Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Cetus CWordPad

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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 of the debate was Merge with WordPad. Deathphoenix ʕ 19:36, 29 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Cetus CWordPad

WP:NN, Wikipedia is not a place to collect lists of every non-notable piece of software in existence. Additionally, this is clearly an advertisement, the advert tag was added by the original author. Kershner 20:37, 17 June 2006 (UTC)

COuld someone merge this with wordpad? It is pretty notable. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 213.239.219.180 (talk • contribs) 20:46, 17 Jun 2006 (UTC)


 AFD relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so that consensus may be reached.
 Please add new discussions below this notice. Thanks, W.marsh 13:34, 23 June 2006 (UTC)
  • Merge with WordPad at best, Delete at worst -- MrDolomite 14:49, 23 June 2006 (UTC)
  • Merge - Though I must say, I don't think I've ever seen anyone tag their own article as an advertisement...! Wickethewok 15:04, 23 June 2006 (UTC)
    • Comment: User:RaviC created the article. User:Kershner tagged it as 'concern: advertisement' but did not list it for deletion. The creator then removed the concern tag, without changing the content of the article, and listed it as {{advert}} instead. - Che Nuevara: Join the Revolution 15:50, 23 June 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete "Note: The vendor, Cetus, no longer supports this program. The program will not work with Microsoft Word 97 and later versions." (from PC World). Seems somewhat obsolete software to me, completely restricted to Windows 95 (which is no longer supported by Microsoft). I don't believe obsolete stuff like this is notable, personally, and it shouldn't be merged with non-obsolete software like Wordpad without strict caveats. But preferably, not merged at all. --DaveG12345 17:44, 23 June 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete at best of very mild historic interest (no particular objection to merge if someone wants to though). Dlyons493 Talk 19:47, 23 June 2006 (UTC)
  • Merge - Surely this is a piece of program that does not work now, but one should mention this for historical purposes, especially when it is an addon to the WordPad, I see no reason not to put such info there. --WinHunter (talk) 06:11, 24 June 2006 (UTC)
    • Comment Further research seems to suggest that this software may well work with later operating systems, but cannot handle Word files beyond Windows 95 vintage. The problem with merging with Wordpad is that Wordpad is a long-standing and current product that now incorporates many of the "advanced features" of this software itself, and handles all Word formats out of the box too. Merging this somewhat inconsequential software product into Wordpad properly would simply result in a screenshot and explanation that, above and beyond Wordpad, this product has spell checking and thesaurus, but cannot handle most Word files on the planet. Also the two download links on the article are now defunct. This article simply contains such limited useful information about such a limitedly useful product of no notability that the best course IMO is deletion. I feel proponents of merging are not fully appreciating the fact that this article's text is totally out-of-date, as are its external links. There's nothing useful to merge. --DaveG12345 04:55, 25 June 2006 (UTC)
  • Merge - and elucidate compatibility concerns - AFAIK, Wordpad itself is nowhere near fully compliant with current Word files either, at least I recall some pretty major formatting screwups when trying to use the MS Wordpad as a viewer. Ace of Risk 14:20, 26 June 2006 (UTC)
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.