Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Multiprocessor


 * 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 merge to Multiprocessing. (non-admin closure) f  e  minist  02:43, 15 May 2017 (UTC)

Multiprocessor

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This is a content fork of Multiprocessing. This page was originally a redirect to Multiprocessing, then became an article discussing the same topic as Multiprocessing, then was again replaced with a redirect to Multiprocessing, and was recently resurrected as a new content fork. The same user created the content forking content in both cases. They had also created a page at Symmetric multiprocessor system, which after a merge discussion is now a redirect to Symmetric multiprocessing, and Cache memory, which largely duplicated content already on CPU cache and related pages. These were done in good faith, but the end result was disruptive. Wingedsubmariner (talk) 22:08, 7 May 2017 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Computing-related deletion discussions. Wingedsubmariner (talk) 22:19, 7 May 2017 (UTC)
 * Redirect. The redirect to Multiprocessing should be restored.


 * Rename or Merge, but give a fully considered Afd before simply redirecting. Multiprocessor should be a redirect to Multiprocessing, as simple top-level terms of very general interest. The current version of Multiprocessor is now a discussion of some particular architectures. This much is wrong: too detailed for our top-level article on the topic. However that's also a more substantial piece of seemingly valid work than a simple RfD "redirect as synonym" question should be removing.
 * I can see scope for expansion of Multiprocessing; even at this introductory level, that's a short article. Should this content be merged there? Maybe. Andy Dingley (talk) 09:43, 8 May 2017 (UTC)
 * Hi, I hope you don't mind if I argue against a merge. There is content on Multiprocessor that isn't present on Multiprocessing, however those topics are covered on other, higher quality articles. Symmetric multiprocessing and Non-uniform memory access cover most (maybe all?) of the additional material. Thanks for your interest! Wingedsubmariner (talk) 18:45, 8 May 2017 (UTC)
 * Much of the problem is with the thinness of multiprocessing. There's a need for an overview article that covers and links to symmetric multiprocessing et al., without needing the reader to go as far as symmetric multiprocessing itself. Multiprocessing is nowhere near doing this.
 * I see this as a very bad move, for just that reason. Andy Dingley (talk) 21:02, 8 May 2017 (UTC)


 * Merge with Multiprocessing. Better make it as a redirect rather than delete to facilitate merging of content. My very best wishes (talk) 04:24, 11 May 2017 (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.