Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/PlayOnMac


 * 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   no consensus. (WP:NPASR). (Non-administrator closure) NorthAmerica1000 06:02, 12 August 2014 (UTC)

PlayOnMac

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Doesn't appear notable. Jackmcbarn (talk) 14:56, 19 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Software-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 16:24, 19 July 2014 (UTC)


 * Keep. POM is a well known platform specific "derivative" of PlayOnLinux to ease use of Wine on Apple and UNIX platforms and the article contains sources. Barring a keep, I would suggest a possible redirect and merge of content into PlayOnLinux or Wine with section specific expansion (even though POM scripts and UI are different under-the-hood from POL). -- dsprc   [talk]  17:06, 19 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Notability is WP:NOTINHERITED, so a derivative of a notable piece of software is not inherently notable. We need reliable sources that specifically cover PlayOnMac to justify a separate article.Dialectric (talk) 20:25, 20 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Fair enough. -- dsprc   [talk]


 * Merge (selectively) into Wine (software): this software seems to be notable enough to worth mention, but not a standalone article. — Dmitrij D. Czarkoff (talk•track) 01:12, 21 July 2014 (UTC)
 * It should really be an expansion of PlayOnLinux because it is functionally identical to, and primarily based upon a lot of scripts/code born there. It isn't "based on Wine" at all as the article currently claims; it just sets stuff up for it (like saying Bash is "based" on Linux). Wine should be the fallback choice should POL ultimately be found inadequate for such inclusion. (What say you ?) -- dsprc   [talk]  03:49, 23 July 2014 (UTC)
 * PlayOnLinux is not a good target for this merge: it is a similar, but distinct topic. Wine on the other head is a parent topic. Actually, merging both PlayOnLinux and PlayOnMac into Wine would improve coverage of all three pieces of software. — Dmitrij D. Czarkoff (talk•track) 10:16, 23 July 2014 (UTC)
 * I don't believe they should go into Wine because they are notably independent; in much the way APT is independent of dpkg, or CPAN from Perl. -- dsprc   [talk]
 * I agree that there is no reason to merge PlayOnMac into PlayOnLinux and not PlayOnLinux into PlayOnMac and therefore, it would be great to have a parent topic. However, I disagree with the fact that Wine covers all information you can get about both of these piece of software. PlayOnLinux is much more than a frontend for Wine. It is also for example a front-end for Dosbox and a scripting language. Maybe PlayOnMac is not as notable as PlayOnLinux, but PlayOnLinux really is (I can find you as much sources as you want for it). PlayOnLinux and PlayOnMac are in reality the same piece of software, and I think they deserve an article. Maybe we should find an article tile that suits for both of these program and we could redirect the two of them to this page. Qparis (talk) 10:58, 23 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Linux gaming? It is actually a low-quality article that could possibly be turned into incubator for similar topics. — Dmitrij D. Czarkoff (talk•track) 11:50, 23 July 2014 (UTC)
 * It could be. But the program the most installed with PlayOnLinux is Office 2010 actually Qparis (talk) 12:51, 23 July 2014 (UTC)
 * The reason I suggested it be merged into PlayOnLinux is because that is the most notable and widely reported on version of the two. That said, I think an independent parent article including both of them (and potentially others going forward) would be ideal. -- dsprc   [talk]  18:25, 23 July 2014 (UTC)


 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.


 * Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, – Davey 2010 •  (talk)  23:26, 27 July 2014 (UTC)

 
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.


 * Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, NorthAmerica1000 00:22, 4 August 2014 (UTC)


 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. 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.