Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Afnix (programming language): Difference between revisions

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::Then you agree that the nominator's statement "obscure programming language" was not based on notability principles.  I clicked to page 42 and verify that the 56,500 Google hits changes to 418 Google hits.  How did you decide that none of the 418 hits were substantive?  [[User:Unscintillating|Unscintillating]] ([[User talk:Unscintillating|talk]]) 00:18, 15 February 2011 (UTC)

:::'''Comment''' &ndash; As I stated above, the article subject lacks Ghits and GNEWs of substance and the article provides no independent reliable sources to support claims of notability. The number of Ghits is really not that hard to review if one gets past the "index of/XXX", "downloads", and other items such as "List of Programming Languages", etc. If I have missed something feel free to add it to the article and notify the AfD participants. Unfortunately, no one has added any [[WP:RS|reliable sources]] to the article in the time the AfD has been active. [[User:Ttonyb1|<span style="font-weight:bold; color:blue; text-shadow:grey 0.4em 0.4em 0.5em; letter-spacing: 2px; padding: 1px 3px;"> <i>ttonyb</i></span>]] ([[User talk:Ttonyb1#top|talk]]) 00:38, 15 February 2011 (UTC)

::::While in many cases it may be appropriate, it is not the purpose of AfD to add sources to an article.&nbsp; If that was true, editors could abuse the AfD process, in order to bludgeon other editors to add to [[WP:IDON'TLIKE]] articles, when they could have added sources themselves.&nbsp; Tolerance of such AfDs would be a burden on both editors and admins.&nbsp; If you will look at [[WP:Guide to deletion]] you will see:

::::*first do the necessary homework and look for sources yourself, and invite discussion on the talk page by using the <nowiki>{{notability}}</nowiki> template, if you are disputing the notability of an article's subject. The fact that you haven't heard of something, or don't personally consider it worthy, are not criteria for deletion. You must look for, and demonstrate that you couldn't find, any independent sources of sufficient depth.

::::Did this happen before this nomination?&nbsp; Have all of the major contributors been notified?&nbsp; Where we are now, we really don't know what would have happened had "communal consensus" been followed.&nbsp; [[User:Unscintillating|Unscintillating]] ([[User talk:Unscintillating|talk]]) 02:19, 15 February 2011 (UTC)