Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Comparison of mobile Internet Relay Chat clients

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. JForget 00:55, 11 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Comparison of mobile Internet Relay Chat clients

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Delete. Once again, we are an encyclopedia not a directory of non-notable mobile-capable chat clients. JBsupreme (talk) 18:14, 4 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Editorial control This list in its current form is indiscriminate. AfD is not supposed to be for cleanup, but the article owner should exercise some restraint. Maybe AfD can provide a centralized discussion for content direction in this case. Removing all redlinks until articles exist is a good start. Entries with minor notability (one point of uniqueness, but not notable by itself) should exist without a link. Miami33139 (talk) 19:13, 4 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- The list is not indiscriminate (it lists exactly what it says it does and does not allow other entries that are unrelated). You are correct, AFD is not cleanup, so I would avoid trying to make it so. Neither you nor the nominating user even attempted to rectify the alleged problems by editing (per WP:BEFORE) and AFD should not be used for content discussion. If you think the article can be cleaned, don't bring it here; if you haven't brought it here, don't argue for it to stay here. As for redlinks, they should stay per Wikipedia:Red link to encourage article creation. Regards So Why 20:20, 4 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  - We do not keep red links for things that will never have articles. Miami33139 (talk) 16:22, 5 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Keep per discussion at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Comparison of Internet Relay Chat clients--Milowent (talk) 20:48, 4 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Internet-related deletion discussions. Thryduulf (talk) 19:30, 5 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Software-related deletion discussions. Thryduulf (talk) 19:30, 5 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Comparison pages like this are widely considered as acceptable here. What is not notable enough for a whole article, may nevertheless be an appropriate part of a broader article. if mobile IRC clients is a notable subject, the comparison of the individual ones is legit., It's only directory if it tries to include literally every one, and there most be 10 x as many out there. I would not like to judge which of the ones included here would never have articles--I don;t think anyone here is able to do that kind of technological forecasting with authority. DGG ( talk ) 03:18, 8 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- There are indeed 100s of these type of programs. When it comes to mobile clients, many are also derived from each other. This comparison article really only covers those that are or have been popular and are substantially different from each other. Minor forks are easy to note under one of the tables with a footnote. --Tothwolf (talk) 04:07, 8 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Keep per my comments at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Comparison of Internet Relay Chat clients. This comparison is intentionally separate from Comparison of Internet Relay Chat clients due to page size and the fact that mobile clients have completely different operating system requirements. The nom is welcome to help create some related articles or start a glossary-style article where we can redirect some of these. --Tothwolf (talk) 04:00, 8 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Keep: per DGG - Ret.Prof (talk) 12:14, 8 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Keeep: I have always considered these articles encyclopedic. Joe Chill (talk) 14:38, 8 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Keep: I agree with Joe Chill on this point, listings of specific solutions are of great use in wikipedia. Sumdeus (talk) 23:26, 8 November 2009 (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.