Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/BigBoss

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 merge to IOS jailbreaking. Eddie891 ^Talk _Work 14:09, 2 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

BigBoss

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A blog that does not appear to meet WP:NWEB or WP:GNG; searches along the lines of "BigBoss" "jailbreak" will get a fair few hits but almost nothing exploring BigBoss in any real depth. The best source that I could find was this, which is short of the mark. Spiderone 16:26, 16 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Software-related deletion discussions. Spiderone 16:27, 16 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Websites-related deletion discussions. Spiderone 16:27, 16 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Delete — I totally concur with Spiderone I also do not believe WP:NWEB is met. Celestina007 (talk) 19:15, 16 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
I strongly believe that full deletion is heavy-handed and unhelpful. BigBoss is notable within the context of iOS jailbreaking due to its history as the first software repository. At the very least, it should be merged into iOS jailbreaking or Cydia. WRB (talk) 20:59, 16 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Delete I doubt that WP:GNG or WP:NWEB are met with this website. Lead image also has questionable licensing. P,TO 19104 (talk) (contribs) 21:04, 16 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
I would concede that sources could be much better. Fixing this would bring it inline with WP:NWEB, which is why I think deletion is wholly unjustified. WRB (talk) 21:14, 16 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

If you can show sources that demonstrate that BigBoss has been the subject of multiple non-trivial published works whose source is independent of the site itself as per NWEB or that BigBoss has won a well-known and independent award from either a publication or organization, I will happily change my vote Spiderone 22:41, 16 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

As someone who has experience with BigBoss and other jailbreaking software during its early days, I believe that it is notable in the story of jailbreaking. I believe it should be merged into iOS jailbreaking. Insurance Lovers (talk) 00:52, 18 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

That's fair enough. I wouldn't be opposed to a merge and redirect as I do not believe that this can qualify for its own article on evidence available. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 12:57, 20 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Merge I would concur with the above request to merge this article into iOS jailbreaking at this time, however, if it is not merged in a timely manner and it brought up for AfD again I would consider !voting to delete the article. It does not meet enough notability criteria to stand on its own as per WP:N. --ARoseWolf (Talk) 15:35, 20 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Merge Per above.--Kieran207 talk 22:44, 20 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Vaticidalprophet (talk) 06:12, 24 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Merge: the better home for this article is iOS jailbreaking. This is not Fileforum, not a shareware site, not Sourceforge, nor FreshMeat. --Whiteguru (talk) 06:15, 24 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Merge (and redirect) as suggested above makes sense to me. ~EdGl talk 22:17, 27 January 2021 (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.