Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/DCC Alliance


 * 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. (Non admin closure). Qst 17:09, 16 November 2007 (UTC)

DCC Alliance

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Contested PROD: proposed for deletion due to lack of notability. Stormie 21:53, 11 November 2007 (UTC)


 * Keep. I originally noticed the DCC Alliance article had disappeared when I went to place a link from the mention of "DCC" on Mark Shuttleworth to the Wikipedia article.  I have had no previous involvement with the article; I do believe this article may have a place, along with the United Linux article (again no involvement).  Both articles document (now defunct) alliances and attempts at consolidation with in the Linux industry.  The page appears to be linked from 20+ other Wikipedia articles, although most of these are Debian-related in someway.  The article could do with a cleanup (agreed), which I think is more likely if the article should remain long enough for that to happen!  —Sladen 08:26, 12 November 2007 (UTC)
 * I've done an initial rewrite of this article, cleaning it up a bit and fixing most of the missing references. I'll try to do some further work later. —Sladen 07:08, 13 November 2007 (UTC)


 * Keep. This is a useful reference. I have no previous involvement but believe it's a useful guide to people trying similar things.-- Colin 12:56, 12 November 2007 (UTC)


 * Delete, despite being WP:USEFUL, unless some independent non-trivial sources primarily about this group are added by the end of the debate. Guy (Help!) 16:35, 12 November 2007 (UTC)


 * Keep - The DCC Alliance was a fairly major piece of news for a short period of time. Would we delete League of Nations merely because it also failed in it's job? Burgundavia (&#9992; take a flight?) 21:45, 13 November 2007 (UTC)


 * Keep - per Sladen, Burgundavia above. To rebut JzG/Guy, it might be tricky to find "non-trivial sources"; at this point, google finds little other than some press releases, and a Mark Shuttleworth's comments that he thought DCC would fail. As it happens, I was researching exactly this when I tripped over the AfD. This article contans exactly the info I was looking for. linas 05:20, 15 November 2007 (UTC)


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