Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Metapad

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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.Cúchullain t/c 01:35, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Metapad

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Blatant advertising article of a software product. Does not try to establish notability, does not contain any references, or reliable sources. Vacuum Cleaner 01 07:34, 17 May 2007 (UTC)

  • Delete. Not blatant advertising, in my opinion, but no notability in any event. Someguy1221 09:06, 17 May 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep with expansion One of the more well known replacements for Notepad (I use it myself based on a TechTV segment with Chris Pirillo), with g-hits around 135k and many recommendations for using it. The article itself doesn't read like it has an ad tone to me but could use some more sourcing and testimonials to its popularity. Nate 11:15, 17 May 2007 (UTC)
  • Weak Delete per Someguy1221. Agree that it's not advertising. But there's probably enough info in Comparison of text editors to cover the topic adequately. CitiCat 13:53, 17 May 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep. metapad is one of the more popular text editors used in GameFAQs and IGN, so much it was even included in the site's documentation for writing FAQs [1] [2] [3]. It's also cited quite often in the guides itself [4].
Anyway, thanks for the notify, I'll try expanding it myself in the next few days. --Aeon17x 06:53, 20 May 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep. One of the most commonly used alternative text editors on Windows, if I recall correctly. Certainly not blatant advertising. --- RockMFR 07:19, 20 May 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.