English Wikipedia @ Freddythechick:Articles for deletion/Edit (application)

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 merge to TeachText. J04n(talk page) 11:13, 25 February 2013 (UTC)

Edit (application)

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This article about a former application for Apple computers appears to be non-notable in reliable sources to indicate significant coverage. It was created in July 2002 by an anon, when the notability requirements were much smaller and unregistered editors could still create new pages. Generally, the only sources available are self-published such as Wikia. Its newer software, TeachText, has also been nominated for deletion due to the same concerns. TBrandley ^{(what's up)} 20:07, 11 February 2013 (UTC)

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Software-related deletion discussions. LlamaAl (talk) 23:05, 11 February 2013 (UTC)

Comment While not yet having searched for sources relating to this Apple software, this is a generic title for applications across a range of platforms. (For example the Acorn application of the same title is contained within the list of RISC OS bundled applications.) There is no deadline, and it should be considered that many such individual applications could have their respective articles created one day. At such a point in time, Edit (application) would be the disambiguation page. (I was about to suggest a move to Edit (Apple) or similar if notability isn't established, and a subsequent redirect to TeachText or SimpleText... but see that the nominator has AFD'd those too.) -- Trevj (talk) 09:36, 13 February 2013 (UTC)

Note: This debate has been included in the Article Rescue Squadron's list of content for rescue consideration. - ʈucoxn\^talk 05:53, 16 February 2013 (UTC)

Keep or merge (Open to WP:Heyman save.) A predecessor to all text editing on a platform seems like content we want to keep. Insomesia (talk) 21:43, 16 February 2013 (UTC)
Keep The topic is notable. I'm stretched thin trying to find sources because the nominator submitted three AfDs for Apple text editing software: TeachText, TextEdit, and Edit (application). Deleting this and the previously mentioned articles would be like deleting the articles for the Microsoft Windows programs WordPad and Notepad -- both programs of un-arguable notability. - ʈucoxn\^talk 03:42, 17 February 2013 (UTC)

I'm working on finding some sources for this article. I'd like to request an extension of this AfD so that I can complete my search. Thanks! - ʈucoxn\^talk 20:58, 17 February 2013 (UTC)

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

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Michaelzeng7 (talk) 17:00, 18 February 2013 (UTC)

Redirect to TeachText (and merge the useful and relevant material into TeachText too). Toffanin (talk) 20:17, 18 February 2013 (UTC)
Delete because of the generic name but merge the one-liner info into TeachText successor. EnTerr (talk) 04:02, 21 February 2013 (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.