Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of user agents for mobile phones


 * 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) 21:09, 31 January 2011 (UTC)

List of user agents for mobile phones

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This list should not be included in an encyclopedia nor does it have a real purpose. User agents are a way to recognize the web browser (in this case mobile web browser). They have all the same logical construction that is already explained in user agent. The lead and reliable sources are missing; the page is incomplete. This may not a deleting criteria, but I don't get it why wikipedia should included it. mabdul 11:29, 15 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Comment: see also the first remove of the same article at Articles for deletion/List of user agent strings mabdul 00:26, 18 January 2011 (UTC)

I was linked to this page via a Wordpress theme and I found the information on it to be useful and accurate. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.187.177.52 (talk) 19:07, 16 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Comment: The user agents changes with every update of the browser or an update of the underlying operating system... The list should much more longer. What does this shortened list better than your server logs? mabdul 00:23, 18 January 2011 (UTC)

very usefull, please keep it up to date! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 194.230.44.10 (talk) 09:15, 17 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Comment: See below: wp is not a howto mabdul 00:23, 18 January 2011 (UTC)

This was usefull to me, although I needed http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Useragent to understand what I saw. Maybe use the provided link as a parent article, and add a brief explanation to the differences if any for mobile user agents. Coen. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.244.160.157 (talk) 10:38, 17 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Comment: already explained in user agent; marked in the lead as main article. mabdul 00:23, 18 January 2011 (UTC)

This page is a useful resource and should not be deleted. Developers need to be able to easily locate a comprehensive list of mobile user agents. It has no less purpose than the list of music genera that fall within Industrial Music and no one is arguing about that. Perhaps the page could be restructured into a table that includes source information. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.135.149.195 (talk) 00:09, 18 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Comment: Wikipedia is not a howto. Search with google and you will find enough user agent collectors. mabdul 00:23, 18 January 2011 (UTC)

When evaluating how web pages respond to different devices, I often need to have my desktop browser "spoof" the user agent string of a variety of devices.

A comprehensive list does not seem to exist elsewhere, nor does Google provide useful information other than this article. Other pages returned in a search for "mobile device user agent strings" have promising titles, but little to no useful information.

As such, this is a valuable resource with no other readily available replacement. --TGIF (talk) 05:19, 21 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Comment: take this site: http://www.zytrax.com/tech/web/mobile_ids.html on the right side in the navigation menu are more links. mabdul 14:49, 21 January 2011 (UTC)
 * This AfD nomination was incomplete (missing step 3). It is listed now. DumbBOT (talk) 11:37, 24 January 2011 (UTC)


 * Delete as a trivial intersection. While a List of User agents may be appropriate, I can find no reliable sources dealing directly with the subject of this list. The fact that the list itself shows a mismatched main article template is also an indicator. This is a bit of a how-to guide for identifying mobile browsers, and does not seem to be an independently notable topic.  Jim Miller  See me 14:55, 24 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Software-related deletion discussions.  -- • Gene93k (talk) 00:18, 26 January 2011 (UTC)
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