Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/SlimPup Linux (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.  Sandstein  20:50, 20 November 2017 (UTC)

SlimPup Linux
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Previous AfD closed as no consensus, no effort has been made to improve the article since. Obvious WP:GNG fail, a quick search for sources does not bring up anything that makes the subject notable, absolutely nothing. The article also reads too much like a guidebook, and per WP:NOT it hence isn't encyclopedic. -  C HAMPION  (talk) (contributions) (logs) 08:04, 6 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Software-related deletion discussions. -  C HAMPION  (talk) (contributions) (logs) 08:04, 6 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Computing-related deletion discussions. North America1000 08:14, 6 November 2017 (UTC)

We have already discussed this on the previous AfD thread and literally everyone else on WP has agreed that the article passes all guidelines and is well worth keeping, except for you. There are dozens of forum posts, tech blog articles, and user-submitted DeviantArt artworks online for SlimPup, and it is even on the waiting list for DistroWatch. In other words, it's legit. It has over 20,000 downloads on SourceForge alone. It was added to the PuppyLinux wiki many years ago already. Do you even know what Linux is? Why are you so belligerent on an article you don't know much about? Also, the "Installation" clause that you're so bothered about exists because it is an extremely common bump in the road for new Puppy users - most distributions install the OS and boot loader together. -  O vine1  (talk) November 6th, 2017


 * Comment I would to add to Ovines comments, that the previous Afd was only opened on the 4th September 2017 and completed by the 27th September. The last Afd should have been closed as a Keep, since it was only myself and ovine who were arguing for keep. There was nobody else in the discussion. So the consensus is clearly keep. scope_creep (talk) 15:25, 6 November 2017 (UTC)


 * Please avoid personal attacks and remain civil. This was renominated because of lack of discussion, your notion that everyone else on WP disagreed with my rationale is therefore false. For your information, I do use Linux (what makes you think that I don't know what it is?) and as for your comment about the Installation section, please be aware of WP:NOTGUIDE for it is written like a guide, you have failed to address the issues I have put in the nomination. The statistics that you provided are also pretty much indiscriminate WP:trivia and do not state notability in anyway. Since you're new to WP, I advise you read Your first article. Thanks.  -  C HAMPION  (talk) (contributions) (logs) 22:47, 6 November 2017 (UTC)


 * Strong Keep Clearly notable. Passes WP:GNG. scope_creep (talk) 00:16, 7 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Please provide reliable sources that show it passes GNG, not statements of WP:OR I have looked for sources and could find absolutely nothing, therefore, that claim is quite unsubstantiated. -  C HAMPION  (talk) (contributions) (logs) 00:41, 7 November 2017 (UTC)
 * My rationale is the same as it was six weeks ago. scope_creep (talk) 01:26, 7 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Actually looking back at that discussion, you did not explain why it passes WP:GNG. -  C HAMPION  (talk) (contributions) (logs) 01:29, 7 November 2017 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * Delete as there is hardly any coverage and neither does it have a userbase. This is a fairly obscure distro. I cannot find it on distrowatch (which is actually quite liberal with listing distros). The claim of 20,000 downloads in 6.5 years on SF is very less as compared to other distros. If I look at the coverage Slax and Damn Small Linux continue to garner coverage even today. The same can't be said of this one.--DreamLinker (talk) 17:11, 10 November 2017 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, CAPTAIN RAJU (T) 07:31, 13 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Delete per . I'm not seeing anything that would indicate that this passes WP:GNG. I am open to changing my !vote if someone can provide a few independent reliable sources, but the only coverage that I can find (other than the Softpedia article and download pages already cited in the article) is a couple of primary sources and a few social media hits. Pretty much every other search I did came up empty. I don't see any evidence of passing WP:NSOFT either; based upon everything I could find, it appears to be a WP:MILL linux distro with no special significance (I am happy to be proven wrong on this point as well). Of course, failing WP:NSOFT by itself doesn't necessarily mean that this fails notability in general, but passing it definitely would have helped, especially in the current absence of sources for passage of WP:GNG itself.  C Thomas3   (talk) 18:52, 13 November 2017 (UTC)


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