Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Troubleshooting from Device Manager


 * 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 Device Manager. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 02:30, 28 June 2012 (UTC)

Troubleshooting from Device Manager

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Wikipedia is not a How-To manual. Contested proposed deletion. Gogo Dodo (talk) 07:31, 20 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Merge with Device Manager. The article does not in any way read like a "how to" guide and as such its title does not well describe its contents. The merge target I suggest is very brief as it stands and would be enhanced with this content. The redirect could usefully remain. Thincat (talk) 08:59, 20 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Computing-related deletion discussions.  • Gene93k (talk) 14:48, 20 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Keep Good How-to manuals can be kept as per WP:IAR when they are useful to editors.  Unscintillating (talk) 05:44, 26 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Cluttering up the encyclopedia with off-topic, off-tone prescriptive content does not improve it. Please recalibrate your IAR meter. Chris Cunningham (user:thumperward) (talk) 15:03, 26 June 2012 (UTC)
 * WP:TPG states, "Comment on content, not on the contributor". Unscintillating (talk) 23:12, 26 June 2012 (UTC)
 * The pertinent part of my comment was the first sentence. The second was merely friendly advice. I can count on no hands the number of times I've seen a "keep, useful" close of an AfD on grounds of IAR, so it would seem helpful to advise others not to make that mistake. Chris Cunningham (user:thumperward) (talk) 08:17, 27 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Indeed; WP:NOTHOWTO, WP:ITSUSEFUL. - The Bushranger One ping only 20:02, 27 June 2012 (UTC)


 * Merge per Thincat. - The Bushranger One ping only 20:02, 27 June 2012 (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.