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This Firefox extension fails WP:GNG and WP:NSOFT. Article has been tagged as needing updates since 2011 and the extension itself has been deprecated for years. Sourcing is very weak and all coverage I could find is either routine or from unreliable sources such as blogs or usergroups. MidnightMayhem (talk) 00:24, 10 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Internet and Software. WCQuidditch ☎ ✎ 00:56, 10 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete: I can only find github items for replacement software or “new version”. Sourcing now in the article is blogs or primary items. Nothing that I see for notability. Oaktree b (talk) 16:19, 10 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep Found various sources, many of which are informal (blogs, etc.), but there is:
  • this piece in Medium (“Will Ubiquity for Firefox change the way we use the web?”) from 2008 but as a blog service Medium’s reliability is questionable.
  • There is a lengthy article in Wired, (“Ubiquity Add-on for Firefox Gets an Update, New Interface”) also from 2008.
  • Wired update from 2009.
  • There is an article in InformationWeek (InformationWeek. 2009. “Mozilla Updates Firefox Tool Ubiquity; Version 1.5. Includes Command Memory and Command Matching That Functions Similarly to the Firefox 3 ‘Awesome Bar.’” January 15. EBSCOhost) but that I can’t access.
  • There’s a short (3-4 paragraphs) one from The Telegraph (“Ubiquity: the Firefox 3 add-on you have to see.” Telegraph Online, 27 Aug. 2008.)
  • “Mozilla Announces Ubiquity for Universal Access” By: Don Reisinger In: Mashable.com, August 26, 2008
  • “Mozilla Introduces Language-Based Add On Ubiquity” PC Magazine 2008 (can’t access) etc. I think this shows that there was considerable interest at the time. Someone with better access to EBSCO might find more. Lamona (talk) 20:43, 16 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Relisting comment: Relisting as no consensus has formed yet and discussion of the sources provided by @Lamona would be beneficial here.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, 11WB (talk) 01:47, 17 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep – As per @Lamona, this extension has been mentioned on several outlets and seems to have been developed by Mozilla themselves. By the looks of it, the extension has been abandoned since 2011, so perhaps we could just update the article and untag it as needing update.

Oakchris1955 (talk) 09:14, 17 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]