Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Blinkenlights


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The result was   halten. Ron Ritzman (talk) 23:05, 16 October 2010 (UTC)

Blinkenlights

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No sources beyond a single Jargon File entry, which may or may not be a RS. Only hits I found were books/articles/etc. that used the term without discussing its origin, etymology, etc. Ten Pound Hammer, his otters and a clue-bat • (Otters want attention) 22:53, 9 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Technology-related deletion discussions.  -- • Gene93k (talk) 00:45, 10 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Weak Keep Found and added two book references. It is attributed to IBM 1955. Well known among computer geeks in the era of blinking lights on front panels of computers, if not the most important bit of humor in the world. Edison (talk) 01:12, 10 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Another Weak Keep - the de.wiki article (de:Blinkenlights (Jargon)) quotes a number of book references, so apparently it's possible to source the article. Unfortunately I don't have access to any of the books de lists as a reference, so i don't want to add them to our article without checking what the sources actually say. -- Ferkelparade &pi; 20:28, 11 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Weak keep - It's origin is a joke poster written in faux German. But its usage to refer to diagnotic LED lights on computers and telecommuncations equipment persists.  book documents it with a writeup of over 1 page which goes beyond a passing mention.  There's code snippets in progamming books describing how to program your own Blinkenlights.  There's other writeups too.  This a weak keep for me because it borders on a dictionary definition for a slang term for LED diagnostic and status lights. -- Whpq (talk) 13:37, 13 October 2010 (UTC)
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