Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/DHPOS

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 no consensus. Mailer Diablo 22:42, 23 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] DHPOS

Article seems like an advertisement through and through, does not state notability of software and probably would fail WP:SOFTWARE. Daniel Case 05:17, 18 March 2006 (UTC)

• Delete per nom, non-notable software --TBC^{??? ??? ???} 05:23, 18 March 2006 (UTC)
• Keep this is not non-notable software, it is used by a lot of businesses every day. I will rewrite to sound less like advertisement 60.229.101.26 07:52, 18 March 2006 (UTC)
• Keep, whilst it may not be "notable" by the standards here, DHPOS has become a very important part of many businesses and has an active volunteer community, used by small businesses in approximately 50 countries. The software is not offered for profitable gain and as such - I don't see how the article could be classifed as an "advertisment". I would encourage those who recommend deletion to actually visit the website, and visit the forum to get an actual feel for the software and it's community. Andrew 10:17, 18 March 2006 (UTC)
• Strong keep not 100% convinced it needs rewriting - just expanding. I mean, this isn't an informercial-style testimonial, it's a statement from the guy who made it about why he made it, which is notable, especially since it's apparently a free product and no one's trying to hawk it. This isn't really Ron Popeil territory. Bobby P. Smith Sr. Jr. 12:43, 18 March 2006 (UTC)
  • Yes, but I expect that a Wikipedia article will include information about what the software does, for one thing. There is nothing to that effect in this article yet, and despite the promise above to make it sound less like an advertisement, which would take about five minutes, it still has the two big pull-quote testimonials, a screenshot infobox and a link plus an exhortation to go to the site and learn more. That walks and quacks like the proverbial duck to me.
    • I have just edited the page to include some features. --bdude 03:56, 19 March 2006 (UTC)

Googling returns 2,120 hits ... enough to pass the Google test. I am willing to concede it's notable and withdraw the nomination if the article is properly cleaned up and rewritten to our standards (I would do it myself, but I am not familiar with the software). Daniel Case 13:30, 18 March 2006 (UTC)

I'll start on that, but I can't finish the job Bobby P. Smith Sr. Jr. 14:12, 18 March 2006 (UTC)

Just did what I could Bobby P. Smith Sr. Jr. 14:29, 18 March 2006 (UTC)

I'd say: kill the exhortation, cut the testimonials down to a briefer explanation of why the creator did the creating, add a bit about what the software is, do some other bits like removing "completely" from "completely free", fix the link to Point of Sale to Point of sale so as to better integrate this thing into wikipedia, and so on. I'll do some of this right now. Bobby P. Smith Sr. Jr. 14:12, 18 March 2006 (UTC)

Just did what I could Bobby P. Smith Sr. Jr. 14:29, 18 March 2006 (UTC)

• • The reason for the strong keep is that it's notable software - google shows us that people use this and find it helpful. Doesn't have to be made by Microsoft to be notable. Bobby P. Smith Sr. Jr. 12:47, 18 March 2006 (UTC)
• Delete. Computer programs come and go. Let this one go. Brian G. Crawford 15:06, 18 March 2006 (UTC)
  • DHPOS Has Been Around for about 5 years now and has helped lots of people with their stores. It would be nice if the moderators here appriciated the hard work put in by Dale, who strictly doesn't charges for any part of this software. People have, out of their love for this software, donated $5 to Dale to help him test out his software. -Chris
• Weak delete - The text makes it clear it's NN: "His POS system is now used by more than a dozen small businesses and other private users." ProhibitOnions 01:11, 19 March 2006 (UTC)

• Keep notable --Masssiveego 08:17, 19 March 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.