Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Linux kernel mailing list

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. KrakatoaKatie 04:24, 17 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Linux kernel mailing list

Internet mailing list with no useful information available from reliable sources. There was a VFD back in 2004 apparently (see the article talk page). Nothing really can be said about this except a rephrasing of the title. Delete as such. (new note: a merge would also be ok i think, this just doesn't need its own article) Wickethewok 06:18, 11 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. I've expanded the article with references. It's the main mailing list for Linux kernel development. All the patches/releases are announced on LKML; it's the main place for all discussions/arguments . Many media sources quote messages and posts from LKML[1][2]. Every single kernel maintainer (and probably every developer) subscribes to the list. utcursch | talk 06:34, 11 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Most of the articles just mention the mailing list and really don't say much about it. The article's only content is really that the subscribers are people who work on Linux and the fact that it is about Linux stuff. The list is probably notable, but I don't really see this article ever being substantial enough to warrant its own article. Perhaps this could be merged somewhere like into an article about linux kernel development? Wickethewok 06:57, 11 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I don't mind it being merged with Linux kernel, but it's already oversized. Also, many other articles link to this article and its redirect page (LKML). utcursch | talk 07:28, 11 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. Add ext link to Linux kernel. Shyamal 10:44, 11 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- comment. Nothing so far has met the Wikipedia:Notability (web) requirements of multiple independent secondary sources. Apparently that would need at least a couple of books or journal articles that deal with the list itself as the subject and not mere citations to postings on it. Dealing with a notable subject or having notable people etc. would not make it notable. Perhaps a policy change can make this notable though. Shyamal 15:58, 12 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep, notability is established with references. MaxSem 16:02, 11 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep or merge I would easily consider the Kerneltraffic site to be a reliable source as to some of the details of this list, and if not them, there are plenty of other books on linux on the shelves. Thus at least one should offer some sources. However, it could be merged as a section on Linux kernel which oddly doesn't mention it. Very odd that. FrozenPurpleCube 16:42, 11 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Very notable. - Denny 17:08, 11 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - as per nom. --History Fan 19:35, 11 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. Although a "mailing list" may seem anachronistic to some, this particular list is populated and maintained by a who's who of the Linux community including the man himself. Anything worth knowing about Linux development is communicated on this list, and the many citations in the article back that up. --Mus Musculus 15:01, 12 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. After actually looking at the article, one finds that this is not just a generic mailing list and that the article is ridiculously well-sourced. Keep per WP:WEB. -- Black Falcon 21:18, 16 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - notable discussion forum. Thue | talk 22:03, 16 March 2007 (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.