Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Protrader (2nd nomination)


 * 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 Delete. The "delete" reasons are in line with Wikipedia policies & guidelines, while the "keeps" (every one of which is from a single purpose account existing solely to oppose this deletion nomination) aren't: "I know this product very well", " Software with a huge history has a right to be in Wikipedia", etc, do nothing whatever to suggest notability by Wikipedia standards. Some of the comments (e.g. "it gives some actual information for clients") even seem to suggest that the purpose is to use Wikipedia for publicity purposes, which if anything strengthens the case for deletion, not for keeping. The editor who uses the pseudonym "JamesBWatson" (talk) 09:51, 28 October 2015 (UTC)

Protrader
AfDs for this article: 
 * – ( View AfD View log  Stats )

Difficult to see notability here. Lots of refs but mostly within a very niche market and most seem to be re-publishing press releases or product evaluation. I can see nothing here that even meets WP:GNG  Velella  Velella Talk 10:44, 19 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Software-related deletion discussions.  Human 3015   TALK    11:11, 19 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Organizations-related deletion discussions.  Human 3015   TALK    11:11, 19 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Business-related deletion discussions.  Human 3015   TALK    11:11, 19 October 2015 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * Delete Starting and the article and working out, there seem to be a bunch of sources, but almost all of them seem self-published or from non-reliable sources. There may be some good sources with depth out there, but I've not yet seen them. The fact that it was deleted back in 2011 makes my weak delete a regular one. --69.204.153.39 (talk) 23:42, 19 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Delete in any case as I'm not seeing much else aside from some News links. Pinging and .  SwisterTwister   talk  03:51, 20 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Keep As I know Protrader is widely known in financial and trading spheres. It provides full functionality for banks and brokerage businesses. This article must be saved because it gives some actual information for clients and those people, who are interested in.Proannie (talk) 16:20, 27 October 2015 (UTC) — Proannie (talk • contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic.
 * Keep I think info about so famous product must be. Wiki - informational encyclopedia and people must can to know about such things. Narada Lefvf (talk) 16:02, 27 October 2015 (UTC) — Narada Lefvf (talk • contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic.
 * Keep I know this product very well. It's good to see some info about company in wiki. I can't imagine that someone call Forexmagnates or Bloomberg not reliable sources. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mahnitskiy (talk • contribs) 12:41, 21 October 2015 (UTC)  — Mahnitskiy (talk • contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic.
 * Keep Strongly disagree with the first three participants of the talk. This article is very informative and reflects the essence of the product. Protrader is a comprehensive trading solution well known for its wide functionality that grows month-by-month, huge list of various integrations and full customization. This product provides traders with really good market data and news feeds. Therefore, I believe traders must know about Protrader by reading this article through Wikipedia worldwide. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nktrader (talk • contribs) 19:22, 22 October 2015 (UTC)  — Nktrader (talk • contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks,  MBisanz  talk 01:26, 27 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Delete. Corp spam, fails WP:NCOMPANY, unreliable sources provide what little coverage there is. Keep votes seem to come for likely COI SPAs. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus&#124; reply here 01:56, 27 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Delete - not notable (COI). Product announcements, directory listings and other self-published information don't establish notability. No in-depth coverage found. GermanJoe (talk) 04:21, 28 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Keep - Software with a huge history has a right to be in Wikipedia. I found that Protrader development started from 2005 by PFSOFT, at least it was mentioned as a stanalone software. (https://web.archive.org/web/20051101003849/http://www.pfsoft.com/). By the way, according to webarhive, they developed well till ourdays. Not sure that the fact of less popularity among their sphere could be the reason to delete information about it. I'd rather recomment authors to edit their article to put it in Wikipedia, more descriptional format.Themetis (talk) 08:57, 28 October 2015 (UTC) — Themetis (talk • contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic.
 * Keep - Try to look at, for example, DMOZ directory. It's a authoritative source with quality moderation. And you'll see Protrader there (http://www.dmoz.org/search/?q=protrader.com).ArtTiger (talk) 09:34, 28 October 2015 (UTC) — ArtTiger (talk • contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic.


 * 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.