Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Intent-based networking


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The result was delete. Spartaz Humbug! 05:55, 22 February 2018 (UTC)

Intent-based networking

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A puff-piece for Gartner; is this a notable term of just another lump of wannabee jargon. TheLongTone (talk) 14:05, 14 February 2018 (UTC)

Author removed much of the opinion attributed to Gartner. They did coin the term and the definition, and are often thought of as a neutral, credible source, but the focus should be on research and development across the industry. The term is no less notable at this point than other related terms like Software Defined Networking, or IT network assurance and many others. Virtually every IT networking vendor in the industry has gotten behind this technology with plans to develop solutions as documented in the article. Gkinghorn (talk) 16:24, 14 February 2018 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Technology-related deletion discussions. The Mighty Glen (talk) 22:41, 14 February 2018 (UTC)
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 * Delete -- WP:TOOSOON & seems to be WP:ADVOCACY at this point, with the article peppered with vendor names, such as:
 * Cisco became the first large commercial networking vendor to embrace intent-based networking in June, 2017, saying the technology...
 * There may be a notable topic here somewhere (of which I'm not convinced), but this article ain't it. K.e.coffman (talk) 01:14, 15 February 2018 (UTC)


 * Delete. Article exists in the Delete Quadrant -- RoySmith (talk) 00:32, 22 February 2018 (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.