Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Wiki application

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 speedy keep (well not really speedy considering it is a three-week discussion). per nomination retraction JForget 01:16, 3 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Wiki application

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This article seems to combine two things: unnotable title and unnotable meaning. The phrase "wiki application" doesn't seem to get used as anything other than a synonym for "wiki software" or "wiki engine"; and the concept, which as I understand is basically an application that runs on top of a wiki (either ad-hoc or not - the article currently is unclear on that), doesn't seem to be notable either - of course there are applications built on top of wikis, but I can't find anything online that talks specifically about such applications. Yaron K. (talk) 19:41, 13 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Keep and Merge with wiki. Wiki application may seem indistinct from wiki itself to laypersons, so I understand. But actually it very much is a notable kind of Web application. There are numerous notable pieces of software and companies (they are listed in the article) built around wiki applications. The most basic definition (if you're not clear) is an application that is a lot more than wiki, but has wiki pages and functionality at the core of what it does. Wiki applications like TWiki and MindTouch are wiki-based, but may also incorporate blogs, social profiles, bookmarking, and other types of non-wiki functionality as a software suite. That said, this is a very short article and there's really no reason for it to exist on its own in my opinion, especially since the difference is confusing to many (per the nomination). It makes more sense to me to have it be a section in the wiki article. Steven Walling 00:01, 14 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Comment. Your definition doesn't include anything about functionality being created "ad-hoc", which is what at least part of the article currently claims. But I think this conflict highlights the main issue, which is that the term doesn't seem to be defined in any notable sources; so any definition is as good as any other. Yaron K. (talk) 01:56, 14 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Tim Song (talk) 02:16, 20 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, NW (Talk) 04:44, 27 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Comment. Actually, now that I think about it again, I would like to retract this nomination - it does seem to make sense to just turn the page into a redirect to wiki (software), just as wiki software and wiki engine already are. Yaron K. (talk) 07:04, 29 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.