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The result was no consensus. Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:37, 7 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

ToBoS-FP

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No indication of WP:notability. References given are either primary sources or do not mention the compiler. Apparent WP:conflict of interest by article creator as the name is also the name of one of the developers. noq (talk) 12:34, 15 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Recently, one independent reference was added and there are more to come. As for the WP:conflict of interest issue, I have no argument. It's true that creator's name is the same as one of the developers. The point is, the topic is of no market value for last 25 year. It's just a bit of computer history. I can't imagine an independent publisher who could start this article, but hope for some third party contributions in future. If the topic, however, seems insignificant for the community, I have no point. --Skabaw (talk) 15:58, 15 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Actually, three independent references quoting TOBOS-FP explicite plus one external link. --83.144.69.166 (talk) 09:04, 16 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

There are two world of spectrum links - the first, a reference, does not mention it. The second is a directory page. While the zxpress link is to a book that has some mention of it I would say not enough. The proklondike.com link prompts to download a .rar file from a Russian site - no thanks! noq (talk) 12:17, 16 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Software-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 15:14, 16 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

* I have put more precise link to reference #4 (zxpress) --Skabaw (talk) 17:11, 19 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

* I have put precise links to other compilers --Skabaw (talk) 17:24, 19 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

* The External Links reference to World of Spectrum is a reference to code for download of ToBoS-FP --Skabaw (talk) 17:28, 19 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

* As for proklondike.com - there is full reference given, the title, the ISBN number, the quotation. One can check it in the original source. The .rar download is for full text in .pdf. There are other possible sources of the same book - just type the title in Google. The .rar is not an executable. It is safe. One can download it and extract a .pdf. --Skabaw (talk) 17:36, 19 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Links about other compilers do nothing to establish notability for this compiler. The ISBN for the book on proklondike does not appear to exist on any of the searches I have made here. noq (talk) 10:09, 20 April 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, BusterD (talk) 21:52, 22 April 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, B music ian 05:52, 29 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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