Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/PhaseWare Tracker

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 PhaseWare. J04n(talk page) 12:56, 5 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

PhaseWare Tracker

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non-notable product that amounts to a small ad for it Walter Görlitz (talk) 22:33, 18 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Delete: as someone who edited the article to remove a ton of marketing fluff. This product might be worthy of a mention in PhaseWare. Toddst1 (talk) 23:58, 18 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Keep: Marketing "fluff" is highly subjective. There are dozens of other less notable applications with full articles here: Comparison of issue tracking systems. The Wikipedia policy is good, but must be applied with equity and uniformity. PhaseWare is well known in the North Texas area, frequently featured at HDI meetings and conventions, its CEO was featured in Bloomberg news, and it is used by Coca-Cola, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Envoy Mortgage, la Madeleine restaurants, UTC, and several hundred other large companies (several in the Fortune 500). -Gdr05a (talk) 4:20, 19 February 2013 (UTC)
Delete. I agree with the nom that it doesn't meet Wikipedia's notability standards. Notability is not inherited, even if notable companies use it. Cheers, Dawn Bard (talk) 16:27, 19 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Software-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 01:59, 20 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, TBrandley ^{(what's up)} 00:08, 25 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Keep:-referenced article. I agree with Dawn Bard Marketing "fluff" is highly subjective: there are dozens of other less notable applications.--Goldenaster (talk) 13:50, 25 February 2013 (UTC) — Goldenaster (talk • contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic. [reply]

Comment. Just clarifying here that I was not the one who said marketing fluff was subjective - that was Gdr05a. I !voted to delete based on lack of demonstrated notability. Dawn Bard (talk) 17:34, 25 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Comment:I added reference to Bloomberg Businessweek in the article to increase notability. -Gdr05a (talk) 9:25, 27 February 2013 (UTC)

Comment That one of its creators may be notable doesn't make the subject here notable. It's not conferred. In other words, if a band is notable, not all of their albums are notable. If an author is notable, not all of the writer's books and articles are notable. If a company is notable, not all of its products are notable. Walter Görlitz (talk) 22:14, 27 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Comment: Yet, it IS notable, even excluding the additional reference (which mentions PhaseWare and what it offers). Certainly as notable as dozens of similar articles: Comparison of issue tracking systems. For similar, yet less notable articles see: Trac, BugTracker.NET, among others. PhaseWare is notable and PhaseWare Tracker is its main product (analogous to Windows in relation to Microsoft). Good moderation policy necessitates applying guidelines fairly and uniformly. The article, as it stands now, is accurate, condensed, referenced, and notable enough. -Gdr05a (talk) 10:40, 27 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Comment: If the product is notable, find some sort of references to prove that. While I trust that you know it's notable, I can't seem to find anything to support that opinion. Mentioning PhaseWare and what it offers in an article about the company doesn't meet the notability requirements. An article about PhaseWare and what it offers does. Walter Görlitz (talk) 02:41, 5 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

merge into the article on the company as the obvious solution. Walter is right, but fortunately merge is a way of handling the situation. DGG ( talk ) 02:17, 5 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect or Merge to PhaseWare. There's clearly not enough here for a standalone article but it's a plausible search term. Lankiveil ^{(speak to me)} 12:24, 5 March 2013 (UTC).[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. 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.