Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/October Open Game License
This entry describes an open source license which wasn't used and no longer exists, and at this point the Wikipedia entry is nothing more than a link to the Creative Commons license. The only purpose for keeping this entry active would be to argue over it (POV-heavy edits have already been added and deleted a couple of times), which the authors of the subject of the entry (of whom I am one) deem to be a colossal waste of time. I think Wikipedia would be improved by just removing the article. Bblackmoor 02:06, 1 Nov 2004 (UTC)
- Delete. Mrwojo 14:38, 1 Nov 2004 (UTC)
- Delete: Wasn't used, so no point in preserving it for history, and not active, so no point in preserving it for contemporary information. Geogre 15:30, 1 Nov 2004 (UTC)
- Keep: it is misleading to assume that this license is inactive, in fact there are still systems and sites out their who have and are still publishing their material under the OOGL, for example the al'Fresco RPG and the Jazz RPG. Also, this should be kept for historical reasons as one of the first alternatives to the OGL. Please note that Bblackmoor is the author of this license and may have other reasons than those stated for deleting this page. --Axon 14:17, 5 Nov 2004 (UTC)
- Delete: Non-notable, POV, Fancruft (members of the "open source" community can be just as vocal and subjective as any Star Trek or Buffy fan). Incidentally, the "keep" note above is from Axon, one of the people who keeps adding POV to the entry. Axon also deleted the "marked for deletion" tag (which I have restored).
For the record, the "al fresco" game (which is, as far as I know, the first and only third-party game ever released under the OOGL) has long since been released under a Creative Commons license. The authors of that game specifically request people not to use the OOGL. The argument for keeping this entry active amounts to little more than making it a vanity page for Richard Stallman. The guy has his own wikipedia entry: he does not need another one. -- Bblackmoor 18:20, 5 Nov 2004 (UTC) - Keep Notable topic. --L33tminion | (talk) 16:21, Nov 5, 2004 (UTC)
- Delete. One use of the license hardly makes it notable. Wile E. Heresiarch 23:20, 6 Nov 2004 (UTC)