Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Zenburn
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- 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 delete. Veinor (talk to me) 16:13, 28 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
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This is a color scheme for highlighting text in various programming environments. Not standalone software; doesn't even come close to passing WP:PRODUCT. Contested prod. Jfire (talk) 16:24, 22 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- Note: This debate has been included in the list of Software-related deletion discussions. -- Fabrictramp (talk) 16:42, 22 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- Delete - no independent coverage, and unlikely to ever get any. This is just a colour scheme someone came up with one day. -- Mark Chovain 21:37, 22 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- Hi, I'm the author of Zenburn. Yes, Zenburn is nothing special, it's definitely not a product, just a color scheme which many people use and have ported to different editing environments. My guess is that the page at Wikipedia seems to have originally been created by one of those users. I agree with the verdict to delete - it clearly does not reach the high standards which Wikipedia demands of contributions. However, I disagree with the comment "unlikely to ever get any [independent coverage]". 90.224.116.18 (talk) 19:17, 23 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- Comment. It already does have some independent coverage on several blogs[1]. It is extremely unlikely that a mere color scheme will get coverage that will count as a RS. Blogs are pretty much all we can expect, and I don't know of any particular color scheme that has attracted such level of attention. I agree that by Wikipedia's standards the article should be deleted, but just wanted to point out that the color scheme does have some level of notability. — Kieff | Talk 23:56, 23 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- Useless Comment. I am an avid user of Zenburn, and though I also agree that this article does not meet the important WP standards for inclusion (and should be removed), I will be a little sad if it is deleted; I came upon this discussion precisely because I was looking for information on this colorscheme. I wish there were a project devoted to recording passing minutia with as much attention to detail as WP, so that things like this would have a home. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.171.98.125 (talk) 13:37, 24 April 2008 (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.