Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Nintendo GameCube Linux

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. Singularity 05:21, 9 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Nintendo GameCube Linux

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Wikipedia:What_Wikipedia_is_not#Wikipedia_is_not_a_publisher_of_original_thought Chealer 16:43, 25 August 2007 (UTC)

• Delete, weasel-worded original research, possibly unverifiable too. (Damn it, another weasel word...) Ten Pound Hammer • ^{(Broken clamshells•Otter chirps•Review?)} 16:48, 25 August 2007 (UTC)
  • I disagree that it is original research - The project itself may be original research but an article about it cannot be. Terrymr 06:23, 26 August 2007 (UTC)
• Keep Feel free to improve the article with [1] and [2] among other sources. This article may be poor, but I think being in Forbes and Wired meets any reasonable notability criteria and satisfies the question of this being "original thought" . FrozenPurpleCube 17:00, 25 August 2007 (UTC)
• Note: This debate has been included in the list of Software-related deletions. -- the wub "?!" 18:36, 25 August 2007 (UTC)
• Keep FrozenPurpleCube already said it, I'll refrain from repeating. spazure (contribs) (review) 05:10, 26 August 2007 (UTC)
• Merge into Embedded Linux. Leibniz 15:11, 26 August 2007 (UTC)

No, I don't think that's valid, as while it might be appropriate to mention this there, I do feel it's distinct enough on its own to merit an article. FrozenPurpleCube 17:47, 26 August 2007 (UTC)

• Too crufty and weaselly for that. Leibniz 18:21, 26 August 2007 (UTC)

In which case, the article is rewritten. FrozenPurpleCube 18:29, 26 August 2007 (UTC)

• Keep per sources suggested by Mister Manticore. Ideally, merge along with similar articles (eg Xbox Linux) into somewhere more appropriate such as Linux on game consoles or, as suggested above, Embedded Linux. Jakew 00:26, 27 August 2007 (UTC)
• Keep or Merge as above into an article about Linux on games consoles, Embedded Linux is a bit too catch-all for such a thing.. Xmoogle 12:05, 27 August 2007 (UTC)
• Delete. From checking around the web, it seems there is not much activity any more on Nintendo GameCube Linux. Even the web site linked from the article, http://www.gc-linux.org, seems to have not acquired much new material since March 2006. That suggests to me we are now looking at this Wikipedia article almost in its final form. The last edit which added *any* new technical information was this one on 2 March, 2006, by an anonymous contributor. Nearly all the present content is from the creator, User:Wrayal, who has not edited Wikipedia since May 2007. So I'm not optimistic about this article getting any better, and I don't think the creator is going to fix it. I'd be open to having the closer of this AfD userfy the page, in case anyone here wants to clean up the WP:OR and add references to the article. Otherwise I don't think this belongs in Wikipedia. EdJohnston 15:32, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so that consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, CitiCat ^♫ 02:08, 4 September 2007 (UTC)

• Keep Although it might not be active, mention by Forbes and Wired (reliable sources) are sufficient to give the project notability already.--Alasdair 03:24, 4 September 2007 (UTC)
• Keep and improve - highly notable subject, solid beginning of an article, just needs sources. — xDanielx ^T/_C 06:46, 4 September 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.