Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Service tag


 * 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, then redirect (merge and delete not possible under the GFDL). &mdash;Xyrael / 17:43, 2 September 2006 (UTC)

Service tag
This is non-notable Dellcruft. prod was deleted without comment by User:72.83.169.118, that user's only edit. Mikeblas 23:44, 19 August 2006 (UTC)

WHY DELETE IT IT GIVES GOOD INFO — Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.83.169.118 (talk • contribs)
 * Because it isn't notable. People looking for information about Dell products are best served by the Dell websites. -- Mikeblas 01:45, 21 August 2006 (UTC)
 *  AFD relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so that consensus may be reached.  Please add new discussions below this notice. Thanks,  (aeropagitica)    (talk)   05:16, 24 August 2006 (UTC)


 * Just merge it into Dell if the information does not stand alone outside of the context of that company. There is no need for an administrator to delete anything in order to solve the problem.  Uncle G 08:24, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Merge and Delete Looks to me that there is only about a line or so of important information that should be easy to merge. The rest is too specific a single procedure by a company and I suspect the term may have uses outside of Dell (and changing the article to be generic would be akin to delete). LinaMishima 08:57, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Merge only. I believe merge and delete is a violation of the GFDL.  ColourBurst 16:35, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
 * If so, we could never delete a redirect with history. The information remains in the database, because the article can be undeleted. The question is whether this redirect will be useful; and I doubt it. JCScaliger 22:20, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
 * If you read the GFDL, the closest tha article deletion would come to violating it is clause 4J, preserving the network location. However no clause exists in GFDL which covers the ceastation of distrobution, which is the nature of deletion. A publisher always has the rights to revoke their own publication of material. LinaMishima 01:05, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
 * I was thinking 4I actually, though it could be argued that the edit history is still accessible because "deletion" only means removing it from a normal user's view as JCScalinger says above. ColourBurst 03:24, 25 August 2006 (UTC)


 * Merge and redirect to Dell. Yomangani talk 09:48, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Merge and delete as LinaMishima --Mecanismo | Talk 10:48, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Merge as a dicdef that can adequately be covered in Dell. SliceNYC 23:42, 24 August 2006 (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.