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The result was '''delete'''. '''[[User:Ryan Postlethwaite|<span style="color:green;">Ryan</span> <span style="color:purple;">Postlethwaite</span>]]^{See [[Special:Contributions/Ryan Postlethwaite|the mess I've created]] or [[User talk:Ryan Postlethwaite|let's have banter]]}''' 17:10, 5 September 2008 (UTC)

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I think it should have stayed. No need to delete just because it's not much used.

Software detailed not notable; just another commercial product for creating images of disks [[User:Cupids wings|Cupids wings]] ([[User talk:Cupids wings|talk]]) 16:29, 31 August 2008 (UTC)

:*'''Weak delete''', besides the obvious notability problems (which for me was not a problem in itself IF this was a excellent product), this program offers nothing more than products that alredy exist, (like [[Acronis True Image]], for example) it does not have a [[Live CD]], and it is not [[cross-platform]]... [[User:SF007|SF007]] ([[User talk:SF007|talk]]) 17:06, 31 August 2008 (UTC)

::**'''Comment''' Your opinion on the product's quality, as well as your narrow expectation of the product's features are of absolutely no concern to the deletion process. - [[User:Jimmi Hugh|Jimmi Hugh]] ([[User talk:Jimmi Hugh|talk]]) 18:20, 31 August 2008 (UTC)

:::***I just said that because if this product was clearly better than the alternatives I think it's inclusion on wikipedia should be considered (and I would vote "Keep"), regarding the notability policy, since policy are not rigid rules and are only to make a better wikipedia and to protect it from spam. (but nevermind, this is not the case...) [[User:SF007|SF007]] ([[User talk:SF007|talk]]) 18:36, 31 August 2008 (UTC)

:****'''Weak DeleteComment''' ApartMy frompoint whatprecisely... appearsyou base your decisions to bekeep aor proceduraldelete articleupon inpersonal pcmag.comopinion of the product, which is completely inappropriate and absolutely no notablehelp mentionto ofWikipedia. theWhile productsdeletion use,requires ordiscussion either way and there is little reviewsway thatyou can verifysway the decision with your comments, it asdoesn't ahelp widelythe adoptedprocess if you come in and discuss things so highly off topic, please try to consider the article based upon policy in the future, applicationthanks. - [[User:Jimmi Hugh|Jimmi Hugh]] ([[User talk:Jimmi Hugh|talk]]) 1816:2017, 311 AugustSeptember 2008 (UTC)

*****My point was that the [[Wikipedia:Notability|notability "policy"]] is not really a policy, it's "just" a guideline... but I know what you mean... [[User:SF007|SF007]] ([[User talk:SF007|talk]]) 19:42, 1 September 2008 (UTC)

******Nope, i'm pretty sure you were commenting on the quality of the software and won't just retract it. - [[User:Jimmi Hugh|Jimmi Hugh]] ([[User talk:Jimmi Hugh|talk]]) 01:32, 2 September 2008 (UTC)

*'''Weak Delete''' Apart from what appears to be a procedural article in pcmag.com, no notable mention of the products use, or reviews that can verify it as a widely adopted application. - [[User:Jimmi Hugh|Jimmi Hugh]] ([[User talk:Jimmi Hugh|talk]]) 18:20, 31 August 2008 (UTC)

* '''Delete''' - Software isn't [[WP:COMP|notable]] unless its usage is widespread. / [[USER:Blaxthos|Blaxthos]] <small>( [[User Talk:Blaxthos|t]] / [[Special:Contributions/Blaxthos|c]] )</small> 20:43, 31 August 2008 (UTC)

*'''Weak keep''' Sources are light, but exist [http://news.google.com/archivesearch?sourceid=navclient-ff&ie=UTF-8&rlz=1B3GGGL_enUS251US252&um=1&tab=wn&q=%22DriveImage+XML]. Most are in-passing, but in at least most of those cases it is listed by news articles as a solid free alternative. Couldn't find a single good source, but 20 poor-ish ones are enough to show notability IMO [[User:Hobit|Hobit]] ([[User talk:Hobit|talk]]) 01:52, 1 September 2008 (UTC)

*'''Delete''' - Not notable software. a quick WWW search for it shows relativly few hits, and those that do exist just seem to be adverts for it.

*'''Weak Delete''' as software comes and goes but there are a few non-trivial (if dated) [http://www.pcworld.com/downloads/file/fid,67625-order,4-page,1-c,recovery/description.html blurbs] here and there. [[User:WikiScrubber|WikiScrubber]] ([[User talk:WikiScrubber|talk]]) 09:02, 3 September 2008 (UTC)

*<small>'''Note''': This debate has been included in the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting/Software|list of Software-related deletion discussions]]. </small> <small>-- [[User:Fabrictramp|<span style="color:#960018;font-family:comic sans ms;">Fabrictramp</span>]] | [[User talk:Fabrictramp|<span style="color:#960018;font-family:Papyrus;">talk to me</span>]] 21:58, 3 September 2008 (UTC)</small>

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