Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Win4Lin


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The result was keep.  Spinning Spark  22:11, 14 November 2012 (UTC)

Win4Lin

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Hi.

This article is about discontinued software with no assertion of notability which has been tagged for the said issue for over two years. This article has been twice proposed for deletion (WP:PROD) by two independent editors: Myself (2012-08-11) and Jæs (2012-11-06).

Best regards, Codename Lisa (talk) 06:55, 6 November 2012 (UTC)


 * Since I'm a named co-conspirator co-nominator here, I probably shouldn't count as a !vote, but I do want to point out that about the only purpose this article serves at this point is as a coatrack for artspam. It contains no information that can't readily be found via Google, no assertion of notability, and no notability will likely be forthcoming at this stage in the game (seeing as how discontinued software tends to not suddenly spring to notoriety at random).  jæs (talk)  10:13, 6 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Just noticing the two follow-up comments here by Ruud and Frog. Looking through the Google results from Ruud, it looks like they are all passing mentions of Win4Lin in the "software directory" sections of various magazines.  None that I could find seem to assert that the software is particularly notable.  And, as Frog points out, the software was included in various Linux distributions for a period of time.  I don't think there's any inherent notability there, and barring any reliable sources to the contrary, I still think this article doesn't deserve a keep.  That being said, if anyone could recommend some merge targets, I'd be happy to try to summarize the existing content with a proposed blurb that could be merged elsewhere.  jæs (talk)  08:29, 9 November 2012 (UTC)


 * Comment I think this used to be pretty notable software some years ago (probably more than 10 by now). IIRC, it even shipped with one of the popular (commercial) Linux distributions of the day as one of its killer apps. —Ruud 18:38, 6 November 2012 (UTC)
 * It gets a rather decent number of hits on Google Books and there might an article about in old number of InfoWorld. —Ruud 18:41, 6 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Software-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 21:17, 7 November 2012 (UTC)


 * Keep This was quite popular back in the day... RedHat 5.x and so on. I remember it well. Of historical interest if nothing else. Or at least merge it. § FreeRangeFrog 03:28, 8 November 2012 (UTC)


 * Weak Keep and mark as stub. There appears to be some third-party coverage.
 * http://linuxappfinder.com/package/win4lin
 * http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/69849/Windows_Emulators_for_Linux_VMware_Win4Lin_Face_Off
 * However most of what I'm finding appears to be in blogs and forums. --Walter Görlitz (talk) 05:09, 13 November 2012 (UTC)


 * Strong Keep per the many books which discuss Win4Lin. I'm adding a few sources to the article as well. --Odie5533 (talk) 15:29, 14 November 2012 (UTC)
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