Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Abacus (GDS)

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The result was redirect to Subsidiaries of Royal Brunei Airlines#Abacus Distribution Systems. J04n(talk page) 00:32, 3 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Abacus (GDS)

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No assertion of either notability or encyclopedic value. 99% of the article is unsourced, and most of that is about the business maneuvers of the company, even though the article is about a software product, not the company. MSJapan (talk) 16:19, 1 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Business-related deletion discussions. 17:47, 1 February 2013 (UTC)

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Software-related deletion discussions. Smerdis of Tlön - killing the human spirit since 2003! 17:47, 1 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Delete per nomination. The article is apparently about some kind of cooperative booking system for Asian airlines, which inexplicably describes itself a global distribution system. Nothing in the article suggests that this software or venture has had significant effects on history, technology, or culture. - Smerdis of Tlön - killing the human spirit since 2003! 17:47, 1 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Do not delete. That's what the airline reservation systems are called - global distribution systems! Larry Grossman (talk) 02:23, 2 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Do not delete. I work in the GDS business. Abacus is one of many systems that allow for travellers to book their flights over multiple carriers on a single ticket. That is where the "global" comes in. These systems form the backbone of the travel industry world-wide. Henrik Thorburn (talk) 13:16, 3 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect to Subsidiaries_of_Royal_Brunei_Airlines#Abacus_Distribution_Systems Aside from the very suspicious two above 'do not delete' votes with very few edit counts, this appears to be a non-notable product of a non-notable company. Redirect to the only mention of the company. Mkdw ^talk 01:36, 8 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, LlamaAl (talk) 00:20, 9 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, LlamaAl (talk) 00:18, 16 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

comment - I have found this secondary source from Computer World (see [1]) where there is a lengthly article about Abacus International Pte and how the company succeeded (since 2005) in generating ~20% of total on-line bookings in the the Asia-Pacific region. At the moment, I am not sure if the article is worth keeping or should be redirected to Sabre Holdings. Toffanin (talk) 22:49, 18 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, J04n(talk page) 13:41, 23 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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.