Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/EasyGraph

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 speedy delete per CSD G7. bibliomaniac 1 5 23:12, 31 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

EasyGraph

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Non-notable software. No claims of notability. My db-ad tag waas removed. Woogee (talk) 00:29, 26 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The author did not remove the db-ad flag Rhodydog (talk) 15:05, 27 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I have amended the distinguishing features column to point out its main notable feature (error propagation). I agree, if there were nothing particularly special about it I wouldn't have included it in the list. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Rhodydog (talk • contribs) 15:16, 27 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Software-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 01:13, 26 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. I can't find any coverage of EasyGraph (nor, indeed of Future Skill Software). No other claim or evidence of notability. Glenfarclas (talk) 03:01, 26 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Its notability rest with its ability to propagate errors in experimental data in to graph axes transformations (a technique used often in engineering and physics). As far as I am aware (but please correct me if I am wrong) this is the only graphing tool that supports this ability. There are a number of non graphing tools which can do this which I have listed in the main EasyGraph page. I have amended the distinguishing features column to reflect this point. Note that many of the listed tools do not have any listed distinguishing features and under these rules I imagine they should be deleted. Rhodydog (talk) 15:13, 27 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Delete, advertising: Features....Simple interface for novice users....Tailored towards Science classes at High School and Colleges.... Permits entry of data errors directly into the spreadsheet.... - Smerdis of Tlön (talk) 15:25, 26 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Agreed, this has been removed and changed to list the software's notable features. Rhodydog (talk) 15:13, 27 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Unfortunately I have been put under considerable pressure to remove this page and all references to EasyGraph. I have been threatened with blocks to all my scholarly editing rights on wikipedia (without notice), websites blacklisted such as my University research web site and preventing search engines from locating my academic work. I don't know if these threats are real or not but I don't want to wait to see if the wikipedia editor in question has that power. I have therefore decided to cave in and let it go. Rhodydog (talk) 16:59, 30 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I also just read the notability in software essays Wikipedia:Notability (software) and Wikipedia:Software notability. I see now that EasyGraph is not yet sufficiently 'notable' to warrant inclusion in the list of graphing software. I still believe it is technically unique but not 'notable'. I think this could have been resolved in a more amiable way without the threats from one of the editors. Rhodydog (talk) 19:04, 30 March 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.