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The result was no consensus. Of note is that per the discussion herein, if renominated for deletion at AfD in the future, these articles should likely be nominated separately. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 16:54, 26 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Bspwm[edit]

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They don't have notability and reliable sources, also relies too much on references to primary sources.

I am also nominating the following related pages because they are similar:

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Technology-related deletion discussions. MassiveYR ♠ 07:03, 5 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Computing-related deletion discussions. MassiveYR ♠ 07:03, 5 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Software-related deletion discussions. MassiveYR ♠ 07:03, 5 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Keep AmiWm. No opinion yet on the others. AmiWm has coverage in both Linux and Amiga magazines, I will add some references to the article, if I find the time. Pavlor (talk) 09:00, 5 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Comment. Comparison of X window managers might work as a redirection target. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 17:53, 5 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Entries in one table should have aricle. Editor-1 (talk) 03:46, 6 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]

comment Surely some of these are more notable than others. DGG ( talk ) 18:14, 7 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I think it shouldn´t be problem to find some RS coverage at least for the older of them (Google books previews show at least few paragraphs in books about Linux for entries I tried). However, adding these sources to respective articles is another problem. 12 articles (well 11, as I somewhat improved AmiWM) about topic I don´t care is too much for my taste. On the other hand deleting this part of computer history seems to be too harsh solution. Pavlor (talk) 19:39, 7 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Α Guy into Books™ § (Message) - 14:14, 12 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 01:03, 19 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Comment I am not convinced they should all be judged together, it is easy to make mistakes that way. They are similar but not exactly the same. MartinJones (talk) 18:55, 19 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Comment A quick search affirms QVWM has references in assorted texts pertaining to Linux / Linux desktop administration, as well on relevant publications such as Linux Today. It's well-noted as an early Windows clone desktop environment, and a far cry from twm derivatives and tiling window managers on the list, which regardless of notability are far from 'similar' beyond the '-wm' suffix. 199.76.70.18 (talk)

Comment I'd be willing to bring these articles up to speed, with respect to reliable sources, but I need to know some decent sources. DuckDuckGo searching bspwm returns Reddit, a bspwm for dummies guide that looks more instructive than useful for encyclopaedic information, an ArchWiki article, its GitHub repo and several pages that belong to Q & A websites, the Manjaro bspwm spin, YouTube and bspwm packages. If someone has some decent sources I'd be happy to bring the bspwm and other articles up to speed. Fuse809 (contribs · email · talk · uploads) 15:46, 20 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Each piece of software should really be judged separately. Many are suitable for redirect (WP:ATD-R) and merger, as preferable to deletion. (Feel free to be bold and find redirect targets on your own.) czar 03:29, 26 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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