Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Transmit (FTP client)

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The result was keep. Arbitrarily0 ^(talk) 17:24, 31 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Transmit (FTP client)

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This software's notability claim is based solely on a couple of reviews from blogs. It is mentioned in a some OS X books, e.g. [1], but alongside other 3rd party FTP software. One book hints that it's the "perhaps the most popular" 3rd party FTP Mac software [2], but hardly covers it otherwise. Pcap ping 11:22, 24 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Software-related deletion discussions. -- Pcap ping 12:01, 24 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete: I found [3] and [4] on Macworld, but one source doesn't make it pass WP:N. Joe Chill (talk) 17:59, 24 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- Besides, those are just news releases, which cite the developers, not much in the way of independent editorial commentary is made there. Pcap ping 18:44, 24 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. Multiple articles describe awards this product has won [5], including an Apple Design Award & best of show at the Macworld expo. --Karnesky (talk) 20:51, 24 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- The awards was for "best Mac OS X Tiger technology adoption, for its use of features like Automator, .Mac sync, Spotlight, Dashboard and more." It just means the app was ported quickly and well to OS X, not much else. Doesn't even make it best in class... Pcap ping 22:16, 24 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  - That's only one of a handful of awards (you didn't demean their best of show at Macworld award). Also: the meaning is different than you contend, and even if it was the same, it was notable enough for coverage by an independent and reliable source. --Karnesky (talk) 22:08, 25 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
    - Allow me to be unimpressed by that too. Here is explained how those work: "Using the criteria that the winners had to either make their public debut at Macworld Expo or been recently introduced and that the judges had to be able to see them in action; Macworld's editors selected 12 winners: [...] Panic's Transmit 3 ($24.95) FTP software, which offers a new column view and more." And the full list pretty much looks like random stuff that got released at or around Mac Expo that year. In the BeLight Software AfD it was shown that one has to pay quite a bit to get a booth at the show (granted that doesn't guarantee an award). Industry awards often mean little for software notability or quality. Pcap ping 23:21, 25 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
I managed to find a MacUser review for it [6]. With all the other news attention (most of which was paid for however) info, it's notable enough for me. Withdrawing nom. Pcap ping 23:28, 25 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- I was about to close this my self, but Joe Chill !voted delete. An admin will have to close it. Pcap ping 23:30, 25 December 2009 (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.