I am appalled by the deletion of Foswiki from Wikipedia. I have just come to read upon the controversy surrounding the fork and find the page gone. Have the editors not realized, that the Foswiki/TWiki fork was one of the most noteable forks in 2008? That Foswiki is noteable because it is one of the rare cases in which the project leadership was left by their project community?
It seems like another case of senseless Deletionism. Sad.
C.Oezbek (talk) 12:10, 12 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
I wonder how many and what kind of mentions are needed to build notability
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13505_3-10078682-16.html
would be the most obvious one.
I presume that this discussion page would be a good place to colate such a list so that _When_ it reaches the needed point the topic can be created.
User:SvenDowideit —Preceding undated comment was added at 01:10, 15 February 2009 (UTC).[reply]
- Best to do it in your own userspace, I think. Don't forget that significant coverage in reliable sources independent of the subject are what are needed. --Malcolmxl5 (talk) 20:02, 23 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- You can ask an admin to restore the article to your user space, if your intention is to work on it. As to sources, generally two independent and reliable sources that mention the topic, not just in passing, but with substantial examination, will suffice. The cnet mention above, which is indirect (foswiki isn't actually mentioned, but a link on the page ends up displaying the foswiki home, isn't very helpful. Give it some time. If the article is restored to your user space, it should be okay there as long as there is an apparent intention to eventually put it back, and you can put a link to the page on this Talk page so that others who are interested can help. Good luck. If any assistance is needed dealing with flak, which can sometimes be encountered, ask me on my Talk, I may be able to help. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Abd (talk • contribs) 00:39, 25 February 2009
Hmm - I've explicitly come to wikipedia to try and determine the state of the twiki fork. Very annoyed this was deleted. Do not approve. Elwell (talk) 19:39, 23 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]