The result was an incomprehensible mess. Evaluating this discussion was extremely difficult due to the large number of IPs and new accounts contributing to this. As such, I'm closing this discussion and relisting it so we can hash this out. Blueboy 96 14:56, 9 March 2008 (UTC) reply
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Alex Forster ( talk) 01:14, 6 March 2008 (UTC) reply
KeepSkyOS is a popular hobbyist operating system, and is notable and identifiable enough for a Wikipedia entry. The article should be tagged as reading like an advertisement and corrected, and deletion is totally unnecessary. tapo ( talk) 13:48, 5 March 2008 (UTC) reply
Keep It should not be deleted, information about this Operating System should be available for anyone. The atricle about SkyOS needt to be updated, It needs to be extended. This is not an advertention, it's information. And it should be able to be on wikipedia, like there is information about a lot of other operating systems. -- A-v-S ( talk) 14:41, 3 March 2008 (UTC) — A-v-S ( talk • contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic. reply
Keep It seems that this argument is raised more against the philosophy behind SkyOS, rather than the SkyOS article itself —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.149.43.167 ( talk) 19:53, 2 March 2008 (UTC) reply
Keep It's a long-standing article (active since at least 2004) about a popular, actively-developed piece of software, and it gives relevant and non-biased information. It is by no means an advertisement. Take a look at the content, and even the page history: nothing here is an advertisement any more than the OS X page is an advertisement. And as to irrelevancy, try searching for articles containing "skyos". At least fifteen computer-related articles mention it ON WIKIPEDIA. I think a user with otherwise no history on Wikipedia has learned the procedures for deletion and is now wasting our time. Alex Forster, 68.32.200.186 ( talk) 21:03, 2 March 2008 (UTC) — 68.32.200.186 ( talk • contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic. reply
Keep per above reasons. ArcAngel ( talk) 21:19, 2 March 2008 (UTC) reply
Keep Shall we mark the Windows and Osx pages for deletion as well? It is not because a product is a commercial product that it cannot have a wikipedia page. If people are not happy with the (contents of the) article they should discuss this first. The page is not intended as advertising but to provide information to people that want to know more. The comments above already indicate well enough the weak reasons for deletion... Peter Speybrouck — 157.193.5.103 ( talk • contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic. The preceding unsigned comment was added at 21:55, 2 March 2008 (UTC). reply
Keep Shall we mark the Windows and Osx pages for deletion as well? It is not because a product is a commercial product that it cannot have a wikipedia page. If people are not happy with the (contents of the) article they should discuss this first. The page is not intended as advertising but to provide information to people that want to know more. The comments above already indicate well enough the weak reasons for deletion... Peter Speybrouck — 157.193.5.103 ( talk • contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic. The preceding unsigned comment was added at 21:55, 2 March 2008 (UTC). reply
Keep I agree with Peter above me, this is not a form of advertising, if you think so then you need to deleted half the articles on wikipedia.... Liam Dawe — 82.46.55.243 ( talk • contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic. The preceding unsigned comment was added at 23:09, 2 March 2008 (UTC). reply
Re: Mentions-
Alex Forster, 68.32.200.186 ( talk) 18:09, 3 March 2008 (UTC) reply
Keep SkyOS deserves an entry. The article does need a rewrite and proper formatting but I think it's improving. —Preceding unsigned comment added by A305w ( talk • contribs) 14:55, 4 March 2008
Keep Keep per aforementioned reasons. -- Stormwatch ( talk) 20:03, 6 March 2008 (UTC) reply
Keep I agree the article is not as it should be, but why waste time discussing its deletion when it can be used to correct it?
The result was an incomprehensible mess. Evaluating this discussion was extremely difficult due to the large number of IPs and new accounts contributing to this. As such, I'm closing this discussion and relisting it so we can hash this out. Blueboy 96 14:56, 9 March 2008 (UTC) reply
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Advertisement, not-notable Imacreditcard ( talk) 16:09, 2 March 2008 (UTC) reply
Alex Forster ( talk) 01:14, 6 March 2008 (UTC) reply
KeepSkyOS is a popular hobbyist operating system, and is notable and identifiable enough for a Wikipedia entry. The article should be tagged as reading like an advertisement and corrected, and deletion is totally unnecessary. tapo ( talk) 13:48, 5 March 2008 (UTC) reply
Keep It should not be deleted, information about this Operating System should be available for anyone. The atricle about SkyOS needt to be updated, It needs to be extended. This is not an advertention, it's information. And it should be able to be on wikipedia, like there is information about a lot of other operating systems. -- A-v-S ( talk) 14:41, 3 March 2008 (UTC) — A-v-S ( talk • contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic. reply
Keep It seems that this argument is raised more against the philosophy behind SkyOS, rather than the SkyOS article itself —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.149.43.167 ( talk) 19:53, 2 March 2008 (UTC) reply
Keep It's a long-standing article (active since at least 2004) about a popular, actively-developed piece of software, and it gives relevant and non-biased information. It is by no means an advertisement. Take a look at the content, and even the page history: nothing here is an advertisement any more than the OS X page is an advertisement. And as to irrelevancy, try searching for articles containing "skyos". At least fifteen computer-related articles mention it ON WIKIPEDIA. I think a user with otherwise no history on Wikipedia has learned the procedures for deletion and is now wasting our time. Alex Forster, 68.32.200.186 ( talk) 21:03, 2 March 2008 (UTC) — 68.32.200.186 ( talk • contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic. reply
Keep per above reasons. ArcAngel ( talk) 21:19, 2 March 2008 (UTC) reply
Keep Shall we mark the Windows and Osx pages for deletion as well? It is not because a product is a commercial product that it cannot have a wikipedia page. If people are not happy with the (contents of the) article they should discuss this first. The page is not intended as advertising but to provide information to people that want to know more. The comments above already indicate well enough the weak reasons for deletion... Peter Speybrouck — 157.193.5.103 ( talk • contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic. The preceding unsigned comment was added at 21:55, 2 March 2008 (UTC). reply
Keep Shall we mark the Windows and Osx pages for deletion as well? It is not because a product is a commercial product that it cannot have a wikipedia page. If people are not happy with the (contents of the) article they should discuss this first. The page is not intended as advertising but to provide information to people that want to know more. The comments above already indicate well enough the weak reasons for deletion... Peter Speybrouck — 157.193.5.103 ( talk • contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic. The preceding unsigned comment was added at 21:55, 2 March 2008 (UTC). reply
Keep I agree with Peter above me, this is not a form of advertising, if you think so then you need to deleted half the articles on wikipedia.... Liam Dawe — 82.46.55.243 ( talk • contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic. The preceding unsigned comment was added at 23:09, 2 March 2008 (UTC). reply
Re: Mentions-
Alex Forster, 68.32.200.186 ( talk) 18:09, 3 March 2008 (UTC) reply
Keep SkyOS deserves an entry. The article does need a rewrite and proper formatting but I think it's improving. —Preceding unsigned comment added by A305w ( talk • contribs) 14:55, 4 March 2008
Keep Keep per aforementioned reasons. -- Stormwatch ( talk) 20:03, 6 March 2008 (UTC) reply
Keep I agree the article is not as it should be, but why waste time discussing its deletion when it can be used to correct it?