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The result was delete. Star Mississippi 14:43, 5 May 2024 (UTC)
List of rogue security software
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Inherently against WP:NOTDIR/ WP:NOTDATABASE. Wikipedia is not a malware database. * Pppery * it has begun... 14:57, 27 April 2024 (UTC)
- Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Software and Lists. Spiderone (Talk to Spider) 15:31, 27 April 2024 (UTC)
- Keep Enough notable entries to justify a list. –
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- Really? A large number of the bluelinks are duplicates pointing to the same set of articles, and a large number of the remainder are themselves undergoing deletion processes as non-notable.. * Pppery * it has begun... 16:12, 27 April 2024 (UTC)
KeepDelete- Agree with nom, Wikipedia should not serve as a database for malware every and all malware samples. Most of the entries on this list are non-notable (failing WP:SUSTAINED) Sohom ( talk) 15:25, 29 April 2024 (UTC)- @ Sohom Datta: Did you mean to support deletion? This looks like a delete argument but "keep" is bolded. * Pppery * it has begun... 16:01, 29 April 2024 (UTC)
- Delete: as per WP:NOTDATABASE and because many of these entries do not have an article. StreetcarEnjoyer (talk) 17:59, 29 April 2024 (UTC)
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