Wikipedia talk:Articles for deletion/List of Microsoft Visual Studio Add-ins

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Raw count analysis

 * Keep
 * 1) The Transhumanist
 * 2) Iamunknown
 * 3) Rhymed/24.18.202.245


 * Delete
 * 1) Hu12
 * 2) Pavel Vozenilek
 * 3) Soumyasch


 * Non-participatory
 * 1) SineBot - just doing that sinebot thing
 * 2) Ultraexactzz - delsort

Delete arguments
none

Discounted delete arguments

 * Article fails WP:NOT
 * THis policy has 4 tenets, none of which apply to this AfD. The policy itself says to refer to Lists instead.
 * Article fails WP:NOT
 * THis policy has 5 tenets, none of which apply to this AfD.
 * Article is WP:SPAM.
 * This guideline defines spam as solicitations for a business, product or service, or are public relations pieces designed to promote a company or individual, which does not apply here.
 * has reached an unsalvage-able state
 * The edit button has been verified to still work on this article
 * Not very informative
 * Lists says: Information The list may be a valuable information source. This is particularly the case for a structured list. Examples would include lists organized chronologically, grouped by theme, or annotated lists.
 * hard to maintain due to volatility of the topic.
 * we have millions of editors available to help with that

Keep arguments

 * Flawed deletion rationale of nominator
 * notability and spam links can be managed by editors
 * useful navigation tool
 * several sources available/ work in progress
 * of interest to readers, provides additional context
 * list of topics that are related in a significant way

Discounted keep arguments

 * The world needs this list; information is hard to find elsewhere

Summary
Although the !vote appears to be split, there were no valid delete arguments made in this flawed nomination, or in the delete !votes that were made. The keep arguments were backed solidly by policy and precedent. Ergo: Keep. JERRY talk contribs 02:31, 2 February 2008 (UTC)