Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of free open source optical character recognition 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   redirect to List of optical character recognition software. Any merging can be done from the history.  Sandstein  10:10, 6 January 2011 (UTC)

List of free open source optical character recognition software

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Content split of List of optical character recognition software that does not reference parent list. No substantive improvement beyond what the parent list has. Hasteur (talk) 15:12, 20 December 2010 (UTC)

Note:Please note that this is a general Wikipedia policy to have separate list for a free open source software. See, for example, List of audio conversion software and List of free audio convertion software (more examples will be addedd here soon). — Preceding unsigned comment added by Maxim Leyenson (talk • contribs) 15:35, 20 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Please note WP:OTHERSTUFF. In the example case you are using, the free audio conversion software has significantly more and different information than the top page.  It also does not differentiate by open source. Hasteur (talk) 15:55, 20 December 2010 (UTC)
 * That's not a policy. --Karnesky (talk) 16:30, 20 December 2010 (UTC)


 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Lists-related deletion discussions. Hasteur (talk) 15:16, 20 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Software-related deletion discussions. Hasteur (talk) 15:16, 20 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Merge/redirect. The 'notes' fields have diverged & the external link seems like a decent reference.  I'd propose a rename to reflect that this is a software comparison & to remove the coloring of the license column (the free/nonfree templates typically refer to price in other software columns) and to add an additional column as to whether it is F/OSS (so that sorting on that column can make the same info that would be in the article that is up for deletion easily comparable). --Karnesky (talk) 16:30, 20 December 2010 (UTC)

 Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:02, 27 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Dear Karnesky: I have rewritten the page as a list; do you think it looks better this way? I also added some new links. Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by Maxim Leyenson (talk • contribs) 19:08, 20 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.


 * Merge and redirect. Creates barely any value over the sortable wikitable at List of optical character recognition software. Per Karnesky, some useful content has been added. --Pnm (talk) 02:45, 27 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Comment: Perhaps a distribution or cost column could be added to List of optical character recognition software to help clarify. It's easy enough to sort the table to find the free/open source options, but when you're browsing it may not be obvious what Apache means. (SimpleOCR is listed as "Freeware and Commercial" which describes its distribution and cost; proprietary would describe its license.) --Pnm (talk) 02:45, 27 December 2010 (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.