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This page was proposed for deletion by Piotrus (talk · contribs) on 18 March 2019 with the comment:
The coverage (references, external links, etc.) does not seem sufficient to justify this article passing Wikipedia:General notability guideline and the more detailed Wikipedia:Notability (software) requirement.
It was contested by Djm-leighpark (talk · contribs) on 2019-03-25

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Of interestinmg note

The ebook The Routledge Companion to Global Internet Histories edited by Gerard Goggin, Mark McLelland on P.185 ISBN: 9781317607656 in chapter? A brief history of the Taiwanese internet indicates there ought to be a potential merge target to Power BBS which was the ancestor .. Phoenix BBS is another target .. but these articles may not exist. Hmmm..... Djm-leighpark (talk) 08:32, 25 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

BBS relationships .. I am unable to confirm 100% accuracy but it shows the general gist of where Firebird BBS sits.

Development opportunity

This seems to be a significant BBS in the development of Chinese language BBS. However I do not believe it is sufficiently notable on its own. An article covering the development of Chinese language BBS would be more useful ... which may be achieved by renaming this to *perhaps* Formosa BBS and developing the family from that. However I certainly need more time to check this out fully (I may not succeed) and I don't want to rush a page rename until I am read to do so. P185 of The Routledge Companion to Global Internet Histories gives some information that appears to have backing from independent sources. If you are in a hurry to take this to AfD before it is developed please contact me first. Thankyou.Djm-leighpark (talk) 09:21, 25 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@Djm-leighpark: When do you think you can finish improving this? Right now it does not look IMHO like something that would survive an AfD and I can't see sources to convince me this is notable. --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 10:04, 29 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

As you will appreciate, or perhaps seem not to appreciate, I am quite busy. I am also dealing with other issues both RL (I've had to organise the doctor at the for someone yesterday and that has and is having knock on impact) and otherwise at the moment. Even you yourself are continuing to PROD at a significant rate which quite frankly is not helpful. So there is no rush. I think I demonstrated previously I will not attempt to improve an article unless I have a reasonable chance of success. There is no reason to rush. Thankyou.Djm-leighpark (talk) 10:18, 29 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Page move to Formosa BBS

While I had hoped to the delay the article move until I was more certainof a new title the PRODing of Maple BBS which will only survive as a redirect will need to point at this article. Thankyou.Djm-leighpark (talk) 20:04, 29 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Misc Refs

Djm-leighpark (talk) 21:01, 29 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

BBS Useful but effectively a wiki - written from a mainland China viewpoint Djm-leighpark (talk) 18:01, 2 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

China

This article may well end up scoped around Taiwanese (Republic of China (ROC)) BBS and may not bring any (People's Republic of China (PRC)) into scope. I have only the smallest idea of the politics here and should and sometimes rely on google translate and if I make a silly mistake please feel free to correct me. Thankyou.Djm-leighpark (talk) 07:05, 30 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]