Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of rich Internet application formats


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The result was Delete. --MelanieN (talk) 22:18, 11 March 2015 (UTC)

List of rich Internet application formats

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This is in fact a Chimera article: While it is called "List of rich Internet application formats", it is a slapdash list consisting of runtime environments and programming languages. A very hilarious feature of this article is adding "operating system" columns for formats!

Another article called List of rich Internet application frameworks does a much better job, making any prospect of improvements absurd. Codename Lisa (talk) 21:26, 4 March 2015 (UTC)
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Keep: It's not a great article and it could certainly be improved, but I don't see why it should be deleted. The reasons provided are mostly personal opinions as, for instance, I don't think it's weird to list the OSes that support the formats, but even if it was it's not a reason for deletion. Laurent (talk) 08:36, 5 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Delete, tiny, abandoned and redundant. Stifle (talk) 12:09, 5 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Delete. It isn't at all clear what this article is supposed to be about. It seems like a fairly random collection of Internet tools. The title says "Internet Application Formats" which sounds like it is referring to open standards like Javascript. But then it includes specific development environments which are quite different than a "format". The list is a complete hodge podge of programming tools for the Internet with very little in common. Also, no references at all. I don't see how it could be improved because there is no clear idea what it is supposed to be about. Strong delete.  --MadScientistX11 (talk) 15:26, 10 March 2015 (UTC)


 * Delete I couldn't find much in the way of reliable sources for "rich Internet application format"; I don't think it is a notable concept." Rich Internet application framework" is a notable concept and discussed in many sources, some of which are reliable. List of rich Internet application frameworks could use some cleanup itself, but it is a solid list-class article with a notable topic backing it. I disagree with the nom about OS columns. Any RIA framework, even if it is purely browser based, is going to have browser requirements (do any of these frameworks run on, e.g., NCSA Mosaic?) and thus have underlying OS dependencies. --Mark viking (talk) 18:56, 10 March 2015 (UTC)
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