Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/DesktopTwo


 * 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. No clear consensus to delete, and added sources appear reliable and non-trivial.--SarekOfVulcan (talk) 19:33, 22 July 2008 (UTC)

DesktopTwo

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Article is about software/webware that fails notability guildlines.


 * Delete - It is more an advertisement or spam and is not encyclopedic. I believe it was up for speedy a while ago and it is still an advertisement and so brought here to AfD Pmedema (talk) 23:52, 11 July 2008 (UTC)


 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so that consensus may be reached. Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, BJ Talk 23:11, 18 July 2008 (UTC)

I believe the deletion recommendation for this article should be removed.

Desktoptwo has a Google page rank of 6. Presumably Google's page rank algorithm considers, among other things, the number of mentions a page has on the Web plus the number of times users click on search result pages where the corresponding URL appears. Just by this reason it appears that Desktoptwo's relevance is difficult to challenge.

Also, there are countless examples of Wikipedia articles that refer to Web sites or other software products where Google's page rank is under 6 (see article for blip.tv with page rank zero). There also articles about other Web sites in Desktoptwo's space that have the same page rank as Desktoptwo but that are not being submitted for deletion. (see article entry for G.ho.st which also has a page rank of 6).

Finally, the Web as a platform is the most relevant shift in IT of the last few years. Desktoptwo is one of the most important proponents of such model. It'd be unwise, to say the least, to delete from the Wikipedia an article about a Web product that directly challenges the IT establishment by proposing the usage of the Web as a computing platform. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 201.151.206.254 (talk) 16:53, 21 July 2008 (UTC)


 * Comment Article also fails WP:RS and your "near future" comment fails WP:CRYSTAL. --Pmedema (talk) 11:01, 22 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep per the reliable sources in the article.--CastAStone//₵₳$↑₳₴₮ʘ№€ 13:27, 22 July 2008 (UTC)

References have been provided in the article to comply with WP:RS. Those references also support the relevance of the article's object. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 201.151.206.254 (talk) 13:30, 22 July 2008 (UTC)


 * 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.