Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Wiki on a Stick

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. Remember this is a disussion based on policy, not a vote count. Petros471 13:44, 16 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Wiki on a Stick

Google for Wiki on a stick - Wikipedia gets around 180 unique hits [1]. Article has no sources, no evidence of meetign WP:SOFTWARE, and lots of web links and namechecks. Guy 12:25, 6 September 2006 (UTC)

• Delete not notable per nom WP:SOFTWARE User:Yy-bo 21:40, 7 September 2006 (UTC)
• Keep I wrote this article since I think the concept of wiki on a flash drive deserves to be widely known. Please compare this article with others listed here List_of_wiki_software#Desktop and here List_of_portable_software#Wikis. I'm really confused why this article deserves deletion while say MyWiki is OK to keep. Please clarify the reasons for deletion. Thanks User:Abune 02:30, 12 September 2006 (UTC)
  • You've come across a great problem on Wikipedia: with over a million articles and more being added every day, we can never be completely consistent. The best place to start understanding is, as they say above, WP:SOFTWARE. If you find other articles that don't match our criteria, you should feel free to call the articles into question, first with WP:PROD and then with this process, WP:AFD. Please don't take this personally; nobody feels that your software isn't good or interesting, only that others haven't noticed that to a degree sufficient to warrant an article in an encyclopedia. William Pietri 04:24, 12 September 2006 (UTC)
• Delete. Best of luck to the authors in becoming notable, though. William Pietri 04:24, 12 September 2006 (UTC)
• Keep I found this article helpful. It may need editing, but don't delete it. It provides useful information. Bounton 06:23, 12 September 2006 (UTC)
  • Bounton, are you familiar with WP:NOT#Wikipedia_is_not_an_indiscriminate_collection_of_information? I don't think that providing useful information is quite enough for an enyclopedia article. William Pietri 06:47, 12 September 2006 (UTC)
  • Welcome to the project, Bounton, I note this is only your eighteenth edit - please do take the time to familiarise yourself with the policy William noted. Abune seems to have spammed your talk page, I'm sorry he forgot to welcome you, the welcome template has lots of useful links. I'll add it now. Guy 09:08, 13 September 2006 (UTC)
    • Sir I didn't spam anyone, user Bounton initially left his comment on article discussion page and I simply suggested to him right place to talk about it. Best wishes.User:Abune12:25, 13 September 2006 (UTC)
• Keep Due to the fact WP:SOFTWARE is a proposed guideline, so in theory it has no effect as its not an actual rule.--Siredmond 20:13, 12 September 2006 (UTC) — Siredmond (talk • contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic.

• But WP:NOT, WP:V and WP:NPOV are, and without a degree of notability we cannot formally verify that the article is neutral, also it may violate WP:NOT a directory / an indiscriminate collection of information. WP:SOFTWARE is a set of criteria which indicate, if met, that sufficient external coverage exists to allow a verifiably neutral article. WP:INTERESTING is not policy either, but the above seem to be arguing that it is grounds for inclusion. Guy 09:03, 13 September 2006 (UTC)

• Keep I have been looking for a simple wikki and this meets my needs perfectly, so that shows the article is usefull. It is also, as far as I can tell, a unique concept that deserves exposure.—the preceding comment is by 87.74.42.131 - 14:34, 13 September 2006: Please sign your posts!

• Keep it Is a sad day when the criteria for entry is it has not been noticed enough

"only that others haven't noticed that to a degree sufficient to warrant an article in an encyclopedia" 212.69.56.91 15:28, 15 September 2006 (UTC)JJC_UK - 16:53, 13 September 2006:

• Merge Adherence to Wikipedia's own quality rules is important enough that this article probably doesn't need it's own page. However, as Wiki software for personal use becomes popular, the basic information about this project shouldn't be lost, and would be best preserved on a page that contains information about other personal wiki software. Inmatarian 16:36, 14 September 2006 (UTC)
  • User's first edit. [2] William Pietri 16:55, 14 September 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.