Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Eggcrate display

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 redirect to Text display#Eggcrate displays. Has been merged. Can't delete because of attribution issues. Sandstein 16:25, 14 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Eggcrate display[edit]

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Dicdef, stub, unsourced since forever. Tagged for merge for two years but nobody's done anything. Either delete or redirect to a target, but I can't think of one. Ten Pound Hammer, his otters and a clue-bat • ^{(Otters want attention)} 01:40, 30 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Technology-related deletion discussions. — • Gene93k (talk) 15:18, 1 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:05, 6 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Delete A search for reliable sources shows that the term "eggcrate" is used far more often for diffusers for overhead fluorescent lights than for the show business application described in this article. Not notable. Cullen³²⁸ Let's discuss it 02:14, 6 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Merge Probably best to merge into Text display This is a valid and useful albeit narrow topic. It is an old way to display an alphanumeric character. Diffusers for overhead lights and this topic are two different things. Previous merge suggestions were erroneous. I created a section at the Text display article containing all of the material from this article. So you can safely delete and redirect now. North8000 (talk) 17:52, 6 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Delete per North8000, since content of the subject page has already been merged into Text display. Richwales (talk · contribs) 06:10, 8 August 2011 (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.