Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/AppShield

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 merge‎ to Sanctum (company). Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 07:24, 12 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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AppShield the product does not appear to independently establish notability beyond Sanctum, the company that created it. As a testament to that the version of the article prior to my edits describes three different products or research projects entitled AppShield, all erroneously presented as a single topic. Brandon (talk) 07:30, 5 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

• Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Technology and Israel. Brandon (talk) 07:30, 5 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
• Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Software-related deletion discussions. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 08:37, 5 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
• keep Merge (changed per discussion below) - Although it seems very likely that WP:COI editors are meddling with this and related articles, I think this passes notability. Doing a little more digging I found a couple more decent-quality sources, including a ZDNet article attesting to adoption in 2002. IMO this is a good example of how COI editors can actually make it less likely that their subjects get articles, when left alone they don't raise as many eyebrows. StereoFolic (talk) 13:42, 5 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Thank you for improving the article! At this point I agree the content belongs somewhere, However it does still feel like AppShield and AppScan could be presented as sections within the Sanctum (company) article. Especially considering the company and the products were acquired together by Watchfire a combined article would be able to present a intertwined narrative without having three stubs that are unlikely to ever be fleshed out on their own. Brandon (talk) 18:10, 5 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    • Makes sense to me. I've changed my !vote to merge. StereoFolic (talk) 14:01, 6 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
• Merge into Sanctum (company) as an unjustified SPINOFF. This opinion takes into account all the arguments above and the situation of both articles. gidonb (talk) 23:01, 5 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
• Merge per Gidonb.Andre🚐 23:11, 5 October 2024 (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.