Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Telepen


 * 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 no consensus. (non-admin closure) — Ceso femmuin mbolgaig mbung, mellohi! (投稿) 18:46, 4 September 2022 (UTC)

Telepen

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Non-notable tech. Unfortunately, I can't find anything resembling a usable source at all (string:telepen barcode) but this is solely based on online searches; I would not be surprised given the age of the standard if there're more usable sources in offline media. As it sits, the article's sourced only to the barcode's symbology webpage, and the article as writ is over-detailed. —Jéské Couriano v^&lowbar;^v  a little blue Bori 09:25, 13 August 2022 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Liz Read! Talk! 22:53, 20 August 2022 (UTC)
 * I wish we could find another source to corroborate the company's claim that it is widely used in British libraries, but there are still products out there which can generate and print Telepen codes. Also, deleting would make Barcode and Template:Barcodes less complete. ⁓ Pelagic ( messages ) 13:36, 13 August 2022 (UTC)
 * Given the standard has been in use since the late 70's, per the article's claims, it's entirely possible offline sources for this exist. I just can't find anything online but links to those aforementioned products and non-responsive stuff about extendable pens. —Jéské Couriano  v^&lowbar;^v  a little blue Bori 18:46, 13 August 2022 (UTC)
 *  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks,  Sandstein   18:11, 28 August 2022 (UTC)
 * This article isn't eligible for a no-quorum deletion as it has a contested PROD in its history from March 2014. —Jéské Couriano  v^&lowbar;^v  a little blue Bori 23:40, 20 August 2022 (UTC)
 * Keep: We also have articles about other less common barcodes types. The standard was used quite widely a while back when every industry and manufacturer preferred it's own barcode symbology and the equipment often only supported one type of barcode. Not that common nowadays for general applications, but still supported by most barcode scanners and software today and used in some niche applications. I have seen it used even today by many manufacturers of barcode scanners for special barcodes that are used to configure the barcode scanner itself by scanning various codes printed in the manual (probably because it encodes binary data instead of text, so accidentally reconfiguring a scanner is less probable). Sources certainly exist, but they are probably sitting on a shelf in a library somewhere as it fell out of use somewhat before the internet became common. I might even be able to provide some, but it would have to wait until early November (the library is moving right now and the books are not accessible). --91.115.25.250 (talk) 18:57, 26 August 2022 (UTC)
 * Waiting is not an option here; the article does not support notability now and empty promises to fix the sourcing are flat-out meaningless. The PROD was contested on those grounds and nothing came of it. —Jéské Couriano  v^&lowbar;^v  a little blue Bori 19:32, 26 August 2022 (UTC)
 * Keep sourcing we can find is a little scarce, but this was a time when most documentation and news was paper-based. Not your siblings&#39; deletionist (talk) 21:32, 26 August 2022 (UTC)
 * I've found one source that I could access in a limited fashion and added it. It primarily deals with the utility industry, but it does mention in one paragraph about different barcode types that "[Telepen] is often used by academic libraries for the identification of books, particularly in Europe." --91.115.25.250 (talk) 21:47, 26 August 2022 (UTC)
 *  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.


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