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[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Windows Vista Speech Recognition Tutorial.PNG

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[edit] Why should this article be kept?

This article should be nominated for deletion. While articles about companies and products are allowed (if they pass the criteria of notability), this single features of a product (Vista) is not notable enough. Does anyone have any reason to keep it? Bardcom (talk) 21:23, 2 March 2008 (UTC)

I believe this article satisfy the notability guideline. The feature is included in Vista (which is used by around 10% of all computer users as of March 2008) and used by many people. Numerous references can also be found on the web. I personally feel that, though the article could certainly be expanded and improved, it is as notable as any of the other applications in Microsoft Windows that have individual articles. Stephenchou0722 (talk) 00:02, 3 March 2008 (UTC)
Hi, that's the exact point I'm making. This is not a seperate application, but a feature of Windows Vista. While Vista is notable and has it's own article, this feature on it's own doesn't pass notability. Bardcom (talk) 00:35, 3 March 2008 (UTC)
By what reasoning do you come to the conclusion that the feature alone is not notable? It is used by many people, and reliable references on the feature are available. Stephenchou0722 (talk) 00:37, 3 March 2008 (UTC)
Notability does not extend to features - if the feature is notable, it should be merged with the article on the product. I suppose that's really the point I'm trying to make - a feature on it's own has to be notable in it's own right, and not just because it's part of a notable product. I don't believe that this feature meets the notability guideline on it's own. Speech Recognition has been around for a long while, lot's of vendors have products in this area, it's part of lot's of Operating Systems, it's not even the 1st OS from MS to have it. I agree that Vista does, but why is there something notable about this feature on it's own to merit it's own article? As a seperate point, this article may also be seen to breach WP:NOT. Bardcom (talk) 00:57, 3 March 2008 (UTC)
As you know, it is the first time speech recognition is fully implemented and readily available in Windows. Also, just because a feature was not included in the first version of MS Windows, it does not mean it is not notable. This article focuses solely on the software, and there would be no way that we could merge the contents of this article without losing info. I admit that the article is not at its best now. However, so much more information could be included in this article (e.g. History, more technical detail, criticisms). In addition, I disagree that notability does not extend to features (or else, why do we have articles on Windows Aero, which is technically just a feature of Windows Vista). Stephenchou0722 (talk) 01:46, 3 March 2008 (UTC)
  • Hi Stephenchou0722, Thanks for responding to my query. I'm still inclined to nominate the article for deletion, but I prefer to see articles created than deleted, so let's wait for a few weeks and see if the article is developed. I agree that more data can be added (e.g. History, tech detail, etc), but you need to show why it's notable (beyond the fact that it's a feature in Vista - it must stand on it's own merits). Your point about other features is noted, and in all probability, many of those features might also fail notability, but perhaps there are a few that are notable in their own right. And that's fine and good. But at what point is there a cut off? Bardcom ([[User

talk:Bardcom|talk]]) 13:19, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

We shouldn't delete this article. There is no reason why. It is notable enought and besides it's the first time Microsoft offered a full-feature speech recognition software program built in to the operating system, so this NEWS guys!

In addition, if we only talk about Speech Recognition on the Vista article, it won't have much said about it - like, for example, the way it works, etc.