Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Stata

 This page is an archive of the discussion about the proposed deletion of the article below. This page is no longer live. Further comments should be made on the article's talk page rather than here so that this page is preserved as an historic record. The result of the debate was keep. &mdash; Xezbeth 14:35, May 7, 2005 (UTC)

Stata
Advertising. RickK 04:37, Apr 28, 2005 (UTC)


 * Delete, agreed. Fredrik | talk 12:29, 28 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. It's an article about a commercial software package, but that isn't advertising or we wouldn't be able to write an article about Microsoft Windows.  This is a major package in the business (see the UCLA Stata portal).  It has regular user group meetings in United States, UK, Germany, Spain, and Netherlands, and has had at least one user group meeting in Ireland, Australia and Italy.  Not some little VBasic program written by a hopeful teen, but a product that many people will want to have information about. That's where we come in.  We're Wikipedia, we write about stuff. --Tony Sidaway|Talk 23:40, 28 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Strong Keep. This is a major software package that is used in a number of businesses and colleges. I think a cleanup is needed ASAP. Zzyzx11 | Talk 23:43, 28 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * I added an image to the article. Please reconsider your votes. Zzyzx11 | Talk 23:59, 28 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep assuming someone plans to cleanup for NPOV. Kappa 00:12, 29 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep, cleanup and expand. Notable software. Megan1967 02:20, 29 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep notable software. I've removed some more ad-like language. Mgm|(talk) 08:13, Apr 29, 2005 (UTC)


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