 | This article was nominated for deletion on 28 November 2008. The result of the discussion was keep. |
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Deleting an entry about a FOSS project for a lack of "reliable sources", is like saying grass isn't green because there's no book about it. All statements on this page are facts - if you don't believe me, you can check the source-code yourself.
--zeroflag (talk) 18:01, 26 November 2008 (UTC)
- It's nothing at all like saying that; the subjects are completely dissimilar. Please make yourself familiar with the core Wikipedia WP:Verifiability policy. For example: "The threshold for inclusion in Wikipedia is verifiability, not truth", "Articles should rely on reliable, third-party published sources with a reputation for fact-checking and accuracy.", etc. Marasmusine (talk) 18:27, 26 November 2008 (UTC)
- The maintenance template asks for "sources or references that appear in reliable, third-party publications." In what way is the source-code a third-party publication? How is Nuclex, a blog (a self-published source) a reliable source? There's another issue; one of the deletion reasons was that the subject did not meet the general notability guidelines. Are you able to show where Axoim has recieved substantial coverage by an independent, reliable source? Marasmusine (talk) 10:10, 27 November 2008 (UTC)
- I don't get your problem. Yes, very few people write articles about Axiom, not to mention any books. Guess why that is? Because it's open source, and if we need to know something about it, we read it. Just have a look at the Irrlicht Engine... They don't have any more reliable sources than Axiom, yet the articles is still there. OGRE doesn't have any (by your definition) reliable sources. Farseer has even less. Or how about 7-zip, Amorak, Kaffeine, Konqueror or Konsole? According to you, we'd have to delete 90% of articles about open source software. Why don't you start selling licenses for Reliable Sources? Maybe you could get a trademark on that... "Reliable Sources TM" would really look good... please, stop this nonsense, it's getting ridiculous how little you know about FOSS. --zeroflag (talk) 17:35, 28 November 2008 (UTC)