Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Wmii (2nd 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 merge to Tiling window manager. Salvio Let's talk about it! 14:12, 29 September 2018 (UTC)

Wmii
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The previous discussion noted three reliable sources which are currently mentioned in the "Further reading" section. The Linux Format source is the only reliable and independent significant coverage of this window manager. The article in Linux Magazine, issue 64, was written by Nico Golde, who is affiliated with suckless.org, which is the former host of wmii. So Golde is not independent here. The other Linux Magazine article, from issue 54, covers WMI, the predecessor of wmii, so it can't be used to demonstrate notability of its successor wmii. w umbolo  ^^^  21:06, 13 September 2018 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Computing-related deletion discussions.  CAPTAIN RAJU (T) 21:30, 13 September 2018 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Software-related deletion discussions.  CAPTAIN RAJU (T) 21:30, 13 September 2018 (UTC)


 * Keep – passes WP:GNG per previous AfD. Linux Magazine has editorial control, so it is still a reliable source despite the author's alleged affiliation with the software. Brad  v  23:58, 13 September 2018 (UTC)
 * Sources are usually considered unreliable (especially for notability) when the author is personally related to the subject and has a conflict of interest. w umbolo   ^^^  08:43, 14 September 2018 (UTC)
 * Merge and redirect (or very weak keep) to Comparison of X window managers Tiling window manager nom is correct it's non-independent. Crying wolf with all these bad noms, given up looking for sources. Widefox ; talk 19:31, 16 September 2018 (UTC)
 * Merge and redirect to Comparison of X window managers per Widefox. Started looking at this a few days ago and haven't found independent sources. Closest I found is forum mentions and the like. I see that there is a mention in "Mac OS X For Unix Geeks, 4th Edition" ISBN 978-0-596-52062-5 but doesn't appear enough to be notable. My subscription at safaribooksonline is limited, so can't check out in full details, but the search result implies it's just talking about dot files related to wmii. PaleAqua  (talk) 20:00, 16 September 2018 (UTC)
 * I would also be fine with merging or redirecting to Tiling window manager as suggested below. PaleAqua  (talk) 02:35, 19 September 2018 (UTC)
 * Comment Few online resources assisting notability with Golde excluded. Antonis is OK and Saunders might be available in an archive somewhere.  The WMI predessor is valid provided it is identified as a direct ancestor ... I've seen one statement on a GitHub or something to that but not a lot really.  Seems like a weak link compared to other major tiling X window managers.  Would possibly do nicely to merge to an article on 'tiling X window managers' if such an article existed ... I dont htink it does.  It *might* just be viable to a minimal merge into a near relative, not sure it would merge well into 'Comparison of X window managers' but I'll support it if people feel they can do it.  I'd support a draftify if someone thought they were going to work in it, otherwise if none of these delete. Djm-leighpark (talk) 19:15, 18 September 2018 (UTC)
 * Merge (unless reason to keep) as one/two liner to Tiling window manager (Found article does exist from by where my comment above said it didn't) Djm-leighpark (talk) 20:11, 18 September 2018 (UTC)
 * Yes, better target as the comparison article wouldn't have an article so would fail inclusion. Widefox ; talk 13:48, 19 September 2018 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, -  C HAMPION  (talk) (contributions) (logs) 09:36, 20 September 2018 (UTC)
 * Comment Due to controversies on a set of articles of which this is one can I respectively suggest admins only close this and a full 168 hours is allowed before relist and non-admins carefully consider before re-listing. Thankyou.Djm-leighpark (talk) 00:34, 26 September 2018 (UTC)
 * Merge and redirect to Tiling window manager. Seems too much like a user manual, and there's not much meat. Hunting through 6 pages of Google results only brings up this weak item.[] TimTempleton (talk)  (cont)  23:01, 28 September 2018 (UTC)


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