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The result was merge to Catalyst_(software)#History. czar ⨹ 07:29, 8 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Maypole framework[edit]

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I proposed this article to be deleted, with the rationale "non-notable dead software project, barely worth a brief mention at Catalyst (software)". Another editor removed the prod with the comment "existing refs sufficient", but that is not true. The refs in the article do not demonstrate notability and my original rationale is still correct. So I'm bringing this to AfD.

Thank you, 176.25.140.245 (talk) 11:54, 13 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Page created at request of IP by -- GB fan 12:13, 13 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete- I agree that the available sourcing is insufficient. I can find nothing substantial and independent of the subject. It seems this defunct software was never notable. Reyk _YO! 12:31, 13 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Computing-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 14:25, 13 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Software-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 14:25, 13 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete—The IBM Developerworks cite is a strong one, even though it's a dead link. However, gbooks and gscholar aren't turning up anything else, and given that the project is moribund I don't see a future path forward to notability. Lesser Cartographies (talk) 20:29, 16 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

• Selective merge and redirect. Maypole was the first popular high-level Perl web app framework. In addition to the DeveloperWorks article, there was a secondary RS March 2005 Linux Journal article on the framework. Catalyst (software), a far more popular web framework, started life as a Maypole fork intended to be Maypole 3.0, then went its own way. While there may not be enough RS out there to justify a full article on Maypole, the framework is clearly verifiable in multiple RS and it retains importance as the seed from which Catalyst was built. Merging the first paragraph of this article into the history section of the Catalyst (software) article would be a nice addition to the article and would place Maypole in WP where it is perhaps most historically significant. Maypole framework is a plausible search term, so a redirect is also warranted. --Mark viking (talk) 20:57, 20 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Can you please add this information from Maypole article to Catalyst_(software)#History? -- JakobVoss (talk) 07:54, 22 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I'd be happy to do so, but premature merging before consensus is reached in AfD discussions is discouraged. --Mark viking (talk) 20:11, 22 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

• @Reyk and Lesser Cartographies, any thoughts on JV's position? czar ⨹ 02:45, 1 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

• @Czar: No objection. Lesser Cartographies (talk) 02:21, 8 February 2015 (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.