Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/StarTeam


 * 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 Withdrawing Nomination - restored previous version of article, that seems better. Mdann52 (talk) 22:23, 21 October 2012 (UTC)

StarTeam

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Appears to read like an advert, and is badly sourced. Mdann52 (talk) 18:43, 10 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Software-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 14:55, 11 October 2012 (UTC)


 * Neutral Borland has produced some worthy software so despite the bad writing I think it could stay and be rewritten, however, the apparent fact that it has achieved no mainstream coverage is a minus. Special  K (KoЯn flakes) 22:10, 17 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.


 * Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Dori ☾Talk ☯ Contribs☽ 02:03, 18 October 2012 (UTC)


 * Comment This product was formerly sold by a different company, StarBase, before Borland bought them, and searching under StarBase gives a few more hits e.g.. Borland have themselves been through several changes of ownership.  That said, I'm still not 100% sure this is notable. --Colapeninsula (talk) 14:47, 18 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Comment The viewpoint was more neutral in September 2012, before the edits by 213.83.74.60 (microfocus-internap-cpe.altohiway.com). However, the article has always lacked secondary sources.  85.131.104.149 (talk) 10:02, 21 October 2012 (UTC)
 * That PR dude (or dudette) needs to be fired. Nobody is going to buy their shit after reading such a poorly structured and puffery-laden article. Tijfo098 (talk) 20:09, 21 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Keep. Notable. Has 3 pages in this book: . Also a half-page blurb here, but not that other notable product only have a similar amount of coverage there; for comparison ClearCase (right above it) has even less space allocated. Included a similar round-up of notable products here I found a review from 1997 (for version 2.1) in Infoworld here. Another review  in a featured round-up in PC Magazine in 2002. You can find more coverage in google books if you search for StarTeam and SCM. I seems to me the editors discussing above have put very little effort in WP:BEFORE. Tijfo098 (talk)
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