Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/FluxBB (2nd nomination)


 * 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   merge to PunBB.  MBisanz  talk 00:10, 5 December 2012 (UTC)

FluxBB
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This has been tagged as needing independent sources for a few years, and concerns about the same have been on the article's talk page since 2008. No sources have shown up, so I think that this article fails the general notability guideline and should be deleted. I've looked for sources, but I found only forum and blog postings. MrOllie (talk) 19:16, 12 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Software-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 17:20, 13 November 2012 (UTC)


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


 * Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, -- Cheers, Riley   Huntley  01:51, 19 November 2012 (UTC)


 * Delete Fails WP:GNG Mason Doering (talk) 01:55, 19 November 2012 (UTC)

I just came to this page from the FluxBB page, which I arrived at because it's notable and I wanted more information on it. ¦ Reisio (talk) 01:37, 21 November 2012 (UTC) 
 * Keep I think it's used by many web sites (also some notable ones, e.g. on Arch Linux). Google finds 28 million pages if you search for "Powered by fluxbb". So I think we should keep the article. --Crashie (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 19:23, 24 November 2012 (UTC)
 * See WP:GHITS. Google hits are not a substitute for reliable sources. - MrOllie (talk) 16:26, 27 November 2012 (UTC)
 * In that case, in addition to it being obvious that the (enduring) consensus is to not delete this article, we can also come to the conclusion that WP:GNG is poorly defined (that is, if you care about guidelines [as opposed to policies (that aren't contradicted by other policies)] at all). ¦ Reisio (talk) 03:35, 28 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Keep There are more board softwares on Wikipedia that are less popular than FluxBB, just like said: it's used by some great websites, like µTorrent, also there are a lot website out there from Linux distributions using FluxBB. Anyway, in my eyes FluxBB is noteable, so, keep this page. Also: why is the 'changelog' removed? 'Cause Wikipedia isn't ment for changelogs? It wasn't a changelog it was a release overview. You know what I call a changlog? This: PSP, 3DS, iTunes version history, and so on... --84.194.42.17 (talk) 10:54, 25 November 2012 (UTC) — 84.194.42.17 (talk • contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic.
 * Keep per WP:NSOFT. I've found and included an independent third-party source for the 2008 finalist status. -- Trevj (talk) 09:10, 26 November 2012 (UTC)
 * That's not an independent source, it's a reprint of Sourceforge's press release. For reference, here is a copy that is not encumbered by a paywall. - MrOllie (talk) 16:26, 27 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.


 * Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks,  MBisanz  talk 00:14, 27 November 2012 (UTC)


 * Merge to PunBB (which has its own notability issues...). I was originally inclined to suggest keeping, as I'm pretty sure PunBB was one of the more prominent free bulletin board packages out there, and FluxBB is basically its direct successor, making it likely to be somewhat notable, but it does seem like there simply aren't that many independent sources. In light of this, merging it into PunBB for now may be a good course of action. wctaiwan (talk) 05:42, 4 December 2012 (UTC)
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