Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Internet speed test (2nd nomination)


 * 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 redirect to Measuring network throughput. Since consensus for redirecting the article is strong, anyone is free to merge any important part to the target article per WP:PRESERVE. (non-admin closure) ASTIG️🙃  (ICE-T • ICE CUBE) 09:45, 20 June 2022 (UTC)

Internet speed test
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Should be redirect to Measuring network throughput. Redirect reverted by article creator, so bringing to AfD for review. — rsjaffe 🗣️ 23:12, 29 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Technology and Internet. — rsjaffe 🗣️ 23:12, 29 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Internet speed test also measure upload and download speed, not just throughput. I will expand this article --QiuLiming1 (talk) 23:29, 29 May 2022 (UTC)
 * I finished expanding the article, although it is still a bit short, I am not sure if it's a stub still, but that's all I know on the topic, you can delete or merge if there is no more volunteer to expand the article.--QiuLiming1 (talk) 01:13, 30 May 2022 (UTC)
 * On hold Will decide after the article expands further. Georgethedragonslayer (talk) 02:26, 30 May 2022 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, ✗  plicit  00:30, 6 June 2022 (UTC) Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Liz Read! Talk! 02:05, 13 June 2022 (UTC)
 * already reverted to rediect QiuLiming1 (talk) 14:25, 30 May 2022 (UTC)
 * You had to wait until AfD was over. Anyway, I support the redirect. Georgethedragonslayer (talk) 15:04, 31 May 2022 (UTC)
 * The discussion at Talk:Internet speed test will shine some light on why its author gave up the dispute and made it a redirect. As an involved party, I don't think I can close this, but there is no further need for discussion unless the author changes their mind. — rsjaffe 🗣️ 19:28, 31 May 2022 (UTC)
 *  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * I don't know why but someone reverted the redirect. QiuLiming1 (talk) 03:22, 6 June 2022 (UTC)
 *  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.


 * Redirect as above, the article isn't well written and reads like a dictionary definition with not much extra meaningful content. CT55555 (talk) 05:16, 13 June 2022 (UTC)
 * Redirect as proposed in the nomination, and endorsed by the article creator (on article talk page). Jacona (talk) 10:44, 15 June 2022 (UTC)
 * Keep or merge Both this page, and the closely related Measuring network throughput, aren't really ideal in their current states, but that's primarily due to the writing style, rather than because the topics are inappropriate for an encyclopedia. It's unclear whether these should be one page or two, but there's definitely sourced content here that isn't present in the suggested redirect target – I actually think that this is the better page at current, despite being a lot shorter. The ideal outcome would be a complete rewrite of the two pages together, which would give us a better view about whether measuring the speed of an Internet connection is sufficiently different from measuring the speed of a local network connection that it needs its own page, but there's no guarantee that that will happen any time soon. In any case, the topics of both pages seem to be sufficiently sourced (and WP:GNG-notable) that it wouldn't make sense to say "this topic is inappropriate for the encyclopedia, we're going to redirect or delete the page"; just because nobody's written a good article yet doesn't mean that it can't be written, but it looks like this AfD is currently deciding to disallow an article on the topic entirely. I can see some argument for redirecting as an R with possibilities as a stop-gap measure until a better article can be written, but the close should at least have no prejudice against recreating the article; additionally, it would be a shame to lose the list of references from the article being deleted, because that's going to form the main foundation for any fix to the article in the future, and thus it would make sense to move any relevant, sourced, correct information over to the redirect target. --ais523 17:18, 15 June 2022 (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.