:Nernstian|talk]]) 07:33, 22 October 2026 (UTC)
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