Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Adobe DNG Converter

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 no consensus to delete, merge possible but consensus unclear. W.marsh 17:45, 8 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Adobe DNG Converter

Adobe DNG Converter (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs)

Contested prod. Minor software utility created by Adobe. Fails to satisfy WP:SOFTWARE, as

1. there is no evidence of multiple non-trivial published works about it
2. it is not a core product of Adobe

-- Valrith 15:32, 2 December 2006 (UTC)

• Strong keep it is notable. It is a product by the notable company Adobe. --SonicChao ^talk 15:43, 2 December 2006 (UTC)
• Delete or merge to Digital Negative (file format). Not every product by a notable company is notable. --Karnesky 17:03, 2 December 2006 (UTC)
• Comment — It depends how much more information can be added ot the article. It doesn't look like too much more, but for now I'm on the fence. Wizardman 18:48, 2 December 2006 (UTC)
• Keep notable. –– 30sman 21:31, 2 December 2006 (UTC)
  • Above user created today (2 December 2006 and has few edits--all in AfDs) --Karnesky 23:23, 2 December 2006 (UTC)
• Keep (as you'd guess, since I removed the deletion proposal). The software is notable, whether or not the article establishes it. Fg2 02:16, 3 December 2006 (UTC)
  • Can you please elaborate--either here or in the article. No one has mentioned any objective criteria by which I can agree that it is notable. If someone can, I'll gladly change my vote. --Karnesky 02:27, 3 December 2006 (UTC)
    • The DNG format (which is distinct from the converter) has been the subject of articles in the photo magazines. It is billed as a single format that photographers can use in place of raw formats from various manufacturers (each has its own format, and some have several varieties) so that in the future software companies like Adobe won't have to support so many formats. What makes DNG Converter important is that it gives photographers the significant capability to convert files that are in the manufacturers' raw formats to Adobe DNG. Also, it's free. Free products are important even if not core products of the company. I don't know how to judge whether it's a "core" product of the company, but like the free Acrobat Reader, it's free software that Adobe issues in order to sell other software, such as Photoshop. Fg2 04:18, 3 December 2006 (UTC)
• Merge to Digital Negative (file format). Seems like something that would be important to a reader of that article. --- RockMFR 05:48, 3 December 2006 (UTC)
• Keep per Fg2. Found a couple of independent write-up, including one from Macworld [1][2] (both added to this article). --Oakshade 00:22, 4 December 2006 (UTC)
  • The second link is a press release & not an independent write-up. The first link appears novel, but trivial. Changing my vote to merge. --Karnesky 01:19, 4 December 2006 (UTC)
    • Upon closer look, it does appear press-releasy, although I'd hate to charge bad faith to the credited reporter. Moved this to the "External Links" portion. --Oakshade 01:37, 4 December 2006 (UTC)
      • I don't think it is bad faith--it is filed under "News and Press Release Email" & Dennis Hays is merely one of the primary operators of the site's content management system. Identical releases are elsewhere, such as [3] --Karnesky 01:43, 4 December 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.