Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Elastic tabstops


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The result was   redirect to Tab stop. Merge can take place from the history — Crisco 1492 (talk) 09:03, 19 September 2013 (UTC)

Elastic tabstops

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Fails WP:GNG – all sources are self-published and hence unreliable, only provide trivial coverage, or both. I'd have proposed a merge into Tab stop, but that article already mentions elastic tabstops, and I don't think the topic warrants more coverage than it already has there per UNDUE. —me_and 15:18, 11 September 2013 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Computing-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 02:13, 12 September 2013 (UTC)


 * Merge to tabstop. The concept is mentioned there, but it's explained here. The concept has generated some buzz,   so a brief explanation at a related article is adequate. The article contains freely licensed images that show it clearly with few words, there's no need to lose those. Diego (talk) 12:11, 12 September 2013 (UTC)
 * You think Tabstop should have more coverage of this subject than it already has? I'd consider this a very small side-note to the wider topic of tabstops, and I think any more detailed coverage on that article would breach WP:UNDUE. —me_and 09:37, 17 September 2013 (UTC)
 * Why so? Tabstop is an article about all kind of tabstops, of which this implementation is a particular instance. The sources are certainly not enough for a stand-alone article, but article content is not subject to notability, and the idea has been implemented by several third parties (various libraries for popular editors exist).
 * Actually saying that "there exist such thing as elastic tabstops" and then not explaining what that thing is, is not giving proper weight either; it's loosy writing. Why mention it there if its not relevant, and why leave readers without knowing what such thing is? I'm not suggesting merging everything here; only a short definition and the free-licensed image, which also helps illustrate the main concept of a tabstop. (Also, the concept being described is not strictly a "point of view" that would be over-represented against opposite viewpoints and thus skew neutrality; we can use as many words as we need to properly explain what it is and why we have included it at the tab stop article).
 * A merge and redirect will allow using the definition available in this article with proper attribution, and will preserve the page history in case the concept gets traction and requires further expansion. It will also create a natural redirect for a likely search term. Diego (talk) 12:14, 17 September 2013 (UTC)


 * Delete. This is clearly self-promotion for a personal project that hasn't seen advancement since 2006. Jonrock (talk) 03:55, 17 September 2013 (UTC)
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