Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Server sunset


 * 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. North America1000 15:31, 3 June 2021 (UTC)

Server sunset
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This article does not source any references, also without any expansion for a while. This also includes the fact that it looks like the article is there as a definition, without informational context. Nbagoodfun (talk) 18:38, 5 May 2021 (UTC)


 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Computing-related deletion discussions.  Spiderone (Talk to Spider) 18:59, 5 May 2021 (UTC)


 * Keep. I just renamed the article from Server sunset to Sunset (computing), rewrote it to be more general than just servers, and added references.  Note that someone had erroneously added information on the software lifecycle sense of "sunsetting" to the Sunset provision law-topic article, and I needed somewhere appropriate to move that to.  I didn't see any good place to put it in the Software development process article, so the information is now in this article.  Note that Sunsetting now redirects to, which includes Sunset (computing) as one of its bullets.  --Dan Harkless (talk) 06:04, 8 May 2021 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America1000 06:53, 12 May 2021 (UTC)  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, ✗  plicit  13:42, 19 May 2021 (UTC)

Merge, with the more general term End-of-life product. SailingInABathTub (talk) 09:27, 20 May 2021 (UTC)


 * The term isn't just in reference to products, though. It can be used, for instance, to refer to an internal server that is in no way productized.  Indeed, it would be confusing to conflate the two ideas, since an EOL'd product is sometimes, but by no means always, the reason for the sunsetting of a server or non-product service.  If merging, End-of-life product would need to be renamed and rewritten to be more general.


 * There may be a discussion to be had as to what constitutes a product, but all of the term's references in this article are all within the context of product lifecycle management ... SailingInABathTub (talk) 12:32, 22 May 2021 (UTC)


 * Keep, per my original comments above, before the relist. --Dan Harkless (talk) 10:50, 22 May 2021 (UTC)


 * One editor, one vote. SailingInABathTub (talk) 12:36, 22 May 2021 (UTC)


 * Sorry, been awhile since I've participated in one of these, and thought I was supposed to revote under the Relist line. --Dan Harkless (talk) 01:52, 23 May 2021 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Missvain (talk) 00:06, 27 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Keep as it has already been renamed. Its its own term, with multiple articles, reports, and academic pieces written about it. Search term. Uses x (talk • contribs) 23:12, 28 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Keep per the WP:HEY that's been done since nomination; it went from a four-sentence unsourced stub at a bad title... to a very beefy paragraph with seven sources that adequately explain what the concept is, at a great title. jp×g 07:10, 2 June 2021 (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.