Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Backtesting software Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Backtesting_software

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 Automated trading system. (non-admin closure) Armbrust, B.Ed. ^{Let's talk}_{about my edits?} 12:33, 21 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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The article is not specifically notable on its own nor particularly helpful or well-written. Best I could suggest is to write a paragraph into Automated trading system, and redirect to it. Delete the references which seem more promotional than helpful. — billinghurst sDrewth 12:05, 14 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

• Merge, redirect The article probably contains a verifiable fact, but most of it at present is a list of commercial links which look very close to advertising, I think we should remove them. What's left is currently unsourced and probably best as a brief section in Automated trading system as billinghurst suggests. Chiswick Chap (talk) 17:44, 14 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Business-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 01:29, 15 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Software-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 01:29, 15 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

• Merge and redirect, at least in the interim, per Chiswick Chap. I removed the "references" which didn't really speak to the subject at hand. Article seems to describe a type of software for developing trading algorithms by running them on historical data sets. For most types of software like this, it would be much more desirable to have workable articles about the product category rather than dozens of spam stubs about non-notable individual packages, so this may support a future article. - Smerdis of Tlön - killing the human spirit since 2003! 01:53, 15 January 2012 (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.