Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/2B1 conference (3rd nomination)


 * 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. I am judging consensus as "delete" per strength of arguments. There seems to be little to merge, and no clear redirect target. Independent notability for this topic has not been broached. 78.26 (spin me / revolutions) 22:27, 9 December 2019 (UTC)

2B1 conference
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A niche conference that did lead to bigger things like One Laptop per Child and Nation.1 project. But the conference itself does not have any in-depth coverage, it is mentioned in some sources in passing, but itself fails Notability (events). Could perhaps redirect to one of those two projects that spawned from it, if any of them mentions it in their history (OLPC does not, N1 does, so probably the latter). Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus&#124; reply here 07:55, 24 November 2019 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Education-related deletion discussions. Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus&#124; reply here  07:55, 24 November 2019 (UTC)
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 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Massachusetts-related deletion discussions. ...William, is the complaint department really on the roof? 10:46, 24 November 2019 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus. Relisting comment: Need to specify a redirect target for post-merge; it seems like a consensus for a merge however.
 * Merge to the appropriate articles. Reading the rationales set forth in the previous AfDs, there's blather about How Important This Conference Was, but even stipulating that this WAS a conference that led to bigger things, WP:NOTINHERITED and WP:N still exist, and the benchmark as to whether an article can be sustained isn't WP:ITSIMPORTANT but the significant coverage that has not been discovered in the eleven years the article's existed. Anything pertinent about this conference can be summarized in a sentence or two in the other articles.   Ravenswing      18:06, 24 November 2019 (UTC)
 * Merge or delete: Eleven years after the first AfD, the article hasn't changed except for a couple of wikilinks. I cannot find any additional sources with substantial coverage, meaning that this fails even the most basic notability criteria. Pi.1415926535 (talk) 03:40, 25 November 2019 (UTC)
 * Comment': Can people be very specific about where they are merging and can they please say redirect if they intend not to copy any content from source to target. (should be saved with rcat R with history).  If the redirect requires a couple of original sentences on the target to avoid WP:SURPRISE with a copied reference thats okay.  And check the target article's quality will not be compromised.  Thanks.Djm-leighpark (talk) 12:11, 26 November 2019 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk) 10:11, 1 December 2019 (UTC)
 * Comment. Nation.1 seems like a better redirect since it mentions the topic, unlike the other article (OLPC). --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus&#124; reply here  10:09, 2 December 2019 (UTC)
 * Delete What exactly would we be merging? This article is basically a stub and I don't see some great amount of material we'd suddenly send to Nation.1. And Nation.1 is qualitatively different that I am not sure we're doing our readers any favors in redirecting this there. Like if you're curious about this confrence Nation.1 is unhelpful unlike if you're curious about a song and we redirect to the artist is helpful. Best, Barkeep49 (talk) 04:08, 9 December 2019 (UTC)


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