Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Tomsrtbt

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The result was no consensus. So Why 10:09, 6 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Tomsrtbt

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I can't find any non-trivial, independet coverage on this. The name is quite distinct, so google should produce results, but all I get are some mentions on smaller software websites. A couple of decently sized reviews in magazines would certainly help establishing notability, but I can't find anything like this. wikitigresito (talk) 17:41, 27 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Comment Tom's root boot not notable? I suppose it is possible. It was quite popular back in the day when computers had floppy drives. It was the distro you turned to when debugging system problems, much like Knoppix or perhaps DSL today. There look to be two reliable sources in the article itself: the linux.com news article and the the passage in the O'Reilly book. This book claims Tom's root boot was the most popular Linux microdistribution in the 2000 era when it was published. --Mark viking (talk) 18:07, 27 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Keep per coverage in reliable independent sources noted by Mark viking above in the article already and more. FloridaArmy (talk) 18:31, 27 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Computing-related deletion discussions. MT Train^Talk 06:53, 28 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for your contributions. First, I would like to point out that we as a community tend to have a bias towards tech topics, as many of us are more tech-savvy than the average. Regarding the sources, I would challenge the linux.com article, because the source is not completely independent of the subject. The book you cited is certainly valid, but to me it looks like the subject is only mentioned once without any information about its special features or something like that. wikitigresito (talk) 15:07, 30 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Also, if there other sources, it would be great if you could add them to the article, I'd be happy to withdraw per WP:HEY. wikitigresito (talk) 22:54, 30 April 2018 (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.