Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/GBDE

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was no consensus. Sandstein 08:40, 13 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

GBDE

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Lack of relevance. Wikipedia is not a dumping ground for all software projects ever created. GBDE has not had much relevance for the past 14 years and is logically succeeded by GELI. KMeyer (talk) 02:06, 21 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Software-related deletion discussions. Kpg jhp jm 02:14, 21 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Inclined to just merge it with Geli (software). It's similar software with the same principle and same basic function. GELI built on the GBDE framework, and a selective merge and redirect could fit. — Frayæ (Talk/Spjall) 18:47, 21 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Keep I'm inclined to think it is notable. I added 3.5 refs I found (well, four, but two of them are just different versions of the same paper, one is the arXiv preprint, the other is a published version in a Springer book). I think that is enough to meet GNG. SJK (talk) 07:02, 26 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Kpg jhp jm 02:02, 28 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 00:08, 5 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Keep Once notable always notable, so not being relevant now is not good reasoning. Some may be interested in what was relevant then. And WP:BEFORE should indicate a mergeis considered before coming to AfD. A mergem may be possible, but is the effort of the pain worth the gain? Djm-leighpark (talk) 21:40, 5 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]
I don't think merging GBDE to GELI is the right thing to do, because they are different code bases developed by different people and with different architectures. It is true that the latter has largely displaced the former in common use. But, I don't think it is a good idea to merge articles about two completely different pieces of software. SJK (talk) 11:59, 6 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.