Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Introduction to the Global Positioning System


 * 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. -- Cirt (talk) 17:00, 14 January 2011 (UTC)

Introduction to the Global Positioning System

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NOTHOWTO. We are not wikiversity. Marcus Qwertyus   12:41, 4 January 2011 (UTC)
 * This AfD nomination was incomplete (missing step 3). It is listed now. DumbBOT (talk) 11:33, 7 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Come on Twinkle! This happens entirely too often. Marcus Qwertyus   11:45, 7 January 2011 (UTC)

"Keep but move and include" this information here []. The articles seems to have structural problems, not problems with content. This article provides relative information regarding a very popular gadget "GPS". Needles to say the GPS system is very technical and the article reflects this but no more then many articles regarding technology throughout Wikipedia. I believe Wikipedia is geared to a broad audience including the technically minded. Why move it? Because it is redundant to have two basic articles concerning GPS. The content can be moved and included requiring little work by its author(s)/editors(s). Should however other more relevant sub categories of information be needed they should be included due to the devices popularity. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Warrior777 (talk • contribs) 13:08, 7 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Delete, work on Global Positioning System to make it more accessible and better organized instead of forking content. --Wtshymanski (talk) 17:53, 7 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Technology-related deletion discussions.  -- • Gene93k (talk) 20:14, 7 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Comment. A How-To describes how something is to be used step by step, not how something works, which is crucial information for the GPS system. A more reasonable rationale would be that the article does not succeed in providing background information in a more accessible, non-technical way but merely duplicates some content and omits other important information from the main article. (In fact, it should be the other way around: the main article should provide an accessible overview, and then the numerous and very interesting technical and mathematical aspects of the GPS should be described in a more in-deep, separate article.) Suggest merging content of the GPS frequencies section into the main article and scrap the rest.
 * Delete article. I extended the GPS frequencies section a bit, essentially based on what is there in GPS signals already. Nageh (talk) 13:22, 8 January 2011 (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.