Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/RagTime (software)

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 no consensus.  Sandstein  20:57, 17 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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PROD removed by page's creator. Subject lacks notability and coverage in reliable sources and is only sourced to self-published press releases. Meatsgains (talk) 16:32, 25 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Software-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 19:26, 25 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Keep Let's keep and improve upon this article.— Preceding unsigned comment added by Ahmer Jamil Khan (talk • contribs) 00:33, 2 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

@Ahmer Jamil Khan: Thanks for your feedback. Can you provide a reason why you think the article should keep? Meatsgains (talk) 17:02, 6 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Business-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 02:38, 6 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete as it's too soon at best and searches found nothing particularly better. Delete as this is still too soon and there's nothing enhancingly better. SwisterTwister talk 06:33, 10 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete. Appears to be promotional. Arun Kumar SINGH (Talk) 06:03, 17 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep per the significant coverage in multiple independent reliable sources.
  1. Obendorf, Hartmut (2009). Minimalism: Designing Simplicity. Dordrecht: Springer Science+Business Media. p. 194. ISBN 1848823711. Retrieved 2016-06-17.

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  2. Cohen, Peter (2002-01-17). "RagTime business DTP software goes Solo, for free". PC World. Archived from the original on 2016-06-17. Retrieved 2016-06-17 – via Macworld.

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  3. Ehrmann, Stephan (2007-07-03). "Office-Pakete: RagTime ist tot, es lebe RagTime" (in German). Heinz Heise. Archived from the original on 2016-06-17. Retrieved 2016-06-17.
  4. Software Reviews on File. Vol. 6. Facts on File (Infobase Publishing). 1990. p. 731. Retrieved 2016-06-17.

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  5. Sorensen, Karen (1986-08-18). "Mac Program Joins Graphics With Text, Spreadsheets". InfoWorld. Retrieved 2016-06-17.
  6. Kellner, Mark (2002-01-07). "Publishers receive quality music with RagTime". The Washington Times. Archived from the original on 2016-06-17. Retrieved 2016-06-17.

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  7. Barker, Garry (2004-05-06). "Publish and be praised". The Age. Archived from the original on 2016-06-17. Retrieved 2016-06-17.

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  There is sufficient coverage in reliable sources to allow RagTime to pass Wikipedia:Notability#General notability guideline, which requires "significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject".

  Cunard (talk) 06:46, 17 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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