Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Comparison of Internet Relay Chat services

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 delete. King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 06:06, 12 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Comparison of Internet Relay Chat services

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Wikipedia is not a directory, and it's hard to find references on this because feature names tend to vary. Jasper Deng (talk) 01:33, 25 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Keep: This article is not a directory of IRC services, it is a comparison of their history and feature set, much like many other "Comparison of" articles on Wikipedia. Very few feature names actually vary between services, defacto standards have evolved during the past 20 years they have been developed and in use, generic terms/explanations have been used in column headings where a concise name is lacking. The data has been sourced from other similar comparison tables found on the web, the various projects websites, documentation or occasionally source code. Southen (talk) 03:31, 25 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
- See WP:OSE; you can't use the existence of other articles to justify it (arguably Comparison of Internet Relay Chat daemons can be deleted too but it's slightly better-sourced). Directories are usually comparative in nature. And no sources are cited. Also, there's not enough reliable sources specifically on comparing services daemons (the Anope one comes closest, but it's not enough to meet WP:GNG).--Jasper Deng (talk) 03:37, 25 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Internet-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 02:22, 26 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Software-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 02:22, 26 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Lists-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 02:22, 26 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. Lots of noise, no signal. The comparisons made are primarily technical comparisons (C versus C++) or other trivia such as the date a project started. If it were to be kept, the information should be selected in a way that could assist a nontechnical user in selecting one service over another. -Sigeng (talk) 08:22, 26 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 00:06, 2 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, czar ♔ 02:15, 9 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Delete per lack of substantial coverage in reliable independent sources. Interesting, but seems like a directory. Candleabracadabra (talk) 03:25, 10 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Delete unless trimmed to notable services only. Stuartyeates (talk) 02:33, 11 May 2014 (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.