Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/ShareLaTeX


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The result was delete. —&thinsp;JJMC89&thinsp; (T·C) 04:41, 27 March 2020 (UTC)

ShareLaTeX

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Came here via a Teahouse question asking about Overleaf (a similar service who bought ShareLaTeX). The problem is notability. There does not seem to be any sources meeting WP:NSOFT: the only non-dead, non-primary ref is and it is a passing mention. You can find a couple tutorials and institution announcements (e.g. CERN) about the software but nothing that would qualify as in-depth coverage AFAICT. Tigraan Click here to contact me 17:05, 9 March 2020 (UTC)
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 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * Delete: fails WP:NORG; nn as a WP:NSOFT either. --K.e.coffman (talk) 03:30, 10 March 2020 (UTC)
 * Keep: ShareLaTeX is widely used in academia. According to a reliable source such as TechCrunch they are well known. I might consider moving it into Draft:Overleaf because they have been sold and make this article a redirect in the future, but for now keep it. Streepjescode (talk) 09:58, 16 March 2020 (UTC)
 * The relevant part of that article reads, in full, Elsewhere, he [Alberto Pepe] lists Sharelatex.com and Writelatex.com as two “well-known competitors” for disciplines like physics and mathematics, where scientists use the LaTeX scientific documentation format to author their papers. Not only is this a passing mention, but it is not even TechCrunch's opinion that ShareLaTeX is "well-known". (FWIW Overleaf is "well-known" in the labs I went through in recent years, but it does not mean it should have a Wikipedia article.) Tigraan Click here to contact me 09:47, 20 March 2020 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, -- RoySmith (talk) 21:25, 19 March 2020 (UTC)
 * delete, doesn't meet NSOFT standards. --Adamant1 (talk) 10:21, 20 March 2020 (UTC)
 * keep techcrunch source is reliable. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Litbeby (talk • contribs) 09:09, 26 March 2020 (UTC)
 * It has to be multiple reliable sources. Anyway, WP:Reliable sources/Perennial sources says TechCrunch isn't good for determining notability. --Adamant1 (talk) 09:23, 26 March 2020 (UTC)


 * Delete no in depth coverage, it's all PR and WP:MILL announcements. Praxidicae (talk) 12:35, 26 March 2020 (UTC)


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