Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Burp suite


 * 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 no consensus. Kurykh (talk) 05:38, 16 February 2017 (UTC)

Burp suite

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This software application seems to be of questionable notability. It was originally transwikied from the Dutch Wikipedia back in 2012, and has been tagged as possibly not meeting WP:GNG since March 2015. Extant citations are to the company's webpage and to a generic list of software. A Google search mostly turned up the product webpages and links to this article; the only independent sources I could find seemed to mention the software only in passing as part of a specific Facebook hacking incident.

Note that I became aware of this article after it was brought to my attention by a WP:COI editor as part of a complaint regarding my speedy deletion (per WP:CSD) of his/her article on a competing product. –Grondemar 06:00, 23 January 2017 (UTC)


 * I have encountered this software package various times in the literature on pentesting and ethical hacking, that is why I think having a wikipedia article on it is justified. Carol (Talk) 06:10, 23 January 2017 (UTC)


 * Could you add those sources to the article, then? –Grondemar 06:24, 23 January 2017 (UTC)


 * Hi Grondemar, it may take some time until I will have the opportunity to do so in a proper way. Meanwhile, I shall mention some relevant literature here:

Note that this is only a small selection of the literature. Cheers, Carol (Talk) 07:16, 23 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Burp Suite Essentials by Akash Mahajan, Publisher: Packt Publishing, Published: November 2014
 * Instant Burp Suite Starter by Luca Carettoni, Publisher: Packt Publishing, Published: January 2013
 * Python: Penetration Testing for Developers by Christopher Duffy, Mohit, Cameron Buchanan, Terry Ip, Andrew Mabbitt, Benjamin May, Dave Mound, Publisher: Packt Publishing, Published: October 2016
 * Building Virtual Pentesting Labs for Advanced Penetration Testing - Second Edition by Kevin Cardwell, Publisher: Packt Publishing, Published: August 2016
 * Kali Linux 2: Windows Penetration Testing by Wolf Halton, Bo Weaver, Publisher: Packt Publishing Published: June 2016
 * Kali Linux Web Penetration Testing Cookbook by Gilberto Nájera-Gutiérrez, Publisher: Packt Publishing, Published: February 2016
 * Black Hat Python by Justin Seitz, Publisher: No Starch Press,Release Date: December 2014, ISBN: 9781593275907
 * The Web Application Hacker's Handbook: Finding and Exploiting Security Flaws, 2nd Edition by Marcus Pinto, Dafydd Stuttard, Publisher: *John Wiley & Sons, Release Date: September 2011,ISBN: 9781118026472
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Software-related deletion discussions. Coolabahapple (talk) 12:18, 26 January 2017 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, –  Juliancolton  &#124; Talk 03:37, 31 January 2017 (UTC)  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Kurykh (talk) 00:51, 8 February 2017 (UTC)


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