Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Motor driver L293d


 * 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.  MBisanz  talk 05:43, 12 June 2016 (UTC)

Motor driver L293d

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No sources to establish notability for this Motor driver integrated circuit. GeoffreyT2000 (talk) 16:08, 26 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Technology-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 16:49, 26 May 2016 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus. Relisting comment: Relisting so sources can be evaluated. Nakon 04:41, 3 June 2016 (UTC)
 * Delete per WP:NOTTEXTBOOK. - SanAnMan (talk) 18:11, 26 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Delete. No evidence of notability. Xxanthippe (talk) 22:40, 26 May 2016 (UTC).
 * Delete. Probably closely relying on a single source, though not a copyvio. I fail to see notability of this particular product by Texas Instruments. If there is some source out there that says it is the most sold of such drivers, then I would advocate redirecting this page and L293d to H bridge with a mention there; barring this, I recommend removal of this mention as well. Tigraan Click here to contact me 10:58, 27 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Keep. Seems to be the most used motor driver and massively popular for electronics projects around Arduino, Raspberry Pi etc. as well as for use in robots. There seem to be many reliable sources, for example:, , , , and so on. DeVerm (talk) 01:38, 28 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Comment. Wikipedia is not a trade journal, a text book or an electronics catalog. Xxanthippe (talk) 02:49, 28 May 2016 (UTC).
 * I do not see the consensus that highly popular electronic parts like this integrated circuit must be deleted from Wikipedia. There are thousands of them, are you going to send them all to AfD? DeVerm (talk) 16:25, 28 May 2016 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Nakon  04:41, 3 June 2016 (UTC)
 * Delete as there's still nothing insinuating solid independent notability. SwisterTwister   talk  04:47, 3 June 2016 (UTC)
 * Delete - Despite the sources the article still screams of WP:NOTTEXTBOOK, Unless wants to rewrite it all then the best thing for this article is for it to be deleted and rewritten in a way that meets our polices & guidelines (If DeVerm did wanna rewrite it I'd go with Userfy but if they don't then delete & let someone else rewrite it). – Davey 2010 Talk 17:13, 3 June 2016 (UTC)
 * I'm sorry but I do not share your point of view. I have seen many electronics catalogs and textbooks and this article is not that. It accurately describes the most notable motor controller IC and explains it's architecture and workings. There are no application notes nor examples, nothing that points to the textbook guideline at all. I know I'm just one lonely keep-vote but it's the only possible vote for me because I know it is correct. DeVerm (talk) 20:04, 3 June 2016 (UTC)
 * Well I obviously disagree and 8 days later I still see no different ... It still IMHO screams of NOTTEXTBOOK, As I said if you were happy to userfy it and improve or rewrite it then great but ifnot then this is better off deleted and rewritten ... and I've just realised I'm repeating my !vote again, – Davey 2010 Talk 23:29, 10 June 2016 (UTC)
 * What is not clear from my previous comment? The article is good as it is. If you do not agree, then that doesn't mean it gets deleted, you can just !vote for delete and that's it. May be you can improve it with some edits instead of pointing at me when you see it so clear. DeVerm (talk) 00:07, 11 June 2016 (UTC)


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