Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mozdev.org


 * 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. –MuZemike 03:35, 3 January 2010 (UTC)

Mozdev.org

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I can't find significant coverage for this website. Joe Chill (talk) 23:33, 20 December 2009 (UTC)  Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Tim Song (talk) 00:02, 27 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Websites-related deletion discussions.  -- • Gene93k (talk) 00:50, 21 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Software-related deletion discussions.  -- Pcap  ping  01:21, 23 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Comment. Has a lot of mentions in Creating Applications with Mozilla O'Reilly book., which explains how to use the site (not just the web-site part of mozdev.org) for developing Mozilla-related apps. Needs more investigation. Pcap ping  01:29, 23 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached.


 * Speedy Strong Keep - There's widespread coverage of this highly-used website - did you not even look for sources before you nominated it for deletion? 12 345 Little Professor (talk) 12:17, 30 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Most of those are in passing mentions due to the download URLs for various Moizlla/Firefox extentions. The CNet article is a little bit more detailed, but mainly about the projects hosted there. Not much to write an article from. The book I indicated above has more than all these articles combined. Pcap ping  12:30, 30 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Comment/question. Mozilla.org redirects to Mozilla Foundation. Maybe this should do the same? There are technical details on using the infrastructure on mozdev in the Creating Applications with Mozilla O'Reilly book, but all that is technical stuff (setting up certificates, etc.) so this will likely remain a permastub per WP:NOTTEXTBOOK. Pcap ping  12:38, 30 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Keep or merge to Mozilla Foundation. Not sure which is best given the lack of sources from which to expand this (in non-textbook fashion), but the info in this stub should obviously be WP:PRESERVEd. Pcap ping  12:42, 30 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Comment. Mozilla.org is the website of the Mozilla Foundation, so it's natural that the former should redirect to the latter. Mozdev however is a completely different company and organization, dedicated to the development of applications and extensions that run on XUL/the core code framework developed by the Mozilla project, rather than the development of that Mozilla core code itself. A few seconds of googling, or indeed reading the FAQ, would clarify this matter for you. Mozdev.org has plenty of web, news and book coverage in its own right, as distinct from the Mozilla project itself. Little Professor (talk) 15:42, 30 December 2009 (UTC)
 * They are a separate non-profit from Mozilla for now, although it looks like they plan to change that. YMMV. Pcap ping  17:25, 30 December 2009 (UTC)


 * Another comment. We also have the Mozilla Developer Center stub, which really is just about the developer.mozilla.org site. Pcap ping  12:45, 30 December 2009 (UTC)
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