Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of apps with Chromecast support


 * 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   keep. (non-admin closure)  Rcsprinter123    (collogue)  @ 19:53, 15 September 2014 (UTC)

List of apps with Chromecast support

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Chromecast has reached such a wide adoption rate, that, according to Google at this year's I/O conference, there are approximately 10,000 apps that support Chromecast now. As a result, this article will never be comprehensive: not every single app will make an announcement that they have incorporated Chromecast support, not will every app be well-known enough to even receive coverage. This will be a burden to maintain as more and more apps add support, or heaven forbid, subsequent app releases drop support. Google already maintains an official list of supported apps here Y2Kcrazyjoker4 (talk &bull; contributions) 14:46, 8 September 2014 (UTC)
 * Keep. (Disclosure: I'm the article's creator). Google's own list is non-comprehensive and excludes a number of major apps: EZcast and Artkick to name two. Any list similar to this is, naturally, never going to be exhaustive. But I feel the same complaint could be levied at many of the lists at Category:Lists of software and I didn't think that issue alone was enough to warrant deletion. - Wezzo (talk) 14:56, 8 September 2014 (UTC)
 * Keep. Y2kcrazyjoker4 deleted this table from the main Chromecast article in June, without any new discussion in the TALK tab, with the reason given that "Wikipedia users unfortunately cant be the gatekeepers for every app that has been patched to work with Chromecast - their website now handles that responsibility." Google's official Chromecast page does list many apps that are compatible with the device, but not all of them. Not hardly! Since the deletion of the apps table from the main article a few months ago, I have been hoping for a spun-off article EXACTLY like this. Others have too, as seen in comments made over the months in communities such as Reddit. I've just added two recent apps to the table (WatchABC and NPR One), even as it was nominated for deletion less than an hour after being made. WHY? Y2kcrazyjoker4 and others with his (or her) opinion are not harmed by the existence of an article such as this, and others - like me - are glad to have the opportunity to maintain it, add as many apps as possible to it, and find it useful via Wikipedia's long tradition of community-based information sharing. Why suppress it? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.177.40.193 (talk) 15:13, 8 September 2014 (UTC)
 * Assume good faith. Just because I don't necessarily think this is worthy of an encyclopedia article doesn't mean I am trying to "suppress" information. The article is certainly informative, but then again, so would something like "List of websites written in Java". At some point, though, a list borders on WP:NOTREPOSITORY. Y2Kcrazyjoker4 (talk &bull; contributions) 15:41, 8 September 2014 (UTC)
 * The rule you cite, in full, is that "Wikipedia is not a mirror or a repository of links, images, or media files." This article is not a repository of any of those things. It is an informative list of what apps are available for the Chromecast device, and what platforms those apps are compatible with (i.e., "is it made only for Android, or also for iOS devices?"). You ask me to assume good faith; I would ask you to assume in good faith that the goal of this article is to make Wikipedia a better and more informative place. I'm not trying to get into an argument with you, it's just that I'm unclear on how the article's deletion could possibly improve Wikipedia; so far you've offered vague indications that such an article is simply not Wikipedia's mission. It seems to me (and to the article's creator; see what he said above) that it is. The "not a repository" rule is not an effective reference, as it apparently doesn't apply to this sort of list (or, if it does, then articles such as "List of Sega Genesis Games" and the MANY items comparable to it should also be nominated for deletion!). - 74.177.40.193 (talk) 16:36, 8 September 2014 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Lists-related deletion discussions.  Ascii002 Talk Contribs GuestBook 23:58, 8 September 2014 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Software-related deletion discussions.  Ascii002 Talk Contribs GuestBook 23:58, 8 September 2014 (UTC)


 * Keep. Even that Chromecast has reached such a wide adoption rate, its very hard for a normal user to find apps wich supporting Chromecast. Okay, you have some of them in Google Play, but they are more adapted for the public in US. For minor countries like Sweden, you dont find apps who are supporting Chromecast in Googles "top list". So I recommend to keep this article for at least one year, when Chromecast probably is more established. For now on, its a big help to find new apps. //Joshua06 (talk) 13:19, 13 September 2014 (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.