Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Gantt chart software


 * 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, see also WP:CSD. ~ trialsanderrors 06:45, 27 January 2007 (UTC)

Gantt chart software

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Contested prod and merge. Prod was contested on merge to Gantt chart grounds. That merge has been contested with the edit comment 'This page was created to keep advertising out of Gantt Chart article. Options are to delete this page or continue to keep them separate'. The page is nothing more than a link farm and having this page to stop people adding links to the Gantt chart page is not a valid reason for it to exist Nuttah68 18:02, 18 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep - See Category:Free project management software, more generally Category:Project management software; this list which is currently mostly (14/16) an external linkfarm to the outside should be redone as a proper, internal Wiki link page rather than being deleted. A number of the listed products already have Wiki pages.  I will work on shifting the links as time allows.  Georgewilliamherbert 18:42, 18 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Comment any links to other Wiki pages should be handled from the Gantt chart article which is nowhere big enough to require splitting out. Nuttah68 19:13, 18 January 2007 (UTC)
 * I tried that, the merge proposal was deleted by User:Garybooker. Are you suggesting that we merge it back in (and change to Wikilinks), instead of deleting?  Georgewilliamherbert 19:49, 18 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Not a merge, the pieces of software that already have articles can be properly linked to in the article. However, Gantt chart software has no information to merge into Gantt chart. Nuttah68 19:53, 18 January 2007 (UTC)
 * That is not true; it has two existing wikilinks, and several other programs listed now with external links have WP pages (see categories above). There IS content here that isn't necessarily spam, or I wouldn't be arguing with you.  Georgewilliamherbert 20:05, 18 January 2007 (UTC)

There is very little ENCYCLOPEDIC content here, and Wikipedia is quite clear about external advertising links and internal advertising pages (the wikilinks). There's really only one choice.Garrybooker 21:44, 19 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Fixed to a set of INTERNAL links, this would be entirely inappropriate. Deletion instead of fixing those links is an abuse of the AFD rules, which specifically say that you fix first and delete only if not repairable.  Those internal links exist.  Instead of trying to delete it, it should be repaired.  Georgewilliamherbert 20:42, 24 January 2007 (UTC)


 * Delete, articles should not be mere collections of external links. --Dhartung | Talk 06:12, 20 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete, no indication why this is notable. Seraphimblade 13:55, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

This is an extremely useful page and is clearly not advertising. I don't understand the controversy as there are many lists in Wikipedia of various types of software.
 * A way forward is to create the list on another site (e.g., a non-encyclopedia wiki) and then provide a single link on the Gantt Chart page. It isn't really a controversy; it's Wikipedia policy. /Garrybooker 16:53, 25 January 2007 (UTC) (Please sign all comments)
 * Wikipedia policy doesn't require us to not have lists of external links. It requires us not to promote spam and random collections of links.  It is both correct that the current article should replace all possible external links with internal wikilinks, and not appropriate to fix it by deleting.  Georgewilliamherbert 19:49, 25 January 2007 (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.