Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Comparison of portable platforms

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 delete. In my interpretation of the discussion, it looks like the lone argument for retention was refuted. MuZemike 20:50, 17 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Comparison of portable platforms

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There is no clear definition for "portable platform". Also, creating Comparison_of_portable_software is not feasible. Look at List_of_portable_software and notice that there is an insane amount of software that would qualify for comparison. Such a huge comparison table would violate WP:NOTCATALOG and it can be handled better by organizing Category:Portable software in subcategories. Enric Naval (talk) 13:51, 10 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Comment A clear case of the "you should know what I'm talking about" school of writing. Nah, I admit it, I'm dumb as hell and I have no idea. The concept of an encyclopedia is that people consult it if they want to know more about the subject. I suggest that this be changed to an article called portable platform and the list can be part of that article. Mandsford (talk) 15:29, 10 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete There's no means of justifiing the inclusion or exclusion of any software program from this comparison, as there's no definition of what a "portable platform" actually is. (See the section I created on just this issue on the talk page) Nuwewsco (talk) 18:35, 10 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Merge/redirect to Portable application creators. I agree a good definition of portable platform probably does not exit... --SF007 (talk) 21:00, 10 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

ISTM that Comparison of portable platforms is more of a list of portable suites - maybe it should be renamed to "Comparison of portable compilations" or similar; there's no real crossover with Portable application creators Nuwewsco (talk) 21:40, 10 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Delete This table have one extra column titled "Free" but does not define "Free" which could mean price, or source license, or what. The definition problem about what "portable platform" even refers to exists as well. Is it a VM? Is it a live OS? Is it a suite of apps for existing OS? WHAT? Miami33139 (talk) 07:55, 11 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Keep and move to ~~Portable platform~~ Portable application launcher per Mandsford. Although the definition given rivals Moliere's virtus dormitiva in absurdity, the de facto definition drawn from the examples is straightforward - a portable application whose purpose is to allow other applications to run from a removable volume without administrative privilege or the intervention of a user with administrative privilege. It is not a virtual machine nor a Live OS, though Ceedo e.g. may be thunking OS calls, or maybe wrapping them. As Nuwewsco points out, it is not a portable application creator, and though it is a portable application it is unique among portable applications in that it mediates interactions between (portable) application and operating system. Ceedo, PortableApps.com, and U3 appear to discharge this function in three very different ways, which merits elaboration and comparison for the bazillion (OK, I made that number up) owners of flash memory devices who run applications from them. This is a duck, folks, which PortableApps.com and U3 users will immediately recognize. Yappy2bhere (talk) 23:58, 16 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - If the content is of any use, it should be moved to List of portable software under a new section "Portable application suites". Creating a "portable platform" article would be a bad idea, and immediatly fail WP:RS, among others, for reasons already listed on the Talk:Comparison of portable platforms page Cupids wings (talk) 00:11, 17 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Move it to Portable application launcher, then. A list is not appropriate; checkboxes are not sufficient for an informed comparison, and no other article explores the different methods of achieving this same end. Yappy2bhere (talk) 00:40, 17 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The current article isn't a comparison - as noted by another user above, the only information on the current page is the name of the program and who published it. All of the softwre suites listed are more than just launchers - they're bundles of portable software, so "Portable application launcher" or even Comparison of application launchers doesn't cover it. List of portable software would be more appropriate. Cupids wings (talk) 08:29, 17 December 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.