Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/CDisplay

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The result was keep. enough consensus that it is notable JForget 14:03, 23 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

CDisplay

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I'm having trouble locating independent coverage for this software article. The title does not make it easy (false positives abound). It has been tagged as lacking sources for two years now. CDisplayEx has already been deleted in another AfD, but that was easier to search for. Pcap ping 13:21, 8 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Software-related deletion discussions. -- Pcap ping 13:22, 8 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Weak Keep. The application is in a class by itself. It was hosed on Geocities until that shut down. [email protected] is the author. While not as notable as other image readers and display applications its ability to read comic book files makes it unique. I heard about it for the first time today. --Walter Görlitz (talk) 05:43, 9 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Strong Keep Software is the only notable reader for .cbr .cbz .cb7.cbt and .cba files, all of which are popular with comic book readers. --Iron Chef (talk) 02:12, 10 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- ^{[citation needed]} Pcap ping 04:37, 10 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Delete I'm aware of the program and I use the program and I know it's notable... but... wikipedia articles are based upon verification and I cannot find reliable sources for this article. --Cameron Scott (talk) 05:20, 10 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Comment. Well, it doesn't have to be covered by PC Magazine. The sources need to be reliable for the purpose of documenting comic book usage in the undernets, because I assume it was mostly used for pirated material. (Otherwise there would be mainstream refs for its format if it were adopted by mainstream publishers, I suspect). There must be some equivalents of TorrentFreak and Slyck for comic book material. I just don't know them... Pcap ping 07:45, 10 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Whoever covers it, that source has to considered a RS for our purposes and I can find nothing of that type,even though I know how popular this product is so that's why I am saying delete. Bluntly, if we can't source it, we don't cover it. --Cameron Scott (talk) 09:02, 10 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Keep - The only notable DCP-Comic-Reader for Windows. Still used by everyone who wanna read cbr cbz cb7 cba cbt. --Baruch ben Alexander - ☠☢☣ 03:05, 13 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

It's fine saying "it's notable" but can anyone provide any reliable sources that provide any evidence of that? At the moment, I'm simply seeing a lot of votes and not a lot of !votes...--Cameron Scott (talk) 17:30, 13 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Weakest keep - there are a couple of online sources that give it some mention; ZeroPaid, NetEase and PC-Actual. I'd be willing to withdraw this !vote if the above sites are shown to be unreliable. Regards, Arbitrarily0 ^(talk) 01:19, 16 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, moɳo 06:39, 16 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Keep Very commonly used program (even if it is discontinued) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Pushsense (talk • contribs) 09:37, 19 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I checked its archived home page [1]. The problem is that not even its own home page makes the claims it has introduced all these file formats. So it's really 0 sources right now for the main claim to notability... Pcap ping 15:55, 19 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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.