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DELETE. While I can't speak to the rules for inclusion 2 years ago (most comments border on ILIKEIT or ITS USEFUL) I can say that there isn't anything in the way of meaningful or non-trivial coverage of this software application from reliable third party sources. Plus the name is a complete ripoff of Notepad, ouch. JBsupreme (talk)

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Software-related deletion discussions. Thryduulf (talk) 09:40, 1 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete: I can't find significant coverage for this software. 83.254.210.47 (talk) 11:43, 1 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Note: One of the most popular Windows editor. I think deleting could make it to Slashdot and Digg, Redit front page. Actually I encourage everyone to do like deletionists do and say delete (without giving any clear reasoning). Let's make a point how absurd mass nomination of software articles is and that this cannibalises Wikipedia. 83.254.210.47 (talk) 11:43, 1 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- Struck. Do not disrupt Wikipedia to make a WP:POINT.--SarekOfVulcan (talk) 14:41, 1 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Keep: lots of google news and books results. Won a sourceforge community choice award for best developer tool [1], was noted by PC Magazine as one of the top 157 gratis software tools. --Karnesky (talk) 12:27, 1 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Keep per already-demonstrated notability. "ripoff of notepad" is hardly a rationale for deletion. --SarekOfVulcan (talk) 13:56, 1 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - no evidence that consensus of prior AfD has changed. Lots of articles, found in 30 seconds, e.g.: [2], [3], etc. --Milowent (talk) 14:51, 1 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]
I can say that there isn't anything in the way of meaningful or non-trivial coverage of this software application from reliable third party sources. — Saying it doesn't make it true, though. And as Milowent points out, it's not particularly hard to find them. I turned up Gilmore for example in under 1 minute. It's hard to reconcile how easy this is with the statement in the nomination. Uncle G (talk) 15:07, 1 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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 *<small class="delsort-notice">'''Note''':  This debate has been included in the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting/Software|list of Software-related deletion discussions]]. [[User:Thryduulf|Thryduulf]] ([[User talk:Thryduulf|talk]]) 09:40, 1 October 2009 (UTC)<!--Template:Delsort--></small>
 * <s>'''Delete''': I can't find significant coverage for this software. [[Special:Contributions/83.254.210.47|83.254.210.47]] ([[User talk:83.254.210.47|talk]]) 11:43, 1 October 2009 (UTC)</s>
-* <sub><s>Note: One of the most popular Windows editor. I think deleting could make it to Slashdot and Digg, Redit front page. Actually I encourage everyone to do like deletionists do and ''say delete'' (without giving any clear reasoning). Let's make a point how absurd mass nomination of software articles is and that this cannibalises Wikipedia. [[Special:Contributions/83.254.210.47|83.254.210.47]] ([[User talk:83.254.210.47|talk]]) 11:43, 1 October 2009 (UTC)</s></sub>
+* Note: One of the most popular Windows editor. <s>I think deleting could make it to Slashdot and Digg, Redit front page. Actually I encourage everyone to do like deletionists do and ''say delete'' (without giving any clear reasoning). Let's make a point how absurd mass nomination of software articles is and that this cannibalises Wikipedia.</s> [[Special:Contributions/83.254.210.47|83.254.210.47]] ([[User talk:83.254.210.47|talk]]) 11:43, 1 October 2009 (UTC)
 **Struck. Do not disrupt Wikipedia to make a [[WP:POINT]].--[[User:SarekOfVulcan|SarekOfVulcan]] ([[User talk:SarekOfVulcan|talk]]) 14:41, 1 October 2009 (UTC)
 *'''Keep:''' lots of google news and books results.  Won a sourceforge community choice award for best developer tool [http://www.v3.co.uk/vnunet/news/2223777/sourceforge-hands-open-source], was noted by PC Magazine as one of the top 157 gratis software tools.  --[[User:Karnesky|Karnesky]] ([[User talk:Karnesky|talk]]) 12:27, 1 October 2009 (UTC)