Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Comparison of Windows and Linux

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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 was keep. Ian Manka Talk to me! 05:12, 7 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Comparison of Windows and Linux

POV; not encyclopedic (well, not very). Not much really has to be said about this article. –127.0.0.1 (talk) 13:36, 30 July 2006 (UTC)

  • Keep. I believe it is a good thing to inform Windows- and Linux-users of the incompabilities and downsides of each operating systems in order to equalize the percentage of use. Currently a big majority hold to Microsoft's operating system. --Karmus 16:38, 2 August 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete. You're never going to get a NPOV on this and still have it be a quality article. Some paragraphs are entirely "Windows users claim x. Linux users claim y. Windows users counter-claim z.", which doesn't make for good reading or good information. Anyone can claim anything and post it on a website, that doesn't merit its inclusion in an article. Particularely since most of the claims are from nebulous 'linux users' or 'windows users', which are hardly good sources. If the article was whittled down so that all these claims were of the form "<reputable independantly funded study> claims x" then it would be more interesting and informative than reading every gripe that every linux or windows user has ever had with the other OS.

Bongle 13:43, 30 July 2006 (UTC)

  • Comment. Weird bug - it's redlinked in the page but this page exists and all :/ –127.0.0.1 (talk) 13:46, 30 July 2006 (UTC)
  • Weak keep - no, it'll never be fully NPOV, but it has lots of references, crosslinks, etc, that show it has a lot of potential to mature. — RevRagnarok Talk Contrib 14:35, 30 July 2006 (UTC)
  • Keep. It certainly does have the potential to mature and become more NPOV. People do want to read a NPOV article on this. --Bduke 23:59, 30 July 2006 (UTC)
    • Comment. By definition, it cannot be NPOV, ever. –127.0.0.1 (talk) 07:38, 31 July 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete. It's far too broad of a subject to be able to cover with the kind of standards expected of Wikipedia articles. For those looking to keep this article, please review Wikipedia:The perfect article and think about how a single article comparing -all- of Microsoft Windows (and I mean *everything*, not just Windows XP's shell and web browser) to -all- of Linux could possibly be written. Have a look at www.xvsxp.com, which attempts to do a fairly balanced comparasin of OS X Tiger (one version of OS X) and Windows XP (one version of Microsoft Windows); the site is quite large, certainly much larger than any Wikipedia article we've got, and yet that site aims to be far less all-encompassing than "Windows" vs. "Linux". They didn't even try to address "server" issues... and imagine how much more complex this will become once Windows Vista comes out... No, this kind of article really needs to go. If someone wants to start more focused articles comparing a specific aspect of each operating system (such as the user interface, or included applications), then I would support that. -/- Warren 00:19, 31 July 2006 (UTC)
  • Keep. Don't see a problem with the title or concept. Deet 11:27, 31 July 2006 (UTC)
  • Keep. The article doesn't have to be comprehensive in order to exist; it just has to be well-sourced and verifiable, which it is. --Aguerriero (talk) 22:19, 31 July 2006 (UTC)

What if someone actually wants to know the difference between Linux and Windows? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 01001 (talk • contribs)

  • Then they'll probably want a page that isn't just a rehash of every "Micro$haft vs Open source" forum flamewar ever —Preceding unsigned comment added by Bongle (talk • contribs)
  • Comment. Should there also be articles comparing to other operating systems, such as those used on Macs? Would it be possible to create one article for a comparison between all operating systems that has headings such as "Kernel," "User friendliness," "Market Share," etc? --Wafulz 15:10, 4 August 2006 (UTC)
  • Merge to Comparison of operating systems. This article is biased & has WP:OR and WP:V problems. However, it does have some useful info and references which the broader comparison lacks. --Karnesky 18:57, 4 August 2006 (UTC)

If anything there should be a comparison of open source as opposed to proprietary systems. As it is, GNU/Linux is the most popular open source and Microsoft is the most popular proprietary system, so the page is probably just about right at least as far as needing to there.01001 19:45, 5 August 2006 (UTC)

  • Keep - the main "comparisions" is ok for tabulation, but merging all would make it way too big. The answer to NPOV in this case is to put both POVs, the pros and cons of each. Ace of Risk 14:25, 6 August 2006 (UTC)
  • Keep there doesnt seem to be anything wrong with the article and its staying at a neutral point of view --Alegoo92 23:36, 6 August 2006 (UTC)
  • Keep - seems pretty encyclopædic to me. No reason why this should be deleted. Killfest2—Daniel.Bryant 00:41, 7 August 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.