Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Locating engine (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 Real-time locating system. Will leave the history intact in case anyone wishes to merge any information. J04n(talk page) 12:47, 18 May 2016 (UTC)

Locating engine
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Still can't see a single source for the topic (a quick look for refs was bogged down by automotive engines) - article is more of a cut down personal essay. Merge request gone stale (merge editor is presumably the creator with a new account). While AfD isn't cleanup, the merge/deletion of this set of essays around the topic Real-time locating system has happened to the others. WP:TNT seems most appropriate. The original concerns and findings in the first AfD are still valid, 8 years on. Widefox ; talk 11:54, 24 April 2016 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Technology-related deletion discussions. NewYorkActuary (talk) 07:10, 25 April 2016 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Software-related deletion discussions. Dialectric (talk) 14:39, 29 April 2016 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America1000 08:27, 1 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Keep Google Scholar shows valid uses of phrase "locating engine" (in roughly the sense of which the article speaks), e.g.:
 * Son, Sanghyun, et al. "Design and implementation of a real time locating systems over IEEE 802.15. 4a radio for port logistics." Information Technology: New Generations (ITNG), 2010 Seventh International Conference on. IEEE, 2010. Online
 * Lee, Hyun-Soo, et al. "RFID-based real-time locating system for construction safety management." Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering 26.3 (2011): 366-377. Online
 * Caceres, Mauricio, Francesco Sottile, and Maurizio A. Spirito. "WLAN-based real time vehicle locating system." Vehicular Technology Conference, 2009. VTC Spring 2009. IEEE 69th. IEEE, 2009. PDF
 * De Paz, Juan F., et al. "Mitigation of the ground reflection effect in real-time locating systems based on wireless sensor networks by using artificial neural networks." Knowledge and information systems 34.1 (2013): 193-217. PDF
 * Lai, Chin-Feng, et al. "OSGi-based services architecture for cyber-physical home control systems." Computer Communications 34.2 (2011): 184-191. Online
 * Zhang, Yunzhou, et al. "Research of portable Information Terminal Based on MIPS processor and Windows CE." Advanced Computer Control, 2009. ICACC'09. International Conference on. IEEE, 2009. Online
 * Jang, Hyunsung, et al. "Robustness of distributed RTLS for dense large-scale environments." 2010 Seventh International Conference on Information Technology. IEEE, 2010. Online
 * Kim, Hakyong. "Performance comparison of asynchronous ranging algorithms." Global Telecommunications Conference, 2009. GLOBECOM 2009. IEEE. IEEE, 2009. Online
 * SJK (talk) 08:50, 1 May 2016 (UTC)
 * A quick look at those indicates the topic as Real-time locating system. My suspicion is that considering WP:NEO we don't have sources on the term, the topic being RTLS, and this article doesn't follow WP:SPINOUT and isn't in itself notable. Widefox ; talk 08:22, 3 May 2016 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America1000 11:28, 8 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Merge with RTLS as this is part of it and the RTLS article does not have this yet. As the core of what makes RTLS work, it should fit there nicely. DeVerm (talk) 04:13, 10 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Redirect to Real-time locating system and possibly merge if editors think any content is worht keeping. Seems to be the same topic, or a non-notable subset.  Sandstein   07:36, 16 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Redirect at best. SwisterTwister   talk  17:43, 16 May 2016 (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.