Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Impro-Visor

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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 ---- Keeper | 76 | Disclaimer 17:34, 3 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Impro-Visor

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non-notable software - CobaltBlueTony™ talk 12:53, 25 April 2008 (UTC)

  • Delete false positives and ghits only confirm existence. No evidence of notability TRAVELLINGCARIMy storyTell me yours 16:14, 25 April 2008 (UTC)
  • I actually know the fellow who made the software, and it's pretty impressive. That said, it's not yet notable, and the fact that the author of the page is also the fellow who made the software is kind of sketchy. I'm willing to bet that something academic about this is likely to be published in a few years, but that's not enough. Not public yet, therefore not notable yet. Delete per WP:NOTCRYSTAL. TallNapoleon (talk) 21:11, 25 April 2008 (UTC)
    • So there are a couple of new sources mentioned on the page; it turns out that this project has been published in a couple of academic journals. I'm not sure if this is sufficient to establish notability, but it's a start. Weak Keep for now. TallNapoleon (talk) 02:21, 29 April 2008 (UTC)
  • Note: This debate has been included in the list of Software-related deletion discussions. -- Fabrictramp (talk) 23:22, 26 April 2008 (UTC)
  • Delete - no independent sources. When they finally come out, that would be the time to consider inclusion, not before.B.Wind (talk) 04:41, 27 April 2008 (UTC)
  • As moderator of the Yahoo! impro-visor users group, I've taken a poll and these countries are represented among the 1200 users of Impro-Visor: Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, Indonesia, Israel, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Peru, Phillipines, Poland, Russian Federation, Samoa, Singapore, Spain, Switzerland, Taiwan, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States. Rmkeller (talk) 07:00, 29 April 2008 (UTC
  • as a impro-visor user; I am really estonished you consider deleting this page ... Impro-visor is a very valuable tool to learn music, learn improvisation, ... very usefull !—Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.254.232.120 (talk • contribs)
  • this is a valuable software tool for learning the fine art of jazz improvisation. The program is free so it's not like the author is self aggrandizing. I am new to using Impro-visor; appreciate that it exists, and would like to see it more well known. Tom Doran; "Bassdocta" —Preceding unsigned comment added by Bassdocta (talk • contribs) 15:36, 29 April 2008 (UTC)
  • Impro-Visor may have not been covered a lot in the media yet, maybe because it addresses a very special group of users, but it is a software extremely useful for musicians and indeed used by quite some people by now. While some of its functionality equals that of Band-in-a-Box (which actually is included in the wikipedia, for good reasons), it goes beyond this approach by giving you theoretical advice for composition and improvising. Also, Impro-Visor is not some irrelevant quick-and-dirty hack, but a mature, user-friendly software. --HeinzDrei (talk) 19:16, 29 April 2008 (UTC)
  • Weak Keep There seem to be some sources; I dont know how many academic papers count as enough, but I think this might be ok. DGG (talk) 20:45, 29 April 2008 (UTC)
  • Keep Agree that this software addresses a very special group of users, but it is a software extremely useful for JAZZ musicians. --85.165.67.8 (talk) 22:55, 29 April 2008 (UTC)
  • Impro-Visor is very useful for jazz-musicians. I am a german jazz-guitar-player, using this good software nearly every day. So please keep it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 91.17.113.200 (talk) 16:10, 1 May 2008 (UTC)
  • weak keep Lacking in independent sources, but as free academic software for a very specific purpose, with a user group of over 1000, give it more time. --SmokeyJoe (talk) 13:15, 3 May 2008 (UTC)
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