Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Push Access Protocol
- 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 delete and redirect to Push Proxy Gateway#PAP. Goldsztajn (talk) 11:43, 7 March 2026 (UTC)
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Unsourced since 2005. Fails WP:GNG.4meter4 (talk) 01:04, 13 February 2026 (UTC)
- Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Technology-related deletion discussions. 4meter4 (talk) 01:04, 13 February 2026 (UTC)
Comment: I think that this is a valid argument to delete, but others might disagree. More specifically, the long-time lack of sources creates a reasonable suspicion of lack of notability, which can be overcome by significant coverage on the Internet. There are some mentions in books, but they appear fleeting. This book has a full paragraph description, this refers to its importance, and this has two mentions, one of which I can read. I'm leaning towards a keep, but I need an analysis of the quality of the sources. Bearian (talk) 03:08, 16 February 2026 (UTC)
- Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Svartner (talk) 11:47, 20 February 2026 (UTC) - Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Speedrunz (talk) 02:47, 28 February 2026 (UTC)
- Comment: I believe at least part of the article's current text has come from the company's documentation. The line "This notification (arrow 5, below) tells the Push Initiator that the message was sent (transmitted, as in arrow 3), delivered (confirmation received from wireless device, as in arrow 4), it expired, was cancelled, or there was an error." suggested the text was copied. Identical phrasing appears in this pdf document from 1999.
- SenshiSun (talk) 05:31, 28 February 2026 (UTC)
- That would be a copyright violation, which would be another good reason to delete.4meter4 (talk) 18:06, 28 February 2026 (UTC)
- Delete. This should be a redirect to Push Proxy Gateway#PAP, but likely copyvio makes it best (?) to delete this first. Helpful Raccoon (talk) 05:00, 4 March 2026 (UTC)
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