Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/GPSBabel

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. W.marsh 01:41, 18 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] GPSBabel

GPSBabel (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs)

non-notable software failing WP:SOFTWARE. Prod removed with incorrect use of Wikipedia articles as establishing notability. ju66l3r 19:17, 12 November 2006 (UTC)

• Delete nonnotable, per nom. KazakhPol 20:26, 12 November 2006 (UTC)
• Keep. Firstly, WP:SOFTWARE is merely a proposed guideline (and there's a lot of articles around about software that does not meet its criteria), and prods can be removed if you object to the deletion for any reason. Also I believe it is notable, as it is reasonably well known and popular among GPS users, and as it is included with and used by Google Earth it is installed on a lot of computers, and used by rather a lot of people (even if they're not aware of it). --Vclaw 00:39, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

• Comment: WP:SOFTWARE is based on the company product guideline (almost word for word) and the same restrictions apply: 1) multiple non-trivial publications and/or 2) trademark genericization. #2 is certainly not satisfied and #1 has 1 reference now? It is not a well noted piece of software (even its inclusion of Google Earth which I'd forgotten about is not a pronounced point of Google Earth's features). Within its limited genre of geo-location software it holds its own, but its general notability is highly limited and the first 20 pages of Ghits are primarily mirrors to download it than they are non-trivial publications (none that I skimmed) related to it. A chapter in 1 book is not "multiple" publications and is not even a whole publication. ju66l3r 04:30, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

• Keep, proposed notability requirement satisfied by Mapping Hacks dedicating a chapter to the program (ISBN 0596007035 chapter 15 "Speak in Geotongues: GPSBabel to the Rescue") Ojw 01:25, 13 November 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per ju66l3r. The article doesn't mention any coverage, and WP:SOFT requires multiple coverage, so one chapter in one book isn't enough. Sandstein 06:17, 13 November 2006 (UTC) Sandstein 06:17, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

Extended proposed notability requirement satisfied by inclusion in GPS For Dummies, ISBN 0764569333 (esp. author's blog mentioning gpsbabel as favourite software) Ojw 08:45, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

• Delete for now, I don't see any indication that this software is notably enough for an encyclopedia. If such an indication is provided I may change my mind. Keep due to being part of OS distrobutions. HighInBC ^{(Need help? Ask me)} 20:51, 13 November 2006 (UTC)
• Keep. I would argue that GPSBabel is notable software. It is part of Debian Linux and part of the 'fink' system for getting Unix software on OS X. In addition to the Mapping Hacks book mentioned earlier, it is an integral part of an article in Make Magazine v07, pages 117 - 118, GPS Running Log. Cswingle Fri Nov 17 02:27:48 UTC 2006
• Keep. GPSBabel is the leading piece of software for geographcal coordinate file conversion. It is well known by users of GPS recievers. --Grand Edgemaster _Talk 12:51, 17 November 2006 (UTC)
• Keep. I think GPS applications (and the need for interfaces) is going to continue to get more important, and this is part of the GPS software ecology. John Broughton | Talk 18:27, 17 November 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.