Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bartwidget

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 debate was Delete. Enochlau 02:54, 8 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Bartwidget

Advertising spam for a non-notable piece of software. Delete. —HorsePunchKid→龜 2005-12-02 09:07:54Z

• Delete. Advertising. Colonel Tom 09:53, 2 December 2005 (UTC)
• Keep - definitely real 148 hits. Worth keeping for information purposes. Interesting information. Zordrac (talk) Wishy Washy Darwikinian Eventualist 16:03, 2 December 2005 (UTC)

Never said it wasn't real. I see no value in the article. Wikipedia is NOT a link directory, which is exactly how the author is treating it. —HorsePunchKid→龜 2005-12-02 21:21:14Z

• Keep - pre Zordrac -Meegs 19:15, 2 December 2005 (UTC)
• Strong delete: Wikipedia is not Freshmeat.org. This particular application does not appear to be specifically successful to the point where it is widely discussed. Inasmuch as it is an application confined to helping the San Fransisco Bay Area mass transit riders only, it is doubtful that the product can achieve more than local use. Furthermore, the article is advertising, complete with a "download here" link. I nowiki'd it while on VfD (which is what one is supposed to do), and there were no less than nine page links. It is the duty of Wikipedia to be an encyclopedia, not undigested information dump nor catalog of products. Geogre 19:39, 2 December 2005 (UTC)
• Delete as per Geogre. -- Kjkolb 19:51, 2 December 2005 (UTC)
• Searching, I find nothing non-trivial published about this product that isn't sourced from its creator. Whilst there are reprinted press releases and self-submitted listings in software catalogues, there are no independent magazine reviews, no independently written "BARTWidget/BARTSmart FAQs", no independently written "guide to BARTWidget/BARTSmart", no independent press coverage, no books — nothing at all. This product does not satisfy the primary WP:CORP criterion for products and services. And, having apparently only existed for a month or so, it certainly hasn't been around long enough to have become genericized, and so does not satisfy the second criterion, either. Delete. Uncle G 20:30, 2 December 2005 (UTC)
• Let's see. It's a BART schedule widget for the Mac. Yep, major audience there, all the Mac users in the San Francisco Bay area who use BART and want to check the schedule from home or their Powerbook. I think I'll say Delete until the whole thing becomes more notable. -- Dalbury^(Talk) 01:39, 3 December 2005 (UTC)
  • On that, I suggest A link to it be added to the links section of the page on the system. 68.39.174.238 01:57, 8 December 2005 (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.