Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/HexIt

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. Angr/talk 13:49, 10 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] HexIt

Prod removed. I still think it's non-notable software. Delete -- Perfecto 07:39, 5 March 2006 (UTC)

Note: Many other software titles share this name.

• Delete - Download doesn't have a domain, just an IP address, thus no alexa data. Google searches result in a Hexadecimal calculator, and not to the software in the article. Delete per nom. --lightdarkness ^(talk) 07:41, 5 March 2006 (UTC)
• Delete Wikipedia isn't a junkyard. Ardenn 07:42, 5 March 2006 (UTC)
• Delete as nn 71.248.205.50 14:59, 5 March 2006 (UTC)
• Delete nn -- Alpha269 16:52, 6 March 2006 (UTC)
• Keep The author's site is still up at http://mklasson.com/hexit.php or http://81.233.34.242/hexit.php . It appears they have a dynamic dns host that isn't keeping the domain name in the URL. Also per this article's discussion page 'Please rather improve article, instead of delete it. HexIt is available now as freeware, but formerly it was shareware.' Google searches for 'hexit editor' find the program (700+ hits). I think the article is useful and ought to remain. --Kaze0010 19:09, 7 March 2006 (UTC)
• Comment It meets these Notability reasons for not deleting: "Valid content is deleted", "Obscure content isn't harmful", and "Deletion reform is necessary". Google Groups has evidence the program has been around since at least 1996. I have also edited the article to improve it. --Kaze0010 22:22, 7 March 2006 (UTC)
• Delete, list of features reads like a muted ad for the software. If this is deleted, would the closing admin tag the image as {{or-fu}}? Thanks. Chick Bowen 05:35, 8 March 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per Lightdarkness. Stifle 09:45, 9 March 2006 (UTC)
• Delete per lightdarkness. Almost all Googles for the word HexIt are unrelated, the tool itself is almost impossible to find among the more notable alternative uses of the name. Just zis Guy you know? 13:39, 9 March 2006 (UTC)
• Keep. A search for "Mikael Klasson HexIt" returns enough results to show that this item is being talked about on a variety of websites, so it is verifiable. Download.com shows nearly 10,000 downloads in just over 6 months, so this is a piece of software that people are finding useful. This is not nonsense. This is software that people are using and talking about, and is growing in importance. Not notable is not a valid argument. And there is enough information there already to show it has scope for being encyclopedic. This is not a valid deletion proposal. SilkTork 13:20, 10 March 2006 (UTC)

Ooops! - I just caught Perfecto's note that other software share the same name as I was about to surf away. My search may then have returned invalid results? SilkTork 13:24, 10 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.