Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Computer types

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, there was a large variety of suggested decisions that I cannot find one which everyone agrees with. Cbrown1023 talk 14:31, 22 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Computer types[edit]

Canonical original research, unencyclopaedic tone. Is it worth a redirect, if so where to? Guy (Help!) 15:16, 15 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Well intentioned article and probably an important concept to explain to readers, this is Computer Science 101. I think the Computer article does this, but could be made a bit more accessible to people who are very new to the topic. I think this current article could be useful to specifically explain the types of computers... but the current incarnation has a lot of problems obviously. --W.marsh 16:25, 15 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Redirect to History of computing hardware, Ioannes Pragensis 20:13, 15 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Possible cleanup or redirect I don't know that the concept of the page is a problem, though the content is. However, the material itself is in my computer science book, so it's not actually original research. FrozenPurpleCube 22:22, 15 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. This is an essay, and not one that is well written either. After deletion, maybe do a redirect to History of computing hardware or even Computer. --Dennis The Tiger (Rawr and stuff) 22:39, 15 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

This page is of dubious quality, but is in no way an essay. It neither advocates a position, or makes an argument for any particular cause. It might have some unreferenced and POV statements in it, but those don't make an article an essay. FrozenPurpleCube 23:27, 15 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Certainly not a POV essay, but...well, The globetrotter (comment below) explains it better, but gets the idea across that I was trying to. --Dennis The Tiger (Rawr and stuff) 20:06, 17 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Well, I think it's just that this article as done is the work of someone who is perhaps, unfamiliar with writing an article. That's a problem, but one that can be fixed with a cleanup. FrozenPurpleCube 02:54, 20 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Merge/Redirect to Computer. People will likely search in this title, and It is by no means WP:OR or essay. George Leung 23:39, 15 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Merge per above.Nomen Nescio^{Gnothi seauton} 07:25, 16 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
delete "i shall now explain all of these computer types one by one"... was this a school project? It seems as if the material is already included in other pages anyway... The globetrotter 19:38, 17 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Clean up. I found no other article that actually explained the distinctions well and was in a position to give an outiside view of the computers many forms. Perhaps if cleaned up and linked to the computer/history of computing hardware articles it would be useful. Otherwise Delete, cleary an original piece of work. --Jimmi Hugh 15:38, 18 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Do not delete - this is potentially a good article. It should either be cleaned up, kept and expanded or merged with computer. Articles of this kind serve a useful purpose in directing readers to appropriate detailed articles. Peterkingiron 13:14, 22 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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.