Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Argus (monitoring software)

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 no consensus. –Juliancolton ^Tropical ^Cyclone 00:15, 29 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Argus (monitoring software)[edit]

I can't find any reliable sources that show notability. The 3rd reference is for a software called Porthos. Schuym1 (talk) 00:39, 20 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Software-related deletion discussions. -- Arbitrarily0 ^(talk) 02:10, 20 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete a per above. Jezhotwells (talk) 22:50, 20 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, –Juliancolton ^Tropical ^Cyclone 00:30, 25 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - To avoid potential confusion, there is a notable ARGUS Software, whcih produces a widely used real estate valuation software, but that ARGUS does not relate to this software or company and i could not find much of anything relating to this one. |► ϋrбanяeneωaℓ • TALK ◄| 23:02, 25 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. Network monitoring software is unusual in that it is targeted only at network administrators, not average users. Open source software is unusual in that there is no company paying computer magazines to discuss the software. Nevertheless since this software is routinely distributed as part of Linux and BSD distributions and also available for other operating systems including Windows and MacOS X, it is desirable to have it discussed in an article. And in fact there is what I believe to be sufficient coverage in the media and other relevant third party sources:

an article in Linux Magazine
an article in the ISSA Journal
Top 6 Traffic Monitoring Tools, a commented list of comparable software, compiled by Fyodor (an established computer security expert)

(Added after edit conflict) I believe possible confusion with other, unrelated software in a different field is no valid reason to delete this article, and the assumption that this software is not notable is erroneous. --Hans Adler (talk) 23:21, 25 January 2009 (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.