Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/AFLAX

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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 of the nomination was delete. – Avi 00:29, 12 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] AFLAX

Surely this fails WP:CORP, WP:WEB And is most assuredly WP:SPAM DavidHumphreys SPEAK TO MEABOUT THE THINGS I MESSED UP 04:49, 6 July 2006 (UTC)

  • Strong keep - It's a recognised term in the development community, albiet one that's a personally I find a bit weird (Flash can call XML via HTTP without any intervening technologies these days). I wasn't aware that anyone had copyrighted the term, something that IMHO lessens it's usefullness considerably (see the Web 2.0 ruckus), but I don;t see that as a cause for deletion. Artw 05:07, 6 July 2006 (UTC)
Actually it seems I've been using the term wrongly - it is most usually used to refer to a specific library. However it's one with quite a large user base and an area that gets a lot of discussion.
On the negative side the aflax site links to Wikipedia for it's description of the technology... not a usuahe I'm sure should be encouraged. Artw 05:20, 6 July 2006 (UTC)
BTW, I don't see a deletion notice on the actual page? There it is! Artw 05:09, 6 July 2006 (UTC)
  • Comment Hmmm ... not sure how I missed tagging it, but it isthere now !! The main reason for listing it was WP:SPAM as there are external links to the company website all over it. Maybe, if it is an important article, it can be de-advertised DavidHumphreys SPEAK TO MEABOUT THE THINGS I MESSED UP 05:23, 6 July 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete, not a "recognised term" in any sense of the word, just the name of a software library that isn't all that significant in the grander scheme of things. — Haeleth Talk 14:11, 6 July 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete - per nom. --Kungfu Adam (talk) 17:34, 6 July 2006 (UTC)
  • Weak keep I agree with Artw, this is a term used in the AJAX and Flash development community. Perhaps it could be merged into AJAX Computerjoe's talk 18:23, 6 July 2006 (UTC)
TBH That might be the same as deleteing it, as links to libraries don;t tend to last long there. Also I beleive prior versions of the AJAX page mentioned AFLAX, and that material hassince been removed. Artw 19:05, 6 July 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete. Software libraries are not generally encylopedic. Vegaswikian 18:20, 10 July 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.