Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/RotateRight Zoom


 * 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.  MBisanz  talk 00:03, 2 April 2009 (UTC)

RotateRight Zoom

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 * Pulled out of db-spam deletion queue. Tone is not overly promotional, and I can't pin down notability, mostly because "rotateright" is a common function - Dan Dank55 (push to talk) 01:31, 18 March 2009 (UTC)


 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Software-related deletion discussions.  -- - Dan Dank55 (push to talk) 01:34, 18 March 2009 (UTC)


 * Delete. Can't find anything that asserts its notability (maybe this, but I don't think this is much more than an advertisement for it).  Matt (talk) 05:17, 18 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Weak delete. The review in DDJ is a good source, and I doubt it's anything less than fully independent given DDJ's reputation, but it is a very brief review and only a single source.  The same source is available in a more web-friendly format here.  If another source crops up, consider this a keep. JulesH (talk) 17:40, 18 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached. Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks,  MBisanz  talk 00:01, 23 March 2009 (UTC)


 * I am the article's primary author. The DDJ article is entirely independent coverage of Zoom. As is this blog article. Zoom is significant in that there are very few professional, high-quality developer tools available for Linux. It has gained hundreds of users in less than a year as shown here. In addition to independent developers, Zoom is also currently is in use at IBM, Autodesk, Sony and HP. A search for "linux profiler" on Google or Windows Live search shows Zoom appears multiple times in the top 30 hits. - Slingn (talk) 18:30, 27 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached. Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks,  MBisanz  talk 00:06, 28 March 2009 (UTC)


 * Weak Delete, even accounting for the rather specialised nature of this software, there doesn't seem to be a great deal of coverage out there for it. To respond to the above, a newsgroup posting concerning a release of this software at #10 is the first mention of Zoom in a Google search for "linux profiler", that is not a reliable source though, and to be honest, it's not that impressive anyway.  Lankiveil (speak to me) 12:51, 28 March 2009 (UTC).
 * Keep. Ironically, Microsoft's search engine turns up more relevant results for "linux profiler" than Google. RotateRight's Zoom page is in the top 10 hits. The only question here is notability within the niche of Linux software development tools, and Zoom has been noted by DDJ and other software developers:, , .  Kdef (talk) 14:35, 30 March 2009 (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.