Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of Microsoft software applications

List of Microsoft software applications

Totally redundant to Category:Microsoft software. The category is a much easier tool to index Microsoft applications, without the extra hassle of manually synching the articles and the list. soum ^talk 20:31, 19 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Software-related deletion discussions. -- Fabrictramp (talk) 20:53, 19 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Lists-related deletion discussions. -- Fabrictramp (talk) 20:53, 19 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per nom. Doesn't contain any information that the category doesn't already provide, I do not see the purpose of this article. ~ mazca ^talk 21:30, 19 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I don't see the category giving types of software on one page; only the publisher`; this is one of the main problems with categories, and why we have lists. Celarnor ^{Talk to me} 23:42, 19 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. Lists and categories are not the same things; this list contains redlinks to likely notable packages. Redundancy is not a ground to delete indexing and reference pages. - Smerdis of Tlön (talk) 21:31, 19 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. Supremely notable software publisher, and lists are not the same as categories. Might be more useful as a sortable table, however. — brighterorange (talk) 22:04, 19 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Delete, redundant to a self-maintaining category. Stifle (talk) 22:15, 19 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Information is provided here not available in the category; its hardly redundant. Celarnor ^{Talk to me} 23:42, 19 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Strong keep per WP:CLN. Lists and categories are not to be considered in conflict; rather, they should each be used to improve the other. Lists can contain elements that make it much more useful to human readers than their accompanying categories. Celarnor ^{Talk to me} 23:40, 19 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]