Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Alphabet Synthesis Machine (2nd nomination)


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The result was keep following the addition of further references. A subsequent merge to Scribble may or may not be appropriate. Neıl ☎  10:07, 8 January 2008 (UTC)

Alphabet Synthesis Machine
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procedural nomination&mdash;Version brought to AFD: This was previously considered at AfD with an outcome that teetered on 'no consensus'. The PROD nominater stated simply "Nonnotable", with which I tend to agree. User:Ceyockey ( talk to me ) 01:46, 31 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Visual arts-related deletion discussions.   —User:Ceyockey ( talk to me ) 01:52, 31 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep Searching for it turns up a fair amount of it, the PBS link added, with a few others, may be enough to establish notability, although the content of what I can find is pretty much gibberish to myself (as such, I'm not going to try and edit the article lest I make it a complete mess). Aeternitas827 (talk) 02:07, 31 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Comment (see this version for my additions) I did a good-faith examination of the web in search of items and have populated a new 'references' section and the 'external links' section. I would not consider the PBS link to be an independent source because PBS and Art21 commissioned the work, which means they are involved and there is a potential conflict of interest.  The only reliable source other than that which I could find (though there are LOTS of blog entries - everybody seems to feel the thing is way cool) is an interview with the primary artist in a magazine published online by the Centre international d'art contemporain de Montréal. --User:Ceyockey ( talk to me ) 02:15, 31 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep THis article has good external links, and a decent amount of context. Article should be kept. Ohmpandya   ( Talk )  03:26, 31 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Weak keep, the source material looks sufficient.--h i s  s p a c e   r e s e a r c h 14:53, 31 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete Non-notable piece of art, interesting only insofar as it took the form of a computer program producing doodles that it stored in TrueType font format. For the internet phenomenon that it is, one would expect a lot more of reference links before considering keeping this article.  It has not generated any media attention and is not likely to do so anymore, because its site is down and the Alphabet Synthesis Machine is no longer operational. Freederick (talk) 14:17, 7 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Comment I found an article here describing the art form that the ASM is producing. Perhaps this article could be merged there?  Freederick (talk) 14:24, 7 January 2008 (UTC)


 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. 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.