Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/FestWiki


 * 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   Delte --Allen3 talk 01:10, 29 June 2008 (UTC)

FestWiki

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Was deleted as a prod/a7 but this has been disputed. The reasons given for the prod were: ''Unnoted wiki - no news articles, only 3 google hits outside here and it's own site. Fails WP:WEB and unverifyable from reliable sources''. That kind of sums it up. Spartaz Humbug! 18:08, 22 June 2008 (UTC)

First, to set the story straight. The creator of the page has no connection with the system, nor the systems sponsors. He created a user profile 7 weeks ago, but apart from creating talk pages to make system related points, has not contributed to the wiki's raison d'etre (if thats the spelling). There were some inaccuracies in the page, but these have been corrected.

Festwiki is a piece of bespoke software, based originally on Usemod. Over time, it has been heavily modified to appear like Mediawiki, and little of the Usemod code survives. By removing some features, it is designed to run on various hosts, and does not require PHP and MySQL.

As a valid and operational piece of software, and listed in List_of_wiki_software, a user base of 60+, and an article base approaching 1400 pages, this is a piece of operational wiki software.

As software still under development, it will hardly have more outside references. It's only current use is for a very narrow field of interest, and it is not publiscised

I feel it would be wrong to remove an entry for an existing piece of operational wiki software on grounds of notability, when its only raison d'etre is to record its existance.

--Keith 20:29, 22 June 2008 (UTC)


 * Delete I respect your comment Keith, but the real question here is whether or not it passes at least one of the criteria of notability, as specified at WP:WEB. For the three criteria: 1. After a quick search I don't believe it has been the subject of any non-trivial published work 2. I also cannot find any reference to an award given to FestWiki 3. And I find no distribution of FestWiki from an independent and respected source. If any of these criteria can be filled, or a highly reasonable cause that an exception should be made, then deletion would likely be averted, but delete until then. Best Wishes! Boccobrock • T  20:46, 22 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete. I marked this for deletion (PROD) and the same reasons apply. Apart from wikipedia there are 5 only google hits, no news articles, no awards, no books or other reliable interest. Simply noone anywhere cares to write anything about it. Completely unverifyable and unnoted in the wider world - Peripitus (Talk) 21:50, 22 June 2008 (UTC)

Withdrawal of Contention
On the grounds of what I have said previously and the responses, I withdraw my contention to the deletion. I just dont saee how an electronic repository for specific information on a very narrow (sic) subject can actually comply with the criteria specified. --Keith 07:36, 23 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Websites-related deletion discussions.   --  Fabrictramp  |  talk to me  21:29, 23 June 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.