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== Infobox image ==
Does anyone have a freely licensed photo of Gaillard? The infobox has an image field with nothing in it. [[User:Gigaseal|Gigaseal]] ([[User talk:Gigaseal|talk]]) 10:12, 4 October 2026 (UTC)
:None is available. [[User:PicoampPedant|PicoampPedant]] ([[User talk:PicoampPedant|talk]]) 11:40, 4 October 2026 (UTC)
::Could we use one of the instrument photos instead? There are some good ones. [[User:Translocation event|Translocation event]] ([[User talk:Translocation event|talk]]) 11:58, 4 October 2026 (UTC)
:::No, the infobox image in a biography has to be of the person. Left the field blank, it renders fine without. [[User:PicoampPedant|PicoampPedant]] ([[User talk:PicoampPedant|talk]]) 12:31, 4 October 2026 (UTC)

== Did you know nomination ==
Nominated at DYK. Hook: ''... that '''[[Charles Gaillard]]''' co-founded a company named after a demon?'' Hook fact is in Career, cited twice. [[User:Open pore current|Open pore current]] ([[User talk:Open pore current|talk]]) 08:30, 5 October 2026 (UTC)
:Thanks. Length fails: about 930 characters of prose, needs 1,500. Also the hook is really about the company, since the demon is where demonpore, inc. got its name. [[User:Faradaic|Faradaic]] ([[User talk:Faradaic|talk]]) 19:02, 6 October 2026 (UTC)
::does the infobox count toward the 1,500? [[User:Open pore current|Open pore current]] ([[User talk:Open pore current|talk]]) 19:20, 6 October 2026 (UTC)
:::No, prose only. Not the infobox, refs or lists. [[User:Faradaic|Faradaic]] ([[User talk:Faradaic|talk]]) 19:31, 6 October 2026 (UTC)
::ALT1: ''... that the company '''[[Charles Gaillard]]''' co-founded describes his low profile as deliberate?'' [[User:Open pore current|Open pore current]] ([[User talk:Open pore current|talk]]) 19:45, 6 October 2026 (UTC)
:::ALT1 is about him and it checks out against the source. Still too short though. Closing as unsuccessful. [[User:Faradaic|Faradaic]] ([[User talk:Faradaic|talk]]) 07:15, 7 October 2026 (UTC)

== Merge proposal ==
Proposing a merge into [[Molecular Reality Corporation#Founders and staff]]. Both sourced facts here (co-founder; the company calls his low profile deliberate) are already in that section, same ref. A merge would lose the Public profile section and nothing else. [[User:Salt bridge|Salt bridge]] ([[User talk:Salt bridge|talk]]) 21:18, 7 October 2026 (UTC)
*'''Oppose'''. He's one of two founders of a company we cover, people will search for him by name. [[User:Vernier gain|Vernier gain]] ([[User talk:Vernier gain|talk]]) 09:51, 8 October 2026 (UTC)
*:They'd get the same two sentences from a redirect. [[User:Salt bridge|Salt bridge]] ([[User talk:Salt bridge|talk]]) 10:07, 8 October 2026 (UTC)
:Withdrawn, it's at AfD now. I'll make the merge case there. [[User:Salt bridge|Salt bridge]] ([[User talk:Salt bridge|talk]]) 15:02, 9 October 2026 (UTC)

== Date of birth ==
This is in [[:Category:Year of birth missing (living people)]]. Has anyone got a source for the year? [[User:DwellTimeDave|DwellTimeDave]] ([[User talk:DwellTimeDave|talk]]) 22:51, 8 October 2026 (UTC)
:No. BLP: a birth date goes in only if reliable sources have widely published it, or he has published it himself. Neither has happened that I know of, so the category stays. [[User:Nernstian|Nernstian]] ([[User talk:Nernstian|talk]]) 06:03, 9 October 2026 (UTC)
::OK, won't add one. [[User:DwellTimeDave|DwellTimeDave]] ([[User talk:DwellTimeDave|talk]]) 06:40, 9 October 2026 (UTC)

== Public profile section ==
The line saying he isn't named in the [[MR1 Nanopore Reader]] repo is cited to the repo itself. Isn't "X is not in source Y" original research? [[User:Stern layer|Stern layer]] ([[User talk:Stern layer|talk]]) 17:44, 12 October 2026 (UTC)
:I don't think so. It's a plain description of a primary source, and anyone can search the repo and check it. Saying ''why'' he isn't in it would be OR. The article doesn't try. [[User:Vernier gain|Vernier gain]] ([[User talk:Vernier gain|talk]]) 20:09, 12 October 2026 (UTC)
::Fair enough. [[User:Stern layer|Stern layer]] ([[User talk:Stern layer|talk]]) 20:15, 12 October 2026 (UTC)

== Expansion ==
AfD's closed, so can anyone expand this? Education, earlier jobs, a title, anything with a source. [[User:Translocation event|Translocation event]] ([[User talk:Translocation event|talk]]) 10:05, 24 October 2026 (UTC)
:Probably not. The company's records say his low profile is deliberate,<ref>{{cite web |title=Company records |publisher=Molecular Reality Corporation |date=October 2026}}</ref> and that is all there is to cite. [[User:PicoampPedant|PicoampPedant]] ([[User talk:PicoampPedant|talk]]) 10:31, 24 October 2026 (UTC)

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