Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/FictionBook

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 keep. King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 21:31, 7 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

FictionBook[edit]

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Non-notable and overly promotional. Jasper Deng (talk) 23:03, 31 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Strong delete, possibly speedy G11. Definitely promotional (and possibly unsalvageably so), so I need to leave that to other judgement. Quick gsearch doesn't show much for this without breaking the name into two words - just the spec and this article - and what exists are primary sources at this point. Can anyone find some tech journals that cover the format in better detail? --Dennis The Tiger (Rawr and stuff) 23:46, 31 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Can anyone find some tech journals that cover the format in better detail? Yes, everyone can, including you, by clicking on the word "news" under the nomination header. Phil Bridger (talk) 21:28, 6 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

KEEP. FB2 is huge in Russia. The article just needs a rewrite - and my Russian is not so great but I'm sure there are tons of sources in Russian. ^* Guaka (talk) 23:49, 31 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]
- Well, then list some sources. --Jasper Deng (talk) 23:57, 31 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Here's one for a start - the very first source found by clicking on the word "news" under the nomination header. Why do so many people participating in Afd discussions ignore the sources that are presented on a plate? Phil Bridger (talk) 21:28, 6 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Computing-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 01:17, 2 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Keep it does appear to be a Russian thing. Let's be careful and generous here. Here's a ref. According to Google translate, the first sentence says something along the lines of "The most common in the CIS format of electronic books in recent years has become FictionBook." --Kvng (talk) 13:52, 5 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Ron Ritzman (talk) 01:05, 7 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Strong keep This advanced search for documents in Russian with the word 'fb2' gives 350,000 hits, so as a filetype it's easily widespread enough to justify - indeed, require - an article. Out of interest here's the Russian Wikipedia page. asnac (talk) 10:03, 7 April 2012 (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.