Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of calculators


 * 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. Veinor (talk to me) 04:26, 9 March 2007 (UTC)

List of calculators

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Although I confess to accessing this page while looking for a list of casio calculators, WP:NOT a collection of links, or a directory. The page is almost useless, at least 95% of the links are redlinks, and few of the articles would ever contain any useful information without becoming instruction manuals, which WP:NOT. Most of the lists are in neither numerical or chronological order, and there is no consistency of style or content. It's unknown and difficult to determine whether the lists are current or comprehensive, as there are no references or cited sources. All in all, this list needs an enormous amount of work itself, and the effort needed to establish the hundreds of articles it links to is simply titanic. Without all those redlinks linking to functional articles, the list is useless, and even if the faries were to accomplish that, and remain within the confines of WP:NOT, what would we be have then? A glorified category which can't update itself. Useless. Happy-melon 18:21, 3 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete or change to a category - unnecessary list, too broad, unsourced. WP:NOT an indiscriminate collection of information. As the nominator says, a category would be better as it can update itself automatically; a broad range of devices can be described as "calculators" and more are developed every year, making it hard to keep this list accurate and up-to-date. Wal  ton  Vivat Regina!  18:54, 3 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom - Happy-melon 19:23, 3 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete. Per nom.--Vox Rationis (Talk | contribs) 19:39, 3 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete - something like "Calculators through History" might be an encyclopedia article, but this definitely isn't. In fact, that's a really interesting idea for an article.  --Haemo 00:49, 4 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Keep - i have also accessed this list in the past. It is a useful list, with a number of redlinks so that people can create articles on these calculators in the future - something with a category can't do. THE KING 00:54, 5 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete in current form as too unencyclopaedic. Suriel1981 23:49, 5 March 2007 (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.