Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of open-source software packages

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The result of the debate was keep. Eugene van der Pijll 22:02, 4 August 2005 (UTC)

List of open-source software packages
Unmaintainable list: there can be thousands, or even tens of thousands of open source software packages. minghong 07:41, 24 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, agreed. I thought we'd done this one .. james gibbon  11:33, 24 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Unmaintainable - a category would serve better, anyway. See also: list of all songs not part of any Wikipedia list except this one. Aerion//talk 13:17, 24 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. Contains useful information, and although I prefer categories, sorting this massive list into cats would be a massive workload. If someone wishes to be bold and take on this project, fine by me. Myself, I'd rather be lazy and let it sit. --Blu Aardvark | (talk) 21:12, 4 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, and create a category. --Blu Aardvark | (talk) 09:39, 25 July 2005 (UTC)


 * Keep or Split. There is a lot of information here. It should either be kept or reorganized. This information should not go to waste.--Hyperlink 17:32, 25 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep, but rename to something like "Popular open-source software packages" or "Notable open-source software packages". The information here is good. --benjaminong 09:35, 26 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep and Split; Split it into its sub components, or have each section here give a brief explanation and perhaps a few examples then have a 'See also: this article' section. --ShaunMacPherson 02:25, 27 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep and split, as per User:Hyperlink. JamesBurns 07:01, 27 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep and split. Wikipedia - an unmaintainable list. There can be thousands, or even tens of thousands of articles :) Greenman 14:36, 27 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep and Rename, contains good information --kernoz 20:49, 27 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep and Rename. The list has useful information that I point people to quite often, and I think it would be much more useful in it's current format than being in a category. Hello World! 22:06, July 27, 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep I think it's fairly maintainable, as there are category sections. Though an actual category might be better, being Wiki-illiterate, I'm not sure there's a category setup that arranges everything quite so nicely on one page. --Orborde 06:00, 28 July 2005 (UTC)
 * I don't believe this could be done, either. Not on one page, anyway. What I would suggest would be a series of sub-categories (one for each subheader), themselves categorized into a main category. (Category:Open source software?). This would be much like ShaunMacPherson's suggestion above, except for using the category namespace instead of the main namespace. Categories are easier to mantain, and don't as easily promote articles on non-notable or vanity subjects. --Blu Aardvark | (talk) 07:19, 4 August 2005 (UTC)


 * Keep Useful reference, there dont need to be articles on every package.Muppetboy 8:26, 02 August 2005 (UTC)


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