Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/FSUM


 * 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   delete. -- Cirt (talk) 18:29, 16 June 2011 (UTC)

FSUM

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Unable to locate significant reliable source coverage indicating notability. Both of the "reviews" cited by the article are much too short to be significant and are more comparable to mere directory entries; the sources' independence is also questionable. I was unable to locate any other reliable source coverage of this software; it thus fails the WP:GNG. Cyber cobra (talk) 13:52, 6 June 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Software-related deletion discussions.  —Cyber cobra  (talk) 16:00, 6 June 2011 (UTC)


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


 * Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:01, 13 June 2011 (UTC)



I don't like to see articles about free software be deleted because they are often useful for people seeking them out, regardless of notability criteria. Such programs get very little notice from third parties, in general, unless the program's author makes an effort to solicit such notice, so the usual criteria amounts to how much self-promotion has been done. However, the stub being considered for deleting in this case has so little content, and the program appears to be so marginally useful that little would be lost by the deletion. Dlw20070716 (talk) 23:44, 13 June 2011 (UTC)
 * Delete. The so called review for rbytes.net is too short and downright laughable, consisting mostly of manufacturer-supplied information followed by a standard boilerplate: "This file & disk management software is freeware, which means you can download and use FSUM 2.52 absolutely free. There's no need to buy the product. FSUM 2.52 supports English interface languages and works with Windows 98/XP/Vista. Latest FSUM 2.52 does not contain any spyware and/or advertise modules, allowing installing it with no worries concerning valuable information loss. Our website has thoroughly tested system utilities product FSUM 2.52, written the review and uploaded installation file (92K) to our fast server." Compare with what they say in their hashcalc review: "This development program is freeware, so you can download and use it absolutely free. HashCalc 2.02 supports English interface languages and works with Windows 98/XP/Vista. Latest HashCalc 2.02 does not contain any spyware and/or advertise modules, allowing installing it with no worries concerning valuable information loss. Our website has thoroughly tested development product HashCalc 2.02, written the review and uploaded installation file (468K) to our fast server. Downloading HashCalc 2.02 will take several seconds if you use fast ADSL connection." This site seems like a Softpedia wannabe. FuFoFuEd (talk) 14:10, 14 June 2011 (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.