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DOCMaker

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Not notable; could not find any reliable sources for the product. msk 02:23, 27 March 2026 (UTC)

• Delete: Fails GNG and WP:NSOFT. Couldn't find anything in a WP:BEFORE search. –DMartin (talk) 02:37, 27 March 2026 (UTC)

  It was nominated for an award in MacUser magazine in 1993. https://vintageapple.org/macuser/pdf/MacUser_9310_October_1993.pdf Iwojtowicz (talk) 05:01, 27 March 2026 (UTC)

• Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Computing and Software. I am bad at usernames (talk · contribs) 02:43, 27 March 2026 (UTC)
• Keep Was covered by MacUser, MacWorld, and MCmicrocomputer [it] Kelob2678 (talk) 10:05, 27 March 2026 (UTC)
• Delete, fails GNG. The author has admitted to using LLMs for creating articles and writing new content. And short as it is, this stub reads like it was generated, the statement that [it] was a popular format seems like WP:OR. --Gurkubondinn (talk) 10:26, 27 March 2026 (UTC)

  Keep because it has been rewritten by Jumpytoo without using AI. --Gurkubondinn (talk) 00:03, 29 March 2026 (UTC)

• Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Suspected AI-generated articles-related deletion discussions. WCQuidditch ☎ ✎ 16:05, 27 March 2026 (UTC)
• Comment - from personal experience, this was a somewhat common format for Macintosh software documentation in the early to mid-1990s; it was used by Apple themselves for the CD-ROM edition of Inside Macintosh, for example. Online coverage is going to be sparse given the time period; a comprehensive search of print sources might turn up more coverage. Omphalographer (talk) 20:16, 27 March 2026 (UTC)
• Keep Another source from MacFormat . I rewrote the article with human hands. Jumpytoo Talk 05:42, 28 March 2026 (UTC)

  That looks like a good improvement. Thanks. Stepwise Continuous Dysfunction (talk) 06:47, 28 March 2026 (UTC)

• Question Is there anywhere to which this might be merged? The sources found above make a good start for a notability case, I think, but we run the risk of it being a perma-stub. Stepwise Continuous Dysfunction (talk) 07:46, 28 March 2026 (UTC)
• Weak Keep Some sources (MacWelt, MacFormat) show the article subject may be notable. Sourcing could be better, but I expect other similar sources as presented here exist offline. Pavlor (talk) 05:18, 30 March 2026 (UTC)

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Svartner (talk) 00:03, 4 April 2026 (UTC)

• Keep with the proviso that merging should be strongly considered if a good target is identified. Stepwise Continuous Dysfunction (talk) 01:44, 5 April 2026 (UTC)

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