Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Kate OS

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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The result was keep/nom withdrawn. W.marsh 17:31, 4 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Kate OS

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Low-quality article. Notability to come. Chealer 05:22, 29 May 2007 (UTC)

I'm dropping my request for deletion now that JulesH pointed that the correct spelling is "KateOS", for which Google finds over 400 000 hits. Sorry. Administrators, rather than deleting the article, please rename it to "KateOS".--Chealer 12:27, 30 May 2007 (UTC)
  • Delete. Article reads like the product description on the side of the box, has no reference citations, and only links to vendors website. Say no to spam - Kiss Kate goodbye! --Gavin Collins 14:08, 29 May 2007 (UTC)
  • Keep Appears to be a reasonably popular distribution. "About" 433,000 ghits. Reliable sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]. Clearly passes WP:SOFT. JulesH 18:21, 29 May 2007 (UTC)
    Where do you get the 433 000 hits? That's a lot, but I get only about 50 000 on google.com. Note that the software notability criteria were rejected. I looked at the links you provide anyway. [1] contains "David Johnson continues our look at every Linux distribution in existence." so doesn't establish notability. [2] is in German, so I can't comment. [4] is a review from a Polish site, so it doesn't mean much. That leaves [3] and [5]. Both of these have a certain content, but not much, and they date from 2005.--Chealer 01:05, 30 May 2007 (UTC)
German and Polish count as much as English around here--there are people who know each who can help. 2005 merely means it has already been notable for two years. If ghits mean anything, 50,000 is enough. DGG 02:57, 30 May 2007 (UTC)
[6] Now shows only 427,000. You might have the google preference for "show only English language results" switched on, which would explain the smaller number: this distribution seems to be particularly popular in Poland, so a large proportion of the results are in Polish. JulesH 10:47, 30 May 2007 (UTC)
Thank you. Well, gah, this is stupid, you searched "KateOS" while I searched "Kate OS", as the article title reads. I'm dropping my request on the basis that Google hits confirm sufficient notability.--Chealer 12:27, 30 May 2007 (UTC)
And while the Micromart article might say it looks at every linux distribution in existence, it clearly doesn't, so it is selective. Besides, selectivity isn't really a requirement: only the fact that reliable, secondary sources exist, and this is a reliable secondary source. JulesH 10:49, 30 May 2007 (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.