Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/OpenCola (drink)


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The result was speedy keep. Nomination withdrawn. (non-admin closure) -- Darth Mike (talk) 17:20, 13 February 2019 (UTC)

OpenCola (drink)
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Cannot find any significant coverage in reliable source that indicate notability. I have attempted to look for these source, but haven't found anything other than short how-to guides. -- Darth Mike (talk) 20:33, 7 February 2019 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Food and drink-related deletion discussions.  CASSIOPEIA(talk) 01:07, 8 February 2019 (UTC)


 * Keep has a cult following in the open source community. 2A01:4C8:B:1E74:BF4F:C29D:A6F9:2CA2 (talk) 17:30, 8 February 2019 (UTC)
 * Comment. You need more than a cult following for an article on Wikipedia. You need in-depth, significant coverage in secondary, reliable sources that indicate notability.-- Darth Mike (talk) 14:20, 12 February 2019 (UTC)

The Utne Reader - Volumes 109-113 - Page 14 https://books.google.com/books?id=W4D-etJzHVMC
 * Keep. Google books search upon "OpenCola" (you have to delete the "(drink)" yields hits including Utne Reader snippet which I don't have full access to, but cites other coverage and seems substantial:

2002 - ‎Snippet view - ‎More editions Meet OpenCola. Okay, that may be a bit of an overstatement, but the new soft drink is different from others in one key respect: It's the world's first “opensource” consumer product, writes Graham Lawton in the British magazine New Scientist ...
 * Seems like strong assertion of significance. --Doncram (talk) 03:53, 9 February 2019 (UTC)
 * Comment. That article is just a passing mention in a larger discussion about copyrights. Not in-depth coverage about OpenCola. And that seems to be the trend from anything I could find. -- Darth Mike (talk) 14:20, 12 February 2019 (UTC)


 *  Weak Keep. I have added two references from the MIT Technology Review (2001) and Wired (2013) on OpenCola.  It is probably a borderline case, but the Wired article describing Napster as an OpenCola moment implies that the legacy of the product has made a notable impression on the open-source sector, and therefore worthy of preservation.  Britishfinance (talk) 11:49, 13 February 2019 (UTC)
 * Comment. Added another from Digital Journal (2007). Moving to a full Keep. Britishfinance (talk) 12:05, 13 February 2019 (UTC)
 * Comment. Agreed, I think those three sources establish notability. I don't know why I couldn't find them! I withdraw my nomination. -- Darth Mike (talk) 17:17, 13 February 2019 (UTC)


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