Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mailpile


 * 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   speedy keep per WP:SK. Nomination withdrawn with no outstanding delete !votes. (Non-administrator closure) NorthAmerica1000 18:42, 29 September 2014 (UTC)

Mailpile

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Fails WP:GNG and WP:NSOFT. Does not receive significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the topic. JMHamo (talk) 14:41, 29 September 2014 (UTC)
 * NOMINATION WITHDRAWN JMHamo (talk) 15:01, 29 September 2014 (UTC)


 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Software-related deletion discussions.  Jinkinson   talk to me  14:42, 29 September 2014 (UTC)


 * Speedy keep This is one of the most well-known post-Snowden efforts to build a secure e-mail client. A cursory search turns up several independent sources covering it:
 * TechDirt, Insanity: PayPal Freezes Mailpile's Account, Demands Excessive Info To Get Access, 5 September 2013
 * Ars Technica, Mailpile enters beta—It’s like Gmail, but you run it on your own computer, 15 September 2014
 * Wired, Open Sourcers Pitch Secure Email in Dark Age of PRISM, 26 August 2013
 * TechCrunch, Mailpile Is A Pro-Privacy, Open Source Webmail Project That’s Raised ~$100,000 On Indiegogo, 20 August 2013
 * BoingBoing, Mailpile: crowdfunding a secure, private email client/cloud service, 4 August 2013
 * It is also mentioned in numerous other articles in a cursory way that clearly implies that it is well-known enough to be on the "short list" of people trying to solve this problem. This is a pretty obvious keep. 0x0077BE  [talk/contrib] 14:58, 29 September 2014 (UTC)
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