Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/SkyFireOS

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 delete. Jenks24 (talk) 14:06, 16 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

SkyFireOS

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No independent sources, none found (wikis and forum posts not counting); non-notable. Keφr (talk) 08:47, 2 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Software-related deletion discussions. — Dmitrij D. Czarkoff (talk) 14:04, 2 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Delete: this case is similar to that of Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/QubeOS and Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/SEAL GUI – no reliable sources, though some arguable historical significance (something closely tied to DOS that survived the death of DOS era). Still I don't see even the possibility to excuse it from WP:GNG per WP:NSOFT and/or WP:IAR due to the complete lack of sources and subsequent verifiability issues. — Dmitrij D. Czarkoff (talk) 14:11, 2 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Computing-related deletion discussions. Northamerica1000^(talk) 00:30, 3 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Mark Arsten (talk) 20:43, 9 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. Even though they may fail to be sourced now, SEAL and derivatives are remarkable as the last desktops of DOS era. Also, SEAL and its derivatives (as well as oZone and its derivs, which may have a common predecessor with SEAL) could be of interest to those preferring a graphical menu inside DOSbox or on their FreeDOS - some people are overly accustomed to GUIs... the software found in oZone seems to be simpler than that in SEAL, but some software is similar - such as labyrinth game. This may come from common predecessor, possibly a pre-Win31 desktop GUI. So, please put those GUIs in a single article. I understand immediatists, but don't fully support them - the article may be put on a "sourcing backup" wiki, but NOT deleted. Seriously, I'd rather mark the article as a work in progress and find worthy sources before saying "kick it". — Preceding unsigned comment added by Yura87 (talk • contribs) 12:19, 12 August 2012‎ (UTC)[reply]
- Note, that this is not a SEAL derivative; it is a FreeDOS distribution that either yet or (which is more likey) ultimately didn't catch up. Given its alpha status and initial release in 2010, I wouldn't advise you to attempt at defending SkyFireOS as significant part of DOS era. — Dmitrij D. Czarkoff (talk) 15:05, 12 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Weak keep This is seemingly a work in progress. Limemine (talk) 18:46, 12 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]
- Please elaborate. The article has been "a work in progress" since 2010 - the content has not changed substantially since then. Even if someone takes up the work, they will need reliable sources, which do not seem to exist. Keφr (talk) 10:32, 14 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per WP:GNG. Article does not contain any reliable third-party sources. Do not see any from Google (including News and Books) searches. Logical Cowboy (talk) 13:44, 16 August 2012 (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.