Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia:How to use the GIMP


 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the miscellany page below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the page's talk page or in a deletion review).  No further edits should be made to this page.  

The result of the debate was delete. ~ Riana ⁂ 15:19, 19 August 2007 (UTC)

How to use the GIMP
This was originally speedy-deleted after a transwiki to Wikibooks. Some folks disputed (correctly) that CSD A5 did not strictly apply, that the discussion about the move received little attention, and that the page might be useful in Wikipedia's project-space also. This is referred to MfD, with deletion on the table, to determine where the content best belongs. Xoloz 04:38, 14 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete as Wikipedia is not a manual, guidebook, or textbook. --ElKevbo 04:50, 14 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Wikipedia is not a manual, guidebook, or textbook applies only in the main article space. If this helps wikipedians to manipulate images etc before they upload them it is useful. I am not so sure how useful, but there is no policy that sys we can not have it in Wikipedia space. --Bduke 09:28, 14 August 2007 (UTC)


 * Delete this is a general guide for using GIMP, not specifically about using it for Wikipedia purposes. As such, it is a handbook, which does not belong in Wikipedia (an encyclopaedia) but in Wikibooks. It seems that this has been moved to the project namespace just so it doesn't get deleted under A5.  Mel sa  ran  14:13, 14 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Comment - I see no indication in the history tab that this article ever was in mainspace. Perhaps I'm missing something - would you specify the date it was moved?  -- John Broughton  (♫♫) 16:31, 14 August 2007 (UTC)
 * No idea, it may have been placed in the Wikipedia space when it was created, to prevent A5 from applying.  Mel sa  ran  19:02, 14 August 2007 (UTC)
 * This article was created in 2003 and has grown from a very brief start. I see no evidence it was ever in main space. I think you should withdraw the suggestion that it has been moved to avoid A4 or produce some evidence. If it is not specific to helping wikipedians, it should be edited to make it so, not deleted. --Bduke 22:20, 14 August 2007 (UTC)


 * Delete - the article on GIMP has a number of links to tutorials, and I'm positive they are better than the information on this page. As mentioned above, if the page were Wikipedia-oriented, it could be acceptable (WP:NOT applies to mainspace only, in my opinion), but that's not the case here.  -- John Broughton  (♫♫) 16:31, 14 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete - while the WP:NOT doesn't strictly apply, there are plenty of tutorials on Gimp out there. We don't need a general one of Wikipedia itself. David Fuchs ( talk  ) 18:28, 16 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Delete - It is useless to the project. The Wikipedia namespace deals with issues of Wikipedia. Other than "PNG and JPEG files are acceptable on Wikipedia", this has nothing to do with it. The article's been moved to Wikibooks where how-tos are acceptable, and as the talk page mentioned, is only here because nobody will read it at Wikibooks -- w L &lt;speak&middot;check&gt; 10:45, 18 August 2007 (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 page's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.