Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Pstoedit

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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. John254 02:18, 16 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Pstoedit

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Free software with no evidence of external notability. Not really much else to say except delete. Isotope23 talk 18:59, 11 September 2007 (UTC)

  • Keep. Many use it it's one of the most popular. Really efective. M.V.E.i. 21:03, 11 September 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep. Useful program.--Oneiros 21:13, 11 September 2007 (UTC)
  • It should be noted that notability, not popularity, is the basis for inclusion in Wikipedia. In addition, WP:ITSUSEFUL isn't a reason to keep. shoy 22:24, 11 September 2007 (UTC)
  • Note: This debate has been included in the list of Software-related deletions. —Karnesky 22:58, 11 September 2007 (UTC)
  • Slight Keep This, like multivalent (that Isotope23 also listed), is described in a few of the O'Reilly hacks books & is included in many F/OSS distros. --Karnesky 22:59, 11 September 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep - notable because of wide distribution and use. --ChrisRuvolo (t) 13:59, 12 September 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep. This is notable enough. • Lawrence Cohen 20:02, 12 September 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep. Included in debian for quite a long time - http://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=pstoedit&searchon=names&exact=1&suite=all&section=all . Also 1280 downloads per week [1] and 130,995 downloads from Jun 2005 [2] on sourceforge alone - I think the software is widely used. Last version is from 2007-09-09, so the development is still active. --Mpx 15:42, 15 September 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep, there appears to be a wide usage of this product which suggests notability; can someone please point me to a guideline for software-related articles? Yamaguchi先生 00:07, 16 September 2007 (UTC)
    • There is no special guideline, as the former WP:SOFTWARE failed to pass. The suggestions in it aren't horrible, though, and they are still brought up in deletion discussions. --Karnesky 00:22, 16 September 2007 (UTC)
  • Comment More discussion needed. I am leaning towards Keep. --Do not click me! 00:43, 16 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.