Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Notepad++

No claims of notability, no independent sources Corvus cornix 21:04, 12 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Keep; a Google search shows quite a few independent references. Many of the hits are blogs, but even so, that does help to show some level of notability in the Internet community, even if they are not reliable sources in and of themselves. And this post from a Microsoft developer might count as a reliable source. Most of these blogs do actually discuss Notepad++ rather than simply mention it in passing. *** Crotalus *** 21:15, 12 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- Blogs are not reliable sources. Corvus cornix 21:23, 12 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  - No, but they do help to establish a level of notability. And I would argue that a blog hosted on the MSDN servers and written by Microsoft engineers could be considered a reliable source for Notepad-related subjects. *** Crotalus *** 21:32, 12 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep I've heard it mentioned a lot by fellow programmers. Strong Keep. Corpx 21:21, 12 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- "I've heard of it" isn't a reliable source. Corvus cornix 21:23, 12 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete, I've tried it myself and it isn't bad, but apart from this trivial PCMag blurb, I can't find reliable sources in English (there may be some in other languages). --Dhartung | Talk 22:48, 12 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep, a Google News search even of just the past 30 days yields a result, and there seem to be a number of nontrivial mentions of the program outside of the official website. —Dark•Shikari^[T] 00:26, 13 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Keep: to claim that this editor lacks notability seems unjustified. Just some examples for its notability: it has very active forums on SourceForge with over 10,000 postings, and also an active mailing list with 336 subsscribers and close to 11,000 archived messages. Traffic to the project site is substantial: http://sourceforge.net/project/stats/graph/detail-graph.php?group_id=95717&ugn=notepad-plus&type=prweb&mode=week&graph=1 Several NotePad++plugins are being developed, numerous translations exist, documentation, a FAQ, even branded merchandise - in short, this is a popular open-source project with a substantial community of developers and users. Textor 20:08, 13 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- Additionally, the software is downloaded about 250,000 times a month.[1] --82.32.176.228 15:40, 14 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  - Please reread the nomination. Nowhere did I say "lacks notability". I said "no claims of notability". That's an entirely different kettle of fish. Corvus cornix 22:53, 14 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Keep - as above, although it could use a cleanup Think outside the box 11:58, 14 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - Article needs cleaned up—not deleted. --Hamitr 14:01, 14 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
KEEP Notepad++ is used by some many people (there have been 3,882,680 downloads [2]) so it has great importance. Its article should be improved to reflect how good it is. There is no reason to delete the article. Some people even run it in wine as it is so good. The article is decent, and there IS NO REASON TO CONSIDER DELETING IT.