The result was no consensus. MBisanz talk 19:56, 1 April 2009 (UTC) reply
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This is part of an ongoing cleanup of Wikipedia to remove articles about minor products. By precedence, me-too articles about flash-card software do not qualify when only blogs are referenced for notability. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Homeboyfrisco ( talk • contribs) 15:28, 27 March 2009 (UTC) — Homeboyfrisco ( talk • contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic. reply
{{
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; this ensures that everyone viewing the article is aware of the problem and may act to remedy it." Finally, looking at your user page, you have few edits besides the above mention Crammage page you appear to have written and the addition of this notification for deletion. Please work on that.
Porco-esphino (
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04:30, 31 March 2009 (UTC) -- Thanks for the pointers. I added the tags to the article as well (they were pointed out here). The precedence reference was simply to point out that the good people here at Wikipedia already had almost the same discussion for an almost identical me-too, blog-referenced product advertisement (except the lobbyist mysteriously seem to have changed positions as the products changed...)
replyFolks, it's silly, and completely irrelevant, to spin an ongoing clean-up as tit-for-tat. Wikipedia has too many me-too products advertising themselves here. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Homeboyfrisco ( talk • contribs) 16:16, 28 March 2009 (UTC) reply
And please stop the mudslinging (especially from the Keep lobby) and phony delete-because-I'm-jealous posts.
— Thomasjnewsome ( talk • contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic.
See the discussion referenced above. There are strict requirements for notability and reliable sources -- also see requirements for no original research. Anki fails on all three, and only one failure is sufficient cause for deletion. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.210.152.178 ( talk) 18:16, 27 March 2009 (UTC) — 98.210.152.178 ( talk) has made few or no other edits outside this topic. reply
This AfD seems to have been created out of spite and a number of 'Keep' voters on the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Crammage page are now voting 'Delete'. (I did not participate in that AfD). I acknowledge that Anki may be a borderline case, but it would be a shame to see it go because a few people with a "if we can't be here, nobody can" attitude have tipped the scales.
Oh - and Anki was included in the April 2008 issue of the German c't magazine. It also ships with 3 of the major Linux distributions (Ubuntu, Fedora and Debian). You can find it talked about on many language learning forums. Perhaps not arguments for notability in wikipedia's official guidelines, but a demonstration of notability none the less. 58.3.182.104 ( talk) 00:39, 28 March 2009 (UTC)— 58.3.182.104 ( talk • contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic. reply
— 114.158.117.221 ( talk) has made few or no other edits outside this topic.
— 76.201.171.128 ( talk) has made few or no other edits outside this topic.
To be fair, Mnemosyne_(software) is also a notable FOSS alternative to SuperMemo, and has been around for longer than Anki - so I wouldn't call Anki the 'only' alternative. 58.3.182.104 ( talk) 13:43, 28 March 2009 (UTC) reply
Delete. The less people know about this software, the better it is for me (my comparative advantage increases). Maybe I'll start deleting all the spaced repetition links. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 119.92.180.15 ( talk) 15:01, 28 March 2009 (UTC) — 119.92.180.15 ( talk) has made few or no other edits outside this topic. reply
Anki article
Sacrifice on the altar
One for the many
I have been a user of Anki for several years now and this is one of the very few pieces of software that I have unfailingly used every day. I'm not alone in having this experience and that in itself makes this software (and other spaced repetition software) seem notable to me. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Wrightak ( talk • contribs) 14:25, 29 March 2009 (UTC) reply
Sorry I can't log in, I'm in the library and I don't know my wp password! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 132.68.4.151 ( talk) 09:53, 30 March 2009 (UTC) reply
So guys, what's the consensus? -- 119.92.182.172 ( talk) 12:25, 1 April 2009 (UTC) reply
The result was no consensus. MBisanz talk 19:56, 1 April 2009 (UTC) reply
![]() | If you came here because someone asked you to, or you read a message on another website, please note that this is
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However, you are invited to participate and your opinion is welcome. Remember to assume good faith on the part of others and to sign your posts on this page by adding ~~~~ at the end. Note: Comments may be tagged as follows: suspected single-purpose accounts:{{subst:
spa|username}} ; suspected
canvassed users: {{subst:
canvassed|username}} ; accounts blocked for
sockpuppetry: {{subst:
csm|username}} or {{subst:
csp|username}} . |
This is part of an ongoing cleanup of Wikipedia to remove articles about minor products. By precedence, me-too articles about flash-card software do not qualify when only blogs are referenced for notability. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Homeboyfrisco ( talk • contribs) 15:28, 27 March 2009 (UTC) — Homeboyfrisco ( talk • contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic. reply
{{
notability}}
, {{
hoax}}
, {{
original research}}
{{
unencyclopedic}}
, or {{
advert}}
; this ensures that everyone viewing the article is aware of the problem and may act to remedy it." Finally, looking at your user page, you have few edits besides the above mention Crammage page you appear to have written and the addition of this notification for deletion. Please work on that.
Porco-esphino (
talk)
04:30, 31 March 2009 (UTC) -- Thanks for the pointers. I added the tags to the article as well (they were pointed out here). The precedence reference was simply to point out that the good people here at Wikipedia already had almost the same discussion for an almost identical me-too, blog-referenced product advertisement (except the lobbyist mysteriously seem to have changed positions as the products changed...)
replyFolks, it's silly, and completely irrelevant, to spin an ongoing clean-up as tit-for-tat. Wikipedia has too many me-too products advertising themselves here. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Homeboyfrisco ( talk • contribs) 16:16, 28 March 2009 (UTC) reply
And please stop the mudslinging (especially from the Keep lobby) and phony delete-because-I'm-jealous posts.
— Thomasjnewsome ( talk • contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic.
See the discussion referenced above. There are strict requirements for notability and reliable sources -- also see requirements for no original research. Anki fails on all three, and only one failure is sufficient cause for deletion. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.210.152.178 ( talk) 18:16, 27 March 2009 (UTC) — 98.210.152.178 ( talk) has made few or no other edits outside this topic. reply
This AfD seems to have been created out of spite and a number of 'Keep' voters on the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Crammage page are now voting 'Delete'. (I did not participate in that AfD). I acknowledge that Anki may be a borderline case, but it would be a shame to see it go because a few people with a "if we can't be here, nobody can" attitude have tipped the scales.
Oh - and Anki was included in the April 2008 issue of the German c't magazine. It also ships with 3 of the major Linux distributions (Ubuntu, Fedora and Debian). You can find it talked about on many language learning forums. Perhaps not arguments for notability in wikipedia's official guidelines, but a demonstration of notability none the less. 58.3.182.104 ( talk) 00:39, 28 March 2009 (UTC)— 58.3.182.104 ( talk • contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic. reply
— 114.158.117.221 ( talk) has made few or no other edits outside this topic.
— 76.201.171.128 ( talk) has made few or no other edits outside this topic.
To be fair, Mnemosyne_(software) is also a notable FOSS alternative to SuperMemo, and has been around for longer than Anki - so I wouldn't call Anki the 'only' alternative. 58.3.182.104 ( talk) 13:43, 28 March 2009 (UTC) reply
Delete. The less people know about this software, the better it is for me (my comparative advantage increases). Maybe I'll start deleting all the spaced repetition links. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 119.92.180.15 ( talk) 15:01, 28 March 2009 (UTC) — 119.92.180.15 ( talk) has made few or no other edits outside this topic. reply
Anki article
Sacrifice on the altar
One for the many
I have been a user of Anki for several years now and this is one of the very few pieces of software that I have unfailingly used every day. I'm not alone in having this experience and that in itself makes this software (and other spaced repetition software) seem notable to me. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Wrightak ( talk • contribs) 14:25, 29 March 2009 (UTC) reply
Sorry I can't log in, I'm in the library and I don't know my wp password! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 132.68.4.151 ( talk) 09:53, 30 March 2009 (UTC) reply
So guys, what's the consensus? -- 119.92.182.172 ( talk) 12:25, 1 April 2009 (UTC) reply