Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Microlan

 This page is an archive of the proposed deletion of the article below. Further comments should be made on the article's talk page, if it exists; or after the end of this archived section. The result of the debate was delete and make available for rewrite. FCYTravis 5 July 2005 21:14 (UTC)

Microlan
Looks like an advert for a non-notable piece of computer harware. Most of the Google hits seem to be to the manufacturer's websites. Cutler 15:02, Jun 24, 2005 (UTC)
 *  Strong Keep  this is a new technology by Dallas/Maxim which is one of the most important Digital IC manufacturers in the world. Articles about similar technologies (Serial Peripheral Interface and I2C) exist. It is of interest to Electronic Engineers and hobbists and definately encyclopaedic.-Poli 15:15, 2005 Jun 24 (UTC)
 * Comment - if User:Poli is right then definitely needs WP:Cleanup. Cutler 15:18, Jun 24, 2005 (UTC)
 * Comment - agreed. Cleanup is necessary.-Poli 15:20, 2005 Jun 24 (UTC)
 * Redirect to 1-Wire, they are really the same thing.-Poli 17:15, 2005 Jun 24 (UTC)
 * Delete - A crude personal web site is not evidence of notability, and the company web site barely mentions the term at all. Tverbeek 16:28, 24 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Comment Google shows lots of hits, including sensors connected to Personal Computers, Delphi components, weather stations, and 272 hits from maxim-ic.com.-Poli 16:34, 2005 Jun 24 (UTC)
 * Delete and start over: This is beyond cleanup, as this is an ad, and it looks like press release material just copied and pasted.  Should the topic have an article?  Yes.  Should this article be deleted?  Yes.  It's fine to start over, but this copy is awful and not cleanable. Geogre 16:56, 24 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Completely Rewrite' as per Geogre CAPS LOCK 17:40, 24 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Maybe the subject is worthy of an article.  But this is just a promotional piece. --Carnildo 21:45, 24 Jun 2005 (UTC)

From author- newbie, as you can see-... I'd be more than happy to remove the link to the "further information", if that's what's got everyone upset. You should be aware, though, that I make no money from my involvement in MicroLan. I just find it a lot of fun. A lot of people DO make money from it, though, and it has been a serious technology since at least 2000. If Wikipedia wants to have no entry, so be it. In the past 48 hours, I've seen MicroLan products controlling the cash register in a major food retail chain and being used as at "watch-the-watchman" device in a shopping mall.... Hope I haven't further offended anyone by any clumsyness in this post!

--- When I searched on "1-Wire" I got no hits.... yes, I did search before presuming to post. I've used computers since 1968, so if Wikipedia's search engine misunderstands my search request, I'll be there are other people who are not seeing things that are no use to them if they don't see them. The 1-Wire page, subsequently found via link above, CERTAINLY has ad links to commercial sites benefiting from sale of the devices... not that I mind... but I wonder why the "delete it" brigade didn't attack those links?

--- If anyone wants to re-write the note to make the style more acceptable, I thought that was what wikis are all about? I hope you'll leave the INFORMNATION in place, as that was the point of putting the article in place.

--- The 1-Wire article is all well and good, and I'd be delighted if someone links my page to that, but if you were new to the technology, would you want to start with the 1-Wire dissertation, or the intro I've written?

--- I thought the article told people about 1-Wire and MicroLan... told them what it is. I presume they would only arrive at the page if they were trying to find out what they are.

Tom- original autor of page25 June 2005 11am, UK


 * Comment Tom, there is already an article called 1-Wire that discusses this technology. I am, too, an engineer and a hobbist, and I can understand the relevance of such technology. You can go and insert all the information you want in 1-Wire. Please take a look at the Tutorial if you are a new user, to get used to the wiki collaboration. This article (1-Wire) also needs a lot of content addition and copy-editing, so, there is lot of room for improvement. You can help that improvement, you know. I thought the VfD for your article inadequate, as deletions only apply to articles that don't belong to an encyclopaedia. Every article that deals with some encyclopaedic theme can be recovered. There is no such delete and restart, you just edit, erase everything and start over. But now, as there is already an article dealing with the technology, a redirect from one another is the best option, as two articles dealing with the same thing aren't good for wikipedia. 1-Wire isn't in VfD, you can insert all the content you want, change it as you want, and get the technology known. Regards.-Poli 19:00, 2005 Jun 25 (UTC)
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