Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mac Operator


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The result was   delete. Ron Ritzman (talk) 01:12, 31 December 2010 (UTC)

Mac Operator

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A search for references had difficulty (term cross over to Apple Computing) in finding published support for the content of this article. The position appears to exist, but did not find anything significant beyond that. Fails WP:N and WP:V. Prod on creation in 2006 was removed by creating author.
 * Article content "A Mac Operator will often do much of the less creative work in a design studio, or publishing house. This can include marked-up text corrections, spell checks and formatting documents to pre-arranged templates. However, in a pre-press or print environment, the role can be a much more technical one and being a Mac Operator is rarely a route to becoming a graphic designer."

Jeepday (talk) 00:23, 24 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete Really only a dictionary definition, "a person who operates a Mac." Unless sources are provided that give a more substantial  meaning then WP does not really need an article. Borock (talk) 07:45, 24 December 2010 (UTC)
 * This 3-sentence article is between misleading and downright wrong. ISBN 9781921106194 pp. 62 tells us that the proper name for the job described in the first two of those three sentences is finishing artist.  ISBN 9780262112239 pp. 46 tells us that even 20 years ago the professional distinctions between graphic designer, finishing artist, photo-retoucher, et al. were disappearing; and it was no longer the case that a specialist profession of "the computer technician who handles the part involving the computers" existed.  By the time that this article was written, it was more than a decade out of date, and it had already become clear that being the "computer operator" was not only not not a route to being a graphic designer, contrary to the third sentence, it was in fact part of being a graphic designer. Uncle G (talk) 13:51, 24 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete- sourceless permastub whose entire contents are bollocks. Reyk  YO!  00:27, 26 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete. This doesn't appear to be a valid job description, even if it was in the past. It doesn't even provide sources as a definition. No need for this article on Wikipedia. ~Amatulić (talk) 05:39, 26 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom. --Pnm (talk) 04:40, 27 December 2010 (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.