Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of fax software

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 Keep. SynergeticMaggot 21:39, 13 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] List of fax software

Article appears to be little more than a list of external links and comparison/shopping guide; violates WP:NOT. MichaelZimmer (talk) 11:48, 9 August 2006 (UTC)

• Oppose Keep. Practically every software genre has both "List of" and "Comparison of" pages; this page combines both. It follows the same style as the others, and is totally in keeping with existing Wikipedia practice. Most of the links may currently be external, but I suggest that this is because the subject of fax software is relatively undeveloped in Wikipedia, and many of them will be turned into internal links as time goes by. Of course, some of those links may be unnecessary; maybe the list could be pruned a bit. If this page is deemed to be violating the policy quoted, then so are hundreds of other long-standing pages which as far as I can see are very active and have never been proposed for deletion. I contributed most of the content on that page. Rwxrwxrwx 12:14, 9 August 2006 (UTC)
• Keep per Rwxrwxrwx and Category:Lists of software. -- zzuuzz ^(talk) 12:51, 9 August 2006 (UTC)

Comment: to me, the biggest difference is that few of the products listed here have their own article, compared to List of file sharing software, which provides wikilinks to encyclopedia articles, not just external links. --MichaelZimmer (talk) 13:40, 9 August 2006 (UTC)

That's a reason to create articles for the fax software, not to delete the list ;) — Dark Shikari ^talk/_contribs 18:03, 9 August 2006 (UTC)

• Weak Keep Rwxrwxrwx's arguement does set this page apart from most wikipedia listcruft. Having said that List of file sharing software should definately be deleted as it performs no function that the category "File sharing programs" doesn't already. --IslaySolomon 18:40, 9 August 2006 (UTC)
• Keep, the page is encyclopedic and the articles take time to write. --Terence Ong _{(Chat | Contribs)} 18:42, 9 August 2006 (UTC)
• Keep as verifiable and encyclopedic. --Aguerriero (talk) 03:54, 11 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.