Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Volkov Commander


 * 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 keep. Nakon 02:56, 9 January 2016 (UTC)

Volkov Commander

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The coverage (references, external links, etc.) does not seem sufficient to justify this article passing Wikipedia:General notability guideline and the more detailed Wikipedia:Notability (companies) requirement. Marslo2015 (talk) 21:52, 26 December 2015 (UTC)
 * Strong Keep. While Volkov Commander (VC) is no longer maintained, it was one of the most wide-spread alternative Norton Commander-style file managers in DOS times (up into the late 1990s) and was particularly notable for its extremely small size and speed. At its time it saw detailed reviews and comparison tests with other file managers in local and international computer magazines and was a regular part of many typical DOS installations, in particular where Norton Commander was not suitable for size, speed or price reasons. Even today, decades after its heydays, it can be found on several download sites. This is clearly a notable topic by Wikipedia standards.
 * While I could provide a bunch of references from archived magazines, I don't have the time for it right now, unfortunately. However, the article in the Russian WP has a number of references, which could be used to improve our local article.
 * Besides, I consider it frivolous for a new account such as the nominator's to nominate a whole article series about well-known file managers for deletion after his original attempts to PROD (f.e. ) them over Christmas were contested (f.e. ) and a discussion opened already, so the nominator appears to be more interested in getting rid of a bunch of articles by all means than discussing potential improvements. This is extremely bad style if not destructive behaviour, and it is wasting the precious time and energy of faithful contributing editors with procedural issues, which could be better spent working on articles. While the account is new, the nominator's actions show familiarity with Wikipedia's procedures much beyond what is typical for a new user. --Matthiaspaul (talk) 20:19, 30 December 2015 (UTC)

* Delete. There is no reliable sources in the article, so I think that it should be improved or article should be deleted Marslo2015 (talk) 23:35, 30 December 2015 (UTC)
 * Your delete !vote is assumed with the creation of this AFD discussion. -- &#124;  Uncle Milty  &#124;  talk  &#124;  01:37, 2 January 2016 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America1000 06:04, 2 January 2016 (UTC)
 * Keep. The User marking this article deletion does not seem to acting under WP:AGF as has been pointed out on numerous other AFD's he has created. Searching the software's name returns numerous online articles in Russian (though I had to use google translate to confirm). Andrdema (talk) 06:41, 6 January 2016 (UTC)
 * Comment has a review (three stars) in the ZDNet Software Library 10,000. Mentioned casually in this book as an alternative to Norton Commander, which suggests it would have been a common product. Finding in-depth coverage on GBooks appears to require knowledge of either Russian or Polish. Q VVERTYVS (hm?) 13:07, 7 January 2016 (UTC)


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