Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Exciting Powerpoint presentations in 7 easy steps


 * 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 Snowball Delete -- JForget  22:46, 17 November 2008 (UTC)

Exciting Powerpoint presentations in 7 easy steps

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WP:NOTHOWTO. KurtRaschke (talk) 21:17, 13 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Edifying AFD rationale in a mere 5 easy steps:
 * Read the article and its edit history.
 * Read Five Pillars and observe that Wikipedia is an encyclopaedia.
 * Read What Wikipedia is not and observe that Wikipedia is not a tutorial.
 * Observe that there isn't actually a subject for an encyclopaedia article here, and that this article is not an attempt at writing one, but an attempt at writing a tutorial for using Microsoft PowerPoint. (Also observe the existence of a far better tutorial that already exists at Microsoft Office PowerPoint.)
 * Conclude, per Deletion policy:
 * Delete. Uncle G (talk) 21:40, 13 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete in just one easy step. How-to guide. &mdash; RHaworth (Talk | contribs) 22:26, 13 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Speedy delete as how-to guide ChildofMidnight (talk) 22:33, 13 November 2008 (UTC)
 * That's not one of the speedy delete criteria so I removed the tag. Paul Erik  (talk) (contribs) 23:13, 13 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Well, that would explain why I couldn't find it in the speedy delete articles. But if how-to guides aren't allowed I don't know why they can't be speedy deleted. ChildofMidnight (talk) 00:09, 14 November 2008 (UTC)


 * Well, while I'm here I may as well add: delete per What Wikipedia is not. Paul Erik  (talk) (contribs) 23:15, 13 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Comment This is the author's first contribution to Wikipedia, and we welcome new contributors. The article is nicely written, but Wikipedia has a strict rule that says, entitled "Instruction manuals", that says "While Wikipedia has descriptions of people, places and things, a Wikipedia article should not read like a how-to style manual of instructions, advice (legal, medical or otherwise) or suggestions, or contain how-tos. This includes tutorials, walk-throughs, instruction manuals, game guides and recipes.[4] If you are interested in a how-to style manual, you may want to look at wikiHow or our sister project Wikibooks."  It's listed under WP:NOTHOWTO.  None of the people in this discussion have anything against you (the author); we're just referring to the ground rules for articles here.  You're new, you probably weren't aware of this particular rule, we hope you'll keep contributing.  Welcome to Wikipedia. Mandsford (talk) 02:07, 14 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Comment. Mansford, that's class.  Bless you.  --Lockley (talk) 05:20, 15 November 2008 (UTC)


 * Thanks. What I love about Wikipedia is that we all get a chance to write.  Everything gets published, though not everything gets to stay published.  Overall, it's a great community to be part of. Mandsford (talk) 13:50, 17 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete may be WP:USEFUL, but not appropriate content for WP. JJL (talk) 04:52, 14 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Speedy delete Under WP is not a how-to guide.  Lugnuts  (talk) 07:45, 14 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete WP:NOTHOWTO pretty much covers this. Doc StrangeMailbox Logbook 14:45, 14 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete. Not a speedy candidate, though, but it is, as noted above, a how-to page.  - Smerdis of Tlön (talk) 15:35, 14 November 2008 (UTC)


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