Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Mac


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The result was redirect to Macintosh. (non-admin closure) Winged Blades Godric 03:37, 1 April 2017 (UTC)

The Mac

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Seems to be a hoax, I could not find any sources indicating this publication ever existed, even the usual catalogs, Gbooks, brings up nothing relevant. -  C HAMPION  (talk) (contributions) (logs) 09:29, 8 March 2017 (UTC)
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 * Weak delete I doubt that this was a hoax. Future publish a vast range of magazines and have always been known for their rapid response in creating new titles, or removing or merging titles that didn't sell as hoped. This seems to be one of those and fits in well with Future's direction at that time. Infamously they published a huge number of new titles in the dot com boom, and removed an equally huge number as they recognised over expansion when that bubble burst.
 * This isn't the point though. We're not here as Future's corporate archivists, but to cover WP:N titles. If this didn't pass WP:GNG from external comment, then it doesn't belong here. Andy Dingley (talk) 11:06, 8 March 2017 (UTC)


 * Redirect to the Macintosh as a plausible search term. Lourdes  11:37, 8 March 2017 (UTC)
 * I'd oppose that. We already have 27 redirects to Macintosh, we don't need another. Andy Dingley (talk) 23:08, 8 March 2017 (UTC)
 * I'm fine with a redirect, after all redirects are cheap, and this one does not meet WP:COSTLY, but I'd prefer this be deleted first for if we just directly redirect it, we will be preserving a hoax in the page history. -  C HAMPION  (talk) (contributions) (logs) 06:54, 9 March 2017 (UTC)
 * This could also be a plausible redirect for The Mack; suggest redirecting to the disambiguation page Mac. Trivialist (talk) 11:19, 13 March 2017 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus. Relisting comment: Redirect or delete?
 * Redirect to Macintosh per Lourdes. 68.233.214.74 (talk) 22:45, 8 March 2017 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks,  J 947  00:24, 16 March 2017 (UTC)

 Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * As the author of this page and a one-time subscriber to the magazine I assure you it's not a hoax (!). Indeed I have all of the issues in my loft and will post a photos of their covers tomorrow if it will help. — Nicholas (reply) @ 14:52, 17 March 2017 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks,  J 947  21:48, 24 March 2017 (UTC)
 * Speedy delete per CSD G3 Maybe it a blatant hoax Speedy requested under G3 2607:FB90:6640:6BA0:9200:E422:A42F:72F4 (talk) 19:53, 25 March 2017 (UTC)
 * Redirect per Lourdes. Boomer VialHolla! We gonna ball! 20:07, 25 March 2017 (UTC)
 * Comment this may or may not be notable, but it's not a hoax, just a moderately difficult title to Google for. Passing mentions:, , , , , . If it's deleted on notability grounds I would make the page a redirect to Macintosh. "The Mac" is a common way to refer to that line of computers. Mortee (talk) 11:53, 26 March 2017 (UTC)
 * (or the disambiguation page Mac, as suggests) Mortee (talk) 12:03, 26 March 2017 (UTC)


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