Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/FlashGet

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 of the debate was Keep both (fair majority). Garrett^Talk 05:53, 16 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]

FlashGet and GetRight[edit]

Delete Appears to be advertisment Refdoc 10:11, 8 Mar 2005 (UTC)
KEEP This is legit software. A little story: I am going to be downloading an extension for Mozilla Firefox that is an autodownloader but you *MUST* have a download manager installed for it to work, and it lists ~15 that are compatible. I came here looking for info on download managers and one that is compatible was FlashGet. What do I see when I get here, people trying to delete the info that I needed, stop it ;). My second comment is that if you look at this article it is not an advertisement, and if it was then delete the parts out that are NPOV that make it an 'advertisement'. It isn't that hard. --ShaunMacPherson 01:03, 11 Apr 2005 (UTC)
- Not to sound rude, but I'm curious... WHY would you come to an encyclopedia looking for compatible files for ("Gotright", is it?) when that product's own page would clearly say which ones it supports??? Master Thief Garrett 07:30, 24 Apr 2005 (UTC)
Delete FlashGet, Weak Keep GetRight, we are NOT Download.com, go there if you want files. This is shareware, and shareware by its nature is a self-proclaiming ad whether you like it or not. Wikipedia is not to be a vehicle for indirect ads, nor in any way to be seen as promoting or recommending or influencing the purchase of product(s). Please, delete. Master Thief Garrett 07:30, 24 Apr 2005 (UTC)
- Added GetRight; if FlashGet is to go, then, by that logic, it's only "fair" that GetRight should go too. Despite being a fan of Getright myself, the point is that it is not necessarily encyclopedic. Master Thief Garrett 07:34, 24 Apr 2005 (UTC)
Delete FlashGet and Keep GetRight. The latter is well-known software; the former is not. Firebug 07:36, 24 Apr 2005 (UTC)
- Ah, that is also true! Very true. Master Thief Garrett 12:28, 24 Apr 2005 (UTC)
Delete both, or Rewrite both. --minghong 10:13, 5 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Keep and rewrite both. FlashGet is quite well-known - maybe not as much as Getright, but that didn't stop a popular local computer magazine from bringing FlashGet on the accompanying CDs years before they did the same with GetRight. --Pidgeot (t) (c) (e) 21:29, 7 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. They are rather well-known. -Hapsiainen 11:38, May 11, 2005 (UTC)
Keep. At least with GetRight - it is a respectable program that is very well-known. Go to any site with an unorthodox download system which doesn't work too well with download managers, and GetRight is the first example that they will always quote. Could do with expanding though, I'll take on the task later on if the deletion doesn't get carried out. - Jamyskis 17:09, May 12, 2005 (CET)
Keep. I definitely know that FlashGet is VERY popular software in Russia, not just yet-another-shareware-downloader. You allow here articles about MS Windows, Opera etc., don't you? That is just the case. --Anthony Ivanoff 15:06, 26 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. I don't see how it matters that they're shareware and contain ads (a lot of programs do, e.g. Opera); they're well-used, and popular enough to merit a mention here. The articles' existence are useful even if only in comparison with other download managers, which I think is important information in an online encyclopedia. If necessary, rewrite the articles. --Phoenix-forgotten 04:28, 2005 May 28 (UTC)
Keep. I don't know all Download Managers, but I knew FlashGet and Getright. While I accept that their inclusion is somewhat weird, an article about Download Managers justifies a list of download managers, and that list justifies both articles. Another Wikipedian 03:38, 15 Jun 2005 (UTC).
Keep. Notable software. Factitious June 29, 2005 02:08 (UTC)
Keep both per above. Dcarrano 23:51, July 13, 2005 (UTC)
Keep Getright and a Weak Keep for Flashget, following on from reasons above, and I'd also echo the rewriting requests. In fact, would it perhaps be better for us to merge all these download managers into a single page/list? There doesn't seem to be that much that is remarkable about each of them individually. --StoneColdCrazy 05:30, 16 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]
- It might. Try adding a {{merge}} tag to them and see what happens. Or just be bold. Regardless this has gone on too long so I'm closing the Vfd. Garrett^Talk 05:53, 16 July 2005 (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.