Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Caslink

Caslink

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Nonnotable software project, no independent sources cited, article author also appears to be author of the software. Author removed prod tag without explanation or improvement of article. NawlinWiki (talk) 18:31, 6 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Software-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 20:03, 6 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Delete A good faith google / google news / google books search did not turn up any notability for this piece of software. There are hints of notability for an older database search scheme with the same name, but it doesn't appear the two are releated.--Fabrictramp(public) (talk) 21:23, 7 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

[Alexey Podrezov] First of all, please check editing history before making such claims. I did improve the article before I removed the prod tag. I wrote the preface explaining why the project is notable. Maybe the project is not notable for the entire world, but it is very known in the MSX community. Many MSX community pages are linking to my article, also there are a few discussions on msx.org resource about my project. A few similar software projects were started after my Caslink v1 was released because it caused inspiration, people started to see the use of their old MSX hardware again. And my presentations about the article were welcomed on several demoparties in Finland, including a such a big event as AltParty.

[Alexey Podrezov] I am very much shocked by Wikipedia's policies and admin practices concerning deletion of articles. You guys approved articles about "rusty trombone" and similar kind of crap, but you want to delete my article that describes a software project that is used by a generation of gamers and enthusiasts on MSX hardware. What about innovation? What about computer history? What about technology? Should we just drop everything because 95% of Earth's population does not care?

Delete per nom - no evidence of notability whatsoever. Note that almost every word in the article comes from http://www.finnov.net/~wierzbowsky/caslink2.htm - if the author isn't the owner of that site it's a copyvio and if he is it's spam. andy (talk) 14:00, 9 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]
- Comment - Although a copy of the project's site, the material is not a copyvio as it has been licensed appropriately, and verified with an OTRS ticket. See the article's talk page.

Whoops! andy (talk) 22:06, 9 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - This software lacks coverage in reliable sources. -- Whpq (talk) 14:48, 9 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

[Alexey Podrezov] Yes, the project is not advertised on any big media's site. It was created mostly for the vintage computer lovers. And their numbers are not large comparing to, for example, Android fans. However, please tell me what "reliable sources" provide coverage of the crap that is described in the "rusty trombone" article and why that article has the right to exist and mine does not?

[Alexey Podrezov] As for the sources, my project was mentioned in several MSX magazines, for example in the August's edition of Freesoft MSX Magazine (http://xoomer.virgilio.it/enribarb/msx/freesoft.html), on several MSX community pages: CAX pages (http://cax.nm.ru/msx/packed/index.html), Devili (http://www.devili.iki.fi/Computers/links.html), Planet Retro (http://planetretro.org/index.php?basicsearch=comp), on MSX.ORG resource as well as on several other pages (http://handige-zaken.nl/msx/hardware.html)

[Alexey Podrezov] Added various external and internal links, references, categories, optimized the article.

—Preceding unsigned comment added by Podrezov (talk • contribs) 17:15, 9 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]