Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Black Screen of Death


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The result was   keep. Big Dom  16:43, 30 March 2011 (UTC)

Black Screen of Death

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The notability of this colloquial term is not verifiable by reliable sources. Most of the referenced sources, which cannot be considered reliable sources, do not even use the term “black screen of death” - calling it instead “black screen issues”. Original research is unverifiable. Onthegogo (talk) 01:39, 23 March 2011 (UTC) Onthegogo (talk) 01:39, 23 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Keep. A search on books, even limited to ones that give preview or full view, shows various reliable sources that discuss the subject in some depth, describing symptoms, causes and remedies. Ditto with a search on scholar. The article is poorly sourced, possibly contains some original research, and should be improved. But the subject is clearly notable and deserves an article. An article should only be deleted if the subject is not notable, or the article contains material such as copyright violations or slander that has to be permanently removed for legal reasons. That is not the case here. Aymatth2 (talk) 14:14, 23 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Computing-related deletion discussions.  -- • Gene93k (talk) 15:47, 24 March 2011 (UTC)


 * Speedy Keep per WP:BEFORE. 951 Google News hits for the exact phrase. Anarchangel (talk) 07:57, 27 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Keep notable term. Article could use cleaning up, but it is notable. Blake (Talk·Edits) 14:42, 30 March 2011 (UTC)
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