Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/GSM Player

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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 delete. Sr13 03:23, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] GSM Player

GSM Player (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs) – (View log)

A quick google turns up a bunch of results that don't seem to be about this piece of software; unable to find any reliable sources, so I think this fails the general notability criteria. Veinor (talk to me) 15:47, 9 June 2007 (UTC)

  • Delete no sources found to establish notability, or even confirm if it's part of this Game Maker program. Which to be honest, I'm not sure about either. FrozenPurpleCube 15:58, 9 June 2007 (UTC)
  • This software is real, Article should not be deleted
GSM Player is real software, I have downloaded it and tried it, it does everything it claims to do. Upon start, GSM Player (Version 1.1a+) clearly displays a logo saying 'Verision' and the old download link links to the Verision Website, who is the creator of this piece of software. A quick search on the Game Maker Community brings up some results which are related to the Software. GSM Player can also be found in the 'Game Maker Creations' section of the Game Maker Community on about Page 2. A search on google for "GSM Player Verision" does bring up links which are about this piece of software. Link to google results When the player is running (See download link at the bottom of the page, It does not contain any Viruses... I have checked it) Press F1 to get up the help window, and it is noted in there that it is created in Game Maker. Skullblade 16:29, 9 June 2007 (UTC)
    • Comment Ok, but forums are not reliable sources; reliable sources need to be fact-checked, and I'm pretty sure those forums aren't. I'm not calling them liars, I'm just saying we can't put the same degree of faith in them that we'd put in, say, the BBC, the New York Times, or other sources. I checked the google link, and two of those appear to be about the player, and like I said, forums don't count. The rest appear to be misspellings of either 'version' or 'Verizon'. Also, please don't create new sections; it messes up the format of other pages. And sign your comments at the end with four tildes (~~~~), please. Veinor (talk to me) 16:28, 9 June 2007 (UTC)
  • GSM Player is a small, new FreeWare media player... It is not going to appear on websites like the BBC.

The article also gives a link to an old download page which houses Version 1.1b, and some more information about the player. Skullblade 16:31, 9 June 2007 (UTC)

  • Delete this article, Sorry for the trouble... I am new to Wikipedia.

Skullblade 17:33, 9 June 2007 (UTC)

  • Delete per skullblade. "Small, new freeware" = not encyclopaedically notable. Guy (Help!) 18:07, 9 June 2007 (UTC)
Should we take Skullblade's request as a db-self then? FrozenPurpleCube 20:39, 9 June 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete I never really knew what I was doing, I just saw something that lacked an article and immediately created one...

Skullblade 20:59, 9 June 2007 (UTC)

Well, there are many things that don't have articles. Sometimes that is because nobody has noticed, or because there aren't any sources, but sometimes it's because the subject in question isn't quite that important. In general, for software to be notable, it should either be from a major publisher, or at least receive a review from a major source. Anyway, it's not a problem that you've done so, and recognizing this is actually quite commendable. So kudos to you! FrozenPurpleCube 21:13, 9 June 2007 (UTC)
  • Note: This debate has been included in the list of Software-related deletions. -- John Vandenberg 01:55, 10 June 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete for lack of any independent sources. As is stated in the article, this is under development, so good sources are not likely to exist yet, if ever. Someguy1221 20:31, 11 June 2007 (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.