Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Software that uses Subversion (second 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 no action, closed by nominator. The article will instead be edited to remove the links which fail the relevant policies. Mind matrix  15:52, 23 November 2007 (UTC)

Software that uses Subversion
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Delete spamlink article. The previous AfD was closed citing WP:OUTCOMES, which is incorrect in my opinion. There has never been any consensus through AfD to keep an article that is a list of external links; in fact, quite the opposite is true (an example: Articles for deletion/List of international travel guides and web sites). The proper recourse for such links is to place them in the relevant listing at dmoz (in this case, most likely this one), and link that listing from the external links section of the article Subversion (software). Note that claiming the information is useful or it was in the subversion article for two years does not validate a keep for any external link. See the relevant policies at WP:EL, WP:NOT and WP:SPAM. Mind matrix  15:10, 21 November 2007 (UTC)


 * Keep and close as out of process. The previous AfD was ONE MONTH AGO.  If you don't agree with the process by which the result was chosen then take it to deletion review but don't clutter up the AfD list with a rerun. --StuffOfInterest (talk) 15:27, 21 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Procedural Keep renomination is too soon after last one. 132.205.99.122 (talk) 20:36, 21 November 2007 (UTC)


 * Comment: I'll take it to deletion review, but note that there are no procedural time limits for re-nomination in any of the deletion guides (at least, none that I could find). Mind  matrix  22:34, 21 November 2007 (UTC)


 * Keep This material was part of the Subversion (software) article for more than 2 years before it got moved out into it's own article. It is very useful and includes references to internal Wikipedia pages along with the external ones. Cshay (talk) 20:07, 22 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Self-perpetuation. This article is never going to get better because nobody has any interest in making it so. I assume that it'll be on its 25th AfD in 2046, it still won't be any better, and people will be saying "well, it survived for forty years already..." Chris Cunningham (talk) 13:11, 23 November 2007 (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.