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. I discounted the last two keep votes because they were not based in policy Mgm|^(talk) 12:33, 1 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

MikeOS (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) (delete) – (View log)

Non-notable hobbyist OS, fails WP:N. ukexpat (talk) 17:15, 21 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete. I see nothing here that sets it apart from thousands of similar systems, including the one I wrote myself. JulesH (talk) 17:24, 21 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete per nom. hbent (talk) 18:53, 21 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete per nom. JulesH pretty much spoke my mind too. Lewis512 (talk) 20:43, 21 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete - Per nom, non notable OS. — neuro^(talk) 21:44, 21 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete. I found three reliable publications mentioning this OS, and when I read their articles, they all had a brief 3-4 line article stating version 2 was released in almost the same wording, which is probably the result of a press release --> meaning these are not independent references. - Mgm|^(talk) 23:43, 21 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete: See Visopsys's afd and Apollo OS .NoKindOfName (talk) 00:16, 22 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

• Comment - other stuff exists (or has been deleted) is not a constructive argument in deletion discussions. – ukexpat (talk) 20:48, 22 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete - lacks notability. X MarX the Spot (talk) 02:00, 22 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

• Comment - Hi all, MikeOS author here. I just have to let democracy take its course :-) Just let me get some stats in the open:

- Over 10,018 downloads (as of 25 Nov 2008)

- 15 mailing list members

- Three projects based on MikeOS (BareMetal, Apollo, TBOS)

Yes, this is a small project. But it's not the same as "thousands of similar systems" as JulesH claims; could anyone name thousands of OSes that also have over 10,000 downloads? ThanksForLettingAllUsernamesBeTaken (talk) 13:40, 26 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

• comment If the Linux Format magazine mention is of a reasonable size might be keepable but otherwise unlikely to be.Geni 15:42, 25 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

• Comment - It was a half page review (350 words) in the HotPicks section of the magazine. (Note: I work for the mag, but didn't write the article in question) ThanksForLettingAllUsernamesBeTaken (talk) 13:40, 26 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

• keep pending more information on the Linux Format review.Geni 20:56, 25 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so that consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, MBisanz ^talk 03:03, 26 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Keep: I edited the article thoroughly to improve it. I noticed the Visopsys article was deleted. If you undo it, I'll be able to improve it. H4xx0r-666 (talk) 03:10, 26 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete — apparent lack of verifiable secondary sources. Please, like the last couple of AFDs behind this, read the basic policies before starting an article. Surely it is not that hard to click on those links on the navigation bar to the left and read the tutorial, guidelines, etc from them. MuZemike (talk) 08:52, 26 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete - there is no evidence of notability here. - Richard Cavell (talk) 09:03, 26 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
• Comment - More sources/references added to article. ThanksForLettingAllUsernamesBeTaken (talk) 11:15, 26 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
• Very Strong Delete - Non-notable homebrew operating system. Thousands of similar ones, as JulesH said. 10,000 downloads does not establish any notability, nor do any other of those statistics. Also, think WP:COI. _David^WS _(contribs) 13:53, 26 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete per nom. I don't see assertion of notability. There are lots of similar "products" out there. Number of downloads should not confer notability. Independent, verifiable reliable sources do. -- Alexf^(talk) 16:32, 26 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep - it's a thriving OS and probably way better than anything most of us will ever write. Mike's done a good job on this (my TBOS project, mentioned earlier, is partly derivative of MikeOS) so, IMHO, he and the others involved deserve to be acknowledged on WP. And that's 10k more downloads than most other homebrew OSes will get. --Blasterman 95 (talk) 23:22, 26 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete per nom. Clearly not notable.  Xihr  23:30, 26 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep - a good learning material for beginners in OS development. --inflater —Preceding undated comment was added at 07:07, 28 November 2008 (UTC).[reply]
• Note: This debate has been included in the list of Software-related deletion discussions. -- Pcap ping 20:33, 27 November 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.