Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Microsoft Spyware (2nd nomination)

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. -- RoySmith (talk) 19:55, 29 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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This underdeveloped article fails WP:POVFORK. The previous AfD was procedurally closed because of an expanded article draft at Talk:Microsoft Spyware/expansion. After a month of discussion, it appears that consensus on the talk page is that the article in its present state should be deleted (there is no useful content to merge). The draft article at Talk:Microsoft Spyware/expansion should be moved to draft space, with Talk:Microsoft Spyware moved to the talk page of the draft article. RJaguar3 | u | t 17:34, 11 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete as per my contributions on said Talk-page. --DanielPharos (talk) 17:55, 11 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
• Comment The default presumption is that the editors of the /expansion draft copied at least some material from this page unless/until it can be shown the didn't or they all assert that they did not. Therefore, unless we know that nothing was copied and this article is deleted, edits prior to 08:52, 23 August 2015‎ of this article should be history-merged into the expansion article as part of the deletion. I have checked and the edits after 08:52, 23 August 2015‎ involve either removing material or they involve AFD-related templates, so nothing will be lost discarding those edits. davidwr/(talk)/(contribs) 20:37, 11 October 2015 (UTC) made irrelevant by user:intgr's comments below. davidwr/(talk)/(contribs) 19:25, 13 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
• Comment Either the nominator's assertion that "consensus on the talk page is that the article in its present state should be deleted (there is no useful content to merge)" is true and the article should be deleted in the spirit of WP:G6 as per the nomination (along with a history-merge if applicable), or the nominator mis-read the discussion and there is consensus and this AFD is premature. I haven't read the discussion yet so I don't have an opinion yet. While it is harmless to wait the full 7 days, I do not see any need to do so - an administrator should come by after 2 or 3 days and see if this can be early-closed as a "G6 deletion" and if so, do it. davidwr/(talk)/(contribs) 20:37, 11 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

  @Davidwr: History merge is not necessary, the articles didn't share any content. The expansion was intended as the replacement for the original. -- intgr [talk] 18:43, 13 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete based on the talk page discussion, it seems that there is consensus and that delete is proper; although I am not sure about editor Ne0Freedom's opinion. The POV title definitely does not need to be saved. See "Microsoft accused of adding spy features to Windows 7, 8" by Peter Bright. There apperas to be no need to merge history, per intgr. --Bejnar (talk) 04:13, 19 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
• Replace with Talk:Microsoft Spyware/expansion. Several references have been given for Microsoft requiring UEFI Secure boot for all new Windows computers, and that discussion has been continuing on --Ne0 (talk) 06:53, 19 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete as WP:POVFORK. The expansion version was discussed and the consensus appears to be to keep it as a draft for the time being: Talk:Microsoft Spyware#WP:MERGE. -- intgr [talk] 07:46, 19 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

To the closing editor: Just a reminder, please honor the nominator's request to retain the talk page. -- intgr [talk] 09:54, 21 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete per WP:NFRINGE, WP:GNG, WP:V and everything else. --177.142.216.204 (talk) 22:06, 24 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Software-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 23:11, 25 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Business-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 23:11, 25 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Computing-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 23:11, 25 October 2015 (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.