Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Downfall of Microsoft in Home Entertainment Industry


 * 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.  MBisanz  talk 01:43, 23 October 2008 (UTC)

Downfall of Microsoft in Home Entertainment Industry

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The language of this article (eg "Our group project focused on the Downfall of Microsoft in Home entertainment Industry. We found that...") makes clear that it is an essay based mainly on original research. Wikipedia is not a publisher of original thought. Iain99Balderdash and piffle 16:09, 18 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete indeed: this is OR, a term paper written for a class. Drmies (talk) 16:33, 18 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Ha, and I said that before I read the talk page. Drmies (talk) 16:36, 18 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete as OR and an essay. Erik the Red  2    16:36, 18 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete personal essay. This was left on the talk page: "This is a college-level class project please allow our page to be posted through the next couple calendar weeks. PLease let us know what we should do??? What are our options? This is for a grade." So it's also using Wikipedia as a repository for homework. Doc StrangeMailbox Logbook 20:13, 18 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Note I was thinking one option would be to delete and move to userspace. If it is in fact a class project, then they had their essay on Wikipedia, just not in the mainspace.--Terrillja (talk) 22:29, 18 October 2008 (UTC)
 * While I have some sympathy for the unfortunate students who've been told to post their project on Wikipedia without any consideration of whether it's likely to pass our core policies or not, Wikipedia is still not a free webhost for college projects, and this applies equally in userspace and mainspace. Iain99Balderdash and piffle 00:19, 19 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Comment - We should not be promoting the idea that it's OK or desirable to put term papers up on Wikipedia, even in the user space. AlexTiefling (talk) 15:35, 20 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete — Wikipedia is not a publisher of original thought nor is it for essays. MuZemike  ( talk ) 23:18, 18 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Business-related deletion discussions.   -- • Gene93k (talk) 03:25, 19 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete. Personal essay and OR/SYN. McWomble (talk) 06:48, 19 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete. There are a whole lot of reasons why it is not a legitimate article and not a single one (that I can think of)to keep it. Roger (talk) 23:10, 19 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete personal essay, Wikipedia is not a free web host. Hut 8.5 17:46, 20 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete: For all the good reasons listed already. Niteshift36 (talk) 20:48, 21 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Snowball delete for obvious reasons. 203.7.140.3 (talk) 01:35, 22 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Computing-related deletion discussions.   —203.7.140.3 (talk) 01:59, 22 October 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.