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Speedy Delete (A7) - article does not assert notability. I note also it's suggested it be merged with
ext2, which I wouldn't see any problem with providing that someone with the relevant knowledge can indicate it's appropriate. -
DustFormsWords (
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06:31, 29 September 2009 (UTC)reply
Comment. I can find
significant coverage for this software,
Dr. Dobb's for example
[1]. Multiple third party sources can be found and make this software, by definition, notable. The nominator fails to provide compelling reasons for deletion. Not being familiar with the topic I do not have a strong opinion, I simply like to ask on what grounds this article should be deleted? Wikipedia is not a thimble.
83.254.210.47 (
talk)
23:44, 29 September 2009 (UTC)reply
Keep The added reference seems notable. There are 11 results when I click the link to Google Book search at the top of the AFD. If its listed in all the reference manuals, including links to its website even, then its notable. Just as you can list every single species of plant and animal there is, without having to prove it has notable coverage(the guidelines only a suggestion, not a policy/law, and it even saying to use common sense at the top of their pages), so it is with every file commonly used with an operating system. Its notable enough to be mentioned in reference manuals, just as some rare species of bug or weed would be mentioned in a book for that sort of thing. Wikipedia is an encyclopedia of everything, and should be complete.
DreamFocus03:49, 8 October 2009 (UTC)reply
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