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Hobbies and Interests
editWhat about his many hobbies and interests? 35.136.13.149 (talk) 23:35, 24 August 2023 (UTC)
Notability
editSomeone tagged this with the notability tag so I figured I would take a swing at explaining why I believe it's notable as I made the original edit.
1. Strong sources for a pre-web subject. Most notable parts of the bio took place in the pre-web era or in its nascence. WP:BIO calls for strong sources and this article has numerous, including contemporaneous LA Times and other newspaper articles.
2. Notability: several important events, including a frequently cited court case, helping to write a section of one of America's most important health bills, and several companies that had strong notability both regionally and throughout the United States. When considering notability I considered the era of the coverage (this is something I think is important, a subject working in 2020 will receive much more easily accessible coverage than one working years ago), that the coverage was not in-passing nor around a single event, and if it compared to similarly notable subjects. For instance I compared this article with Luis Aguilar (writer) and others who became deceased around a similar time frame and found the notability considerations sufficient.
3. Historical relevance. I found the deceased's claim in their memoir about how the HIPAA act was influenced by the National Association of Dental Plans both interesting and potentially historically relevant, the kind of information that should be preserved. I'm a strong believer in Wikipedia and its value for the future, this is why I've edited for nearly 20 years now and why I want to preserve important information like this for future generations.
As an aside, the person who tagged this article did so within 1 minute of editing other articles on either side of the tagging, I don't think one minute really is sufficient to review and tag an article like this but I believe in taking edits on Wikipedia in good faith and so I have addressed the concerns in that framework. BHC (talk) 09:53, 22 January 2024 (UTC)