Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Alex & Solo (computer virus)


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The result was   delete. – Juliancolton  &#124; Talk 00:04, 23 May 2009 (UTC)

Alex & Solo (computer virus)
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I can't find any reliable soures to show notability. Iowateen (talk) 02:55, 9 May 2009 (UTC)


 * Keep Found a reference to it in Trendmicro virus encyclopedia a reliable source.Johndowning (talk) 03:10, 9 May 2009 (UTC)
 * That doesn't show notability because it is a virus encyclopedia. If it did show notability, it wouldn't matter because there needs to be multiple reliable sources with significant coverage. Iowateen (talk) 03:06, 9 May 2009 (UTC)
 * It is a start. Maybe there is more info out there.Johndowning (talk) 03:10, 9 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete. Doesn't seem to meet the notability guidelines. Relevant search results: Virus Information Summary List, September 1998. —Rankiri (talk) 14:49, 9 May 2009 (UTC)


 * Comment This was an obscure MSDOS virus that was added en masse with a number of early computer viruses. An attempt was made to include only viruses that were found in the field, but this was not one.  It's a documented virus and recognized by most scanners.  However, I can see a reasonable case being made for non-notability. --Trafton
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached. Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:07, 16 May 2009 (UTC)

Merge to List of computer viruses (A-D). Fences and windows (talk) 03:16, 16 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Ditto. If all the notability has is in a virus encyclopedia, mention on a list of viruses should be more than enough. (Channeling UncleG.) Nanowolf (talk) 08:35, 16 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete or Merge to List of computer viruses (A-D),not enough reliable sources. Rirunmot (talk) 19:15, 16 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete this fails the general notability guideline; there isn't enough info out there. Much better covered in a list, as Rirunmot suggested.  —  Jake   Wartenberg  16:01, 17 May 2009 (UTC)
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