Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Gulp.js

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The result was no consensus. Sandstein 14:08, 3 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Gulp.js[edit]

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Non-notable javascript task-runner. Doesn't meet WP:GNG. agtx 15:14, 12 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Delete as per moninator XyzSpaniel Talk Page 22:35, 12 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Gulp is one of the most installed packages in npm.org with over 100k daily downloads. It is mentioned in several books about Javascript and has at least one book directly about it (Getting Started with Gulp). Venti (talk) 11:52, 13 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

The book is somewhat convincing. Does anyone know anything about the publisher? Is this a real secondary source? agtx 15:45, 13 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I think we have entire article about it: Packt - judge yourself. Pavlor (talk) 15:51, 13 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Based entirely on primary sources. Not particularly helpful in this instance. agtx 00:03, 14 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Packt was discussed briefly on WP:RSN here: Wikipedia:Reliable_sources/Noticeboard/Archive_28#Packt; It is a commercial publisher, but publish-on-demand. A google search for 'Gulp task runner' might turn up something useful, but a few pages in, I am only finding incidental mentions.Dialectric (talk) 11:57, 30 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 01:35, 19 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Software-related deletion discussions. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 04:42, 19 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 08:25, 26 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Keep: Gulp is for Javascript what Makefile has been for C/C++/… See Webpack, Browserify, Grunt (software) for related Javascript tools. Gulp is covered in many blog posts, tutorials, see [1], [2]. Also take the download statistics from [3] into account ("2 346 286 downloads in the last month"). – Simon04 (talk) 21:23, 2 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I doubt these are reliable sources. Independent coverage would be more helpful (eg. review in online/published magazine). Pavlor (talk) 21:37, 2 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

(I'm not affiliated with the article, but I see the importance/relevance of Gulp for web development.) I see your point. With those requirements many of the existing Software articles would have to be deleted. For Gulp: an article by Smashing Magazine is cited in the article [4]; an article published on MSDN.microsoft.com [5]; IBM blogs [6]. One of the largest webdev IDE WebStorm supports Gulp [7]. The docs on ASP.NET Core list Gulp first for client-side development [8] – Simon04 (talk) 07:52, 3 January 2017 (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.