Discuss Open Source project notability here.
{{RFCsci|section=RfC: Wikipedia guidelines for notability of open source projects !! reason= Issues have been raised about notability standards for articles on Open Source projects. !! time=[[User:LirazSiri|LirazSiri]] ([[User talk:LirazSiri|talk]]) 17:40, 19 March 2009 (UTC) }}
Extended discussion by Abd
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WP:NOTE is a guideline, not a policy. WP:NOTE only suggests the standards for what deserves an article of its own, it does not control what is in the encyclopedia. If you have RS for a fact, generally, you can put it in; however, the most appropriate place may not be in an article of its own. For example, it could be argued that Turnkey Linux should be mentioned in a certain list of applications. It was there, it was removed by the same vandal who nominated the article for speedy deletion. So what this boils down to, at the start, is whether or not there is any source for adequate verification on the application, open source or not. If there is, it should be listed. If there is not, for any of the applications, they should be taken off the list.
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This wasn't automatically archived after a month, so I thought I'd just comment that perhaps Wikipedia:Notability (software) could be revived, rather than crafting an open-source-specific guideline? The proposed guide already included some terms that were rather specific to free/open source software, some of which have been mentioned here. -- Karnesky ( talk) 18:21, 7 June 2009 (UTC)
I do see what point you are trying to make with the "open source notability" proposed policy, and I fully support it. I will start by saying that one of the main parts of notability is finding reliable empirical data. In the case of some open source projects, this is hard to prove, especially whether a community is active or not as this is subjective. A few changes to policy proposal...
I mainly want to say that you need to be more specific about the requirements if you want this policy to get passed. Cheers! Smallman12q ( talk) 23:23, 20 March 2009 (UTC)
Discuss Open Source project notability here.
{{RFCsci|section=RfC: Wikipedia guidelines for notability of open source projects !! reason= Issues have been raised about notability standards for articles on Open Source projects. !! time=[[User:LirazSiri|LirazSiri]] ([[User talk:LirazSiri|talk]]) 17:40, 19 March 2009 (UTC) }}
Extended discussion by Abd
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WP:NOTE is a guideline, not a policy. WP:NOTE only suggests the standards for what deserves an article of its own, it does not control what is in the encyclopedia. If you have RS for a fact, generally, you can put it in; however, the most appropriate place may not be in an article of its own. For example, it could be argued that Turnkey Linux should be mentioned in a certain list of applications. It was there, it was removed by the same vandal who nominated the article for speedy deletion. So what this boils down to, at the start, is whether or not there is any source for adequate verification on the application, open source or not. If there is, it should be listed. If there is not, for any of the applications, they should be taken off the list.
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This wasn't automatically archived after a month, so I thought I'd just comment that perhaps Wikipedia:Notability (software) could be revived, rather than crafting an open-source-specific guideline? The proposed guide already included some terms that were rather specific to free/open source software, some of which have been mentioned here. -- Karnesky ( talk) 18:21, 7 June 2009 (UTC)
I do see what point you are trying to make with the "open source notability" proposed policy, and I fully support it. I will start by saying that one of the main parts of notability is finding reliable empirical data. In the case of some open source projects, this is hard to prove, especially whether a community is active or not as this is subjective. A few changes to policy proposal...
I mainly want to say that you need to be more specific about the requirements if you want this policy to get passed. Cheers! Smallman12q ( talk) 23:23, 20 March 2009 (UTC)