Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/AmiExpress

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The result was merge‎ to Amiga software. El Beeblerino ^{if you're not into the whole brevity thing} 22:47, 18 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

AmiExpress

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Fails WP: GNG. I cannot find sources to establish notability. None of the sources that are currently in the article appear reliable. HyperAccelerated (talk) 22:07, 27 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Software-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 22:13, 27 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Computing-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 22:14, 27 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Relisting comment: Previous WP:PROD candidate, ineligible for soft deletion.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, ✗plicit 23:50, 4 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Comment I had a search through contemporary magazines on archive.org and WRH. There are certainly multiple reliable sources for the fact that AmiExpress was a very popular BBS system in the early 90s, especially in Europe (e.g. Amiga Concept 1995-07), and several articles from 1992/3 about its (lack of) defenses against viruses. I would really have liked to find in-depth reviews or comparisons, though. Adam Sampson (talk) 18:11, 5 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

bbsdocumentary says it's an evolved clone of PCBoard, could be a merge target. IgelRM (talk) 02:40, 10 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Comment Once I get home, I will look into my magazine collection/database, maybe there is some hidden review of this software. Searching on archive.org is tricky, because there are too many false positives (shareware listings). Pavlor (talk) 06:02, 10 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Attendum: No useable sources found so far (searching in database listings of articles in several Amiga magazines). Amiga BBS software was probably niche even in the 80/90s (however, I found reviews of other BBS applications). An AtD could be a redirect to to the "Amiga software" article (the article subject is mentioned there and short news from amiga-news.de about open-sourcing could be used as a reference), but this one is full of its own issues. Pavlor (talk) 07:02, 12 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Just Step Sideways ^{from this world ..... today} 22:40, 11 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Comment: I'm fine with a merge to Amiga software or PCBoard, as suggested above. No preference between the two. HyperAccelerated (talk) 16:59, 12 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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