Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Features of Skype


 * 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. I wasn't sure what to do with this AFD when I first saw it. It took me some searching to come up with a close. I had to discount the first three delete !votes because they arn't based on standard practice. I found a large quantity of "Features of..." articles on Wikipedia so it appears that the communiuty does not consider it advertising on a software where the features themselves are considered notable. Further, per WP:SPLIT, articles that are 50kb or greater should be considered for merge when a subtopic is considered notable. Per WP:SUMMARY, we should include a summary paragraph about the features and move the "See also" link from the top of the Skype article to the bottom. Aside from the policy driven answer, this specific discussion has no consensus. I'll note that two of the merge !votes were not specifically in support of deleting the article. v/r - TP 16:02, 15 November 2011 (UTC)

Features of Skype

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Reads like an ad even the title, unnecessary article. Sandman888 (talk) 20:19, 7 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Delete 'Cause the article Skype is about the features of Skype already. Anything (good and well sourced) in this article not there should be moved over there. Steve Dufour (talk) 20:59, 7 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Software-related deletion discussions.  —Tom Morris (talk) 22:55, 7 November 2011 (UTC)


 * Delete: Steve Dufour said it right. Neutralitytalk 04:59, 8 November 2011 (UTC)


 * Keep – The Skype article is lengthy. Merging the information to the main article might then lead to users in the future re-creating this same type of article due to the main article becoming too long. The following are some facets in the Features of Skype article that aren't present in the Skype article:
 * •SMS text messaging
 * •PocketSkype
 * •Subscription calling plans
 * •Voicemail
 * •Screen sharing
 * •Skype Web Toolbar
 * •Skype Prime
 * — Northamerica1000 (talk) 10:45, 8 November 2011 (UTC)


 * Keep per Reliable Sources, a very encyclopedic and informative article, there is too much information to simply merge, this should stay as it is. – Phoenix B 1of3 (talk) 17:57, 8 November 2011 (UTC)


 * Keep It gets coverage, referenced in the article already, for these various things. WP:GNG has been met.  This information works best as its own article, than made to bloat the size of another article.  No reason to "trim", that is to delete over 90% of it, and then "merge" a token amount either.   D r e a m Focus  08:24, 9 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Merge to Skype. Otherwise, delete. Jtrainor (talk) 05:09, 11 November 2011 (UTC)


 * Merge with Skype per WP:SUMMARY. This list is notable and verifiable, but I think it's excessive. The features should ideally be summarized in the main article. Steven Walling &bull; talk   00:48, 13 November 2011 (UTC)


 * Either Merge with Skype or purge the duplicated content from the Skype article. Stuartyeates (talk) 07:12, 14 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Merge with Skype. A list of features of a software package which already has its own article does not warrant a separate, standalone article. --Alan the Roving Ambassador (User:N5iln) (talk) 20:37, 14 November 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.