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SmallBASIC

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Article is non-notable -- SmallBASIC hasn't received significant coverage in reliable secondary sources that are independent of the subject. Basically, the only people talking about this are the people who created it and people using the SmallBASIC forums. The only references are to the SourceForge repository. The only external links are to the SourceForge repository. That's just not enough -- anyone can say anything they want about their own project, to be notable requires that other people or other independent sources talk about you or reference you in some way. Banaticus (talk) 00:56, 13 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Computing-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 02:29, 13 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Software-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 02:30, 13 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This article has been nominated for rescue. Guy Macon 22:00, 14 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

For those who are looking for references to SmallBasic, try searching along with the words "Palm" and "PalmOS." SmallBasic has always been a lot more popular on PalmOS than it has been on desktop OSs. Also be aware that Google may try to be helpful by searching for "Small Basic" instead of "SmallBasic". Putting quotation marks around "SmallBasic" helps. Guy Macon 22:00, 14 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Keep I added a reception section, and a bit from Tech Republic. They wouldn't even mention it unless it was notable. You can't expect any long reviews for software that basic. Dream Focus 19:18, 15 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Delete: a 108-word mini-review is hardly "significant coverage". Little indication that this package has received coverage of any depth, perhaps due to the fact that it is clearly meant as only an introductory programming tool, lacking much in the way of I/O facilities or commands. Hrafn^Talk_Stalk(P) 19:35, 15 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Keep As for coverage, there is a mini-review of it here, [ http://gnosis.cx/publish/programming/palm_languages.html ], 91 posts about it in the comp.sys.palmtops.pilot and alt.comp.sys.palmtops.pilot USENET groups, ([ http://groups.google.com/group/comp.sys.palmtops.pilot/search?group=comp.sys.palmtops.pilot&q=smallbasic&qt_g=Search+this+group ], [ http://groups.google.com/group/comp.sys.palmtops.pilot/search?group=comp.sys.palmtops.pilot&q=smallbasic&qt_g=Search+this+group ]), and the SHToy linux shell for PalmOS is written in SmallBasic. Guy Macon 23:51, 15 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]