Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Cobalt (CAD program), Gallery of ray tracings


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The result was   Speedy delete per OP's request. Alexf(talk) 12:12, 11 March 2010 (UTC)

Cobalt (CAD program), Gallery of ray tracings

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Unable to see how this is suitable content for an encyclopaedia. WP:CFORK and What Wikipedia is not seem to apply. This appears to be nothing more than a forum for advertising the authors work and/or capabilities of a particular CAD package. wjemather bigissue 22:36, 10 March 2010 (UTC)


 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Computing-related deletion discussions.  —wjemather bigissue  22:39, 10 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Software-related deletion discussions.  —wjemather bigissue  22:39, 10 March 2010 (UTC)


 * Keep Seems clear enough to me. Right at the top of the gallery is an invitation to others to contribute “&thinsp;‘Topical and germane‘ additions … [that] … should be of interest to readers interested in Cobalt’s solid-modeling and image-rendering capabilities.” That’s pretty much what Wikipedia is about: the community adding topical and germane content that should be of interest to the reader. I think the nominator presumes nefarious motives where none exist. Greg L (talk) 23:44, 10 March 2010 (UTC)


 * Delete- whether or not this article is intended to promote the product or the author's artwork, this should not be on Wikipedia. This is an encyclopedia, not an accumulation of images. Reyk  YO!  23:51, 10 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep—I see no reason to remove images that help non-experts in particular to understand this kind of program. To remove them would be to damage the explanatory function of the article. [Disclosure that I did a little work on this article]. Tony   (talk)  01:06, 11 March 2010 (UTC)


 * Comment I’ve since revised the page to address what I think might be fairly described as a “Facebook”-like nature to it. For the record, what Wjemather objected to was this version of the gallery. I deleted the attributions, which I can see looked like mini-commercials, and I also deleted the open invitation for others to add content. The fact that anyone may contribute to Wikipedia is widely known and such an invitation seemed Facebookish and un-encyclopedic. Thus, this is the version of the Cobalt gallery I would propose going forward from here. I certainly wanted to get those pictures of the watches in the article but there simply isn’t sufficient room for more pictures in the main article without crowding. BTW, a wikifriend suggested the possibility of adding the gallery (as mini-thumbnails) as a section at the bottom of the main article rather than forking it to a separate page. Does this seem a better solution? Greg L (talk) 02:56, 11 March 2010 (UTC)


 * Update It seems others had the same idea. The content has now been imbedded (in a more encyclopedic fashion) into the article. No forking. Wjemather: You started this. I don’t know how to delete an article, which has been blanked. Please, be my guest to do whatever is done now. Greg L (talk) 03:24, 11 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Sounds like a good idea, from my non-expert's vantage point. Tony   (talk)  04:20, 11 March 2010 (UTC)


 * Move to Speedy close seems like it's no a contentious deletion. Ohconfucius  ¡digame! 04:32, 11 March 2010 (UTC)
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