Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Linux For You

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. JohnCD (talk) 20:16, 3 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Linux For You[edit]

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Non-notable magazine. Despite being over four years old, the article has only two refs - the website for the publication itself and one RedHat interview that just mentions the magazine in passing. With no indication at all of notability the article seems to be nothing more than spam. Ahunt (talk) 18:24, 27 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Keep - The references currently listed on the article are not sufficient to demonstrate notability, but doing a brief search, I see several others that could be included: [1], [2], [3], [4]. Neelix (talk) 19:16, 27 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Comment: If you can find refs then by all means feel free to add them to the article . I have reviewed the four you list above and they are only the very briefest mentions in passing and don't establish notability. - Ahunt (talk) 19:23, 27 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

If you're not satisified with the ones I listed above, here are some more: [5], [6], [7], [8], [9], [10], [11], [12], [13], and [14]. This is a notable publication. Neelix (talk) 19:50, 27 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

There's a claim to notability in the article, which really should have been followed up on prior to nomination here per Neelix. AfD is not cleanup; most of our free software articles have serious notability problems in their present state, but not always because they aren't notable. Chris Cunningham (not at work) - talk 22:25, 27 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Literature-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 22:41, 27 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. Agree with above. A more thorough check should have been done WP:BEFORE condemning this article to deletion. -- œ ^™ 08:53, 28 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - all of the references supplied seem to be trivial mentions. --Cameron Scott (talk) 09:00, 28 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- Of the sources presented, the Linux Journal source is all about an expo organised by the magazine and the Indian Television source suggests that the magazine is responsible for the largest Linux lab in India. That's at least a demonstration that the subject has had a notable impact, with what seems to have been a very quick search for references. It is perhaps worth considering upmerging to Electronics For You (the parent publication, which also has a non-article at this point) until better referencing can be found for both. It's really a pity that we don't have a task force for finding references in local-language sources for this kind of thing, because this is an identifiable gap in our global coverage. Chris Cunningham (not at work) - talk 09:44, 28 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. This magazine is popular in India, as it is unique in serving Free software space. It's frequent update through CDs reach lot of users across India. Arjunaraoc (talk) 09:46, 29 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Keep References in the sources given by Neelix show notability. First Light (talk) 06:05, 30 May 2010 (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.