Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/GDrive

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was delete. - Mailer Diablo 22:43, 12 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] GDrive

Apart from this one sentence "With infinite storage, we can house all user files, including emails, web history, pictures, bookmarks, etc and make it accessible from anywhere (any device, any platform, etc)", there isn't any information given regarding this 'GDrive'..of which even the name seems to be a speculation. Wikipedia is not a crystal ball..—♦♦ SʘʘTHING^(Я) 11:22, 4 August 2006 (UTC)

• This is tagged {{future software}}, which says: "contains information about scheduled or expected future software.". That's at odds with what it actually says in the article, which is: GDrive is the name of a service speculated to be offered by Google. The service is believed to be some form of unlimited online storage space (my emphases). So it's speculation about something which is "believed" (by whom?) to exist. Fails crystal ball at least, and appears to rely on a statement found on "a Google website" that boils down to "with infinite storage we could store infinite stuff" (which seems self-evident.). Delete. Tonywalton  | Talk 11:36, 4 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete pure speculation Lurker ^talk 11:44, 4 August 2006 (UTC)
• Strong delete as pure, unsourced speculation. --BrownHairedGirl 12:06, 4 August 2006 (UTC)
• Keep due to the massive amount of press coverage this has been getting: 959,000 Google hits and 63 news hits, among them prominent sources such as Computerworld, eWeek, Ziff-Davis, IT Week, and The Globe and Mail. At this point, even if it gets cancelled it will still be notable for all the ruckus it caused. Andrew Lenahan - Starblind 12:11, 4 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete. This is speculation. --Kevin Walter 12:53, 4 August 2006 (UTC)
• Keep per Starblind. "Crystal balling" is allowed when multiple major news sources have covered the speculated product and when such a product would be notable even if its release was cancelled. Simply being speculation about a future product is not grounds for deletion; for example, there is an article on the Playstation 3, which isn't out yet either. There is a cutoff of notability where encyclopedic information from secondary sources ends and pure speculation begins, and this article is not past that cutoff due to the sources. However, someone does need to go in and add the various news sources to the article, as without them it appears much less notable or confirmed. — Dark Shikari ^talk/_contribs 12:53, 4 August 2006 (UTC)

• Delete. After checking the various articles it appears that everything in every single news source that is related to GDrive simply refers to a single "leak" of what is probably an in-house feature only. — Dark Shikari ^talk/_contribs 13:04, 4 August 2006 (UTC)

• Delete as per nom. This looks like promotional spam, plus it may be a case of vaporware, so media coverage is not proof of notability. --Svartalf 17:16, 4 August 2006 (UTC)
• Keep as there is compelling evidence. See [1] --Cataphract 19:23, 4 August 2006 (UTC)
  • Compelling evidence? I researched that link you provided, and I found out that this very same website stated: "Google will be providing "infinite storage" for something — but it's still a bit of a mystery as to what. I think it will be Gdrive, and others think Gmail is gearing up for an infinite storage inbox. Maybe it's both." (from [2]). The website seems to be contradicting itself...I find this particularly confusing, at least. GDrive; Gmail..what will this space be for? Noone knows. Therefore, this article is built of speculation and should be deleted.—♦♦ SʘʘTHING^(Я) 10:10, 7 August 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per User:Dark Shikari as crystal-ballery. — pd_THOR ^{| =/\= | 20:38, 4 August 2006 (UTC)}
• Keep. Who cares if it is pure speculation? So is the Loch Ness Monster, but it is useful to create knowledge around a significant concept in online zeitgeist —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Paziz (talk • contribs) 04:18, 7 August 2006 (UTC)
  • This is not a fair comparison. Tales of 'Nessie' have had their fair share in the local culture of the area surrounding the Loch Ness Lake and has been attracting many tourists, scientific investigations, broadcasts of famous television shows and a whole lot of photographic material. GDrive hasn't received that kind of attention as of yet.—♦♦ SʘʘTHING^(Я) 10:10, 7 August 2006 (UTC)

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.