Template talk:Latest preview software release/Gpg4win
 | This template was considered for deletion on 31 August 2016. The result of the discussion was "withdrawn". |
Contested deletion[edit]
This page is not unambiguously promotional, because...
it describes the best established (to my knowledge) Free / Open Source Software (GPL licensed) for email and file encryption for Microsoft Windows: Gpg4win
Furthermore, it was an update to the reference for the Gpg4win betas, which seems to have triggered the "content deletion" process. The old reference was pointing to a Readme file for an older Gpg4win beta version, and as there is no Readme file for the recent beta version, hence I chose its download directory as reference. I do not believe that this change fulfills any criteria of Wikipedia:Spam#Citation_spam.
Also, the Gpg4win Wikipedia page is not "a page you [/ I] created"[1] and I cannot see, that "it is obvious advertising or promotional material"[2], as it deals with a non-commercial Free Software product (GPL licensed), which is widely used.
The item discussed definitely bears notability and the page in its current state follows the basic Wikipedia guidelines, as far as I can see. In my opinion it clearly does not meet the Wikipedia:Criteria_for_speedy_deletion and its brief version Wikipedia:Criteria_for_speedy_deletion/Deletion_templates at all. Actually this tag made me review the wikipedia in-/exclusion criteria thoroughly, and I cannot see any concrete violation of these (e.g. Wikipedia:Spam or What_Wikipedia_is_not#Wikipedia_is_not_a_soapbox_or_means_of_promotion). Now more than before I fail to comprehend, why the page meets any criteria for deletion, especially not a speedy one by marking it as spam.
Please provide specific reasons for your tagging as "db-g11" (= "db-spam"), as your motivation does not become obvious, leading to utterly frustrated contributors (actually this made the German Wikipedia stall). And please use the powers that you requested this morning and have been granted by User:BU_Rob13 this afternoon (actually 4 minutes before you placed the tag) responsibly, as he already noted.
Gpg4win is a Free Software community project, which I feel being part of, without any commercial interests.
Best regards — Preceding unsigned comment added by 95.223.161.64 (talk) 19:49, 30 August 2016 (UTC)
- ^ Marvellous Spider-Man, Speedy deletion nomination of "Template:Latest preview software release/Gpg4win", 17:36, 30 August 2016 (UTC)
- ^ Marvellous Spider-Man, Speedy deletion nomination of "Template:Latest preview software release/Gpg4win", 17:36, 30 August 2016 (UTC)