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Mutter (software)

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Only press releases and passing mentions in sources and literature. Declined PROD. wumbolo ^^^ 09:59, 13 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Software-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 10:03, 13 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Strong Delete This article fails all tests for notability and is clearly promotional in nature. Lovelylinda1980 (talk) 12:54, 13 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

User:Lovelylinda1980 can you reason which "tests" and why? When you say promotional, WP:AFDNOTCLEANUP. Widefox; talk 00:29, 17 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Keep – this is the compositor for Wayland and GNOME, and is used by several other desktop environments. Passes WP:GNG per the sources in the article (LWN, Linux Magazine, Phoronix), as well as plenty others available online. Brad v 00:06, 14 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Keep – It is one of the most famous Window Managers! how someone can say it does not have notability?! Editor-1 (talk) 06:10, 14 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Keep there's 2 RS in the article, so passes WP:GNG, including "Mutter: a window manager for GNOME 3" "Mutter: Window Manager in GNOME's Future" , more available e.g. [1] . The nom is factually incorrect about current sources being only passing mentions - were the sources even looked at, let alone was WP:BEFORE even done? Widefox; talk 18:36, 16 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]
I don't understand what's factually incorrect about not using WP:CRYSTAL sources and very narrowly focused articles about minor software updates for WP:GNG. wumbolo ^^^ 21:44, 16 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

As another editor has pointed out, WP:CRYSTAL isn't what you think it is. Widefox; talk 00:12, 17 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

There is no "another editor", and I know exactly what WP:CRYSTAL is. (Perhaps you don't?) Just because one paragraph in a source is not WP:CRYSTAL, does not mean that the rest of the source isn't WP:CRYSTAL. wumbolo ^^^ 08:32, 17 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Incorrect on both, see [2]. This is WP:LISTEN Widefox; talk 13:36, 17 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

That's simply not true. The notability guidelines point to WP:CRYSTAL and describe its context. You have a wrong opinion of what those guidelines say and I suggest reading WP:CRYSTAL (and you don't have to if you don't want to). wumbolo ^^^ 14:40, 17 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

You've been corrected by two of us. See WP:CONSENSUS. What part of "No" from the other editor isn't clear enough? Widefox; talk 15:20, 17 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Comment just to clarify the potentially misleading nom - this is free open source software (and a core aspect of it - an updated architecture/layer to one of the first open source collaborative software projects). Some context may help. Widefox; talk 00:18, 17 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]