Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ethernet Way versus IEEE Way

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 keep. Will leave the renaming and merging as possible editor decisions via consensus and talk page discussion. :) Cirt (talk) 02:13, 19 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Ethernet Way versus IEEE Way[edit]

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WP:NOTHOWTO and its all WP:OR. As an aside the title fails WP:TITLE KelleyCook (talk) 20:44, 5 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Keep - The article is in horrible shape. And its current title came about due to a move that probably shouldn't have happened. The article was originally titled "5-4-3 rule" and likely should go back to that title. [1], and [2] show this to be a networking design concept that is notable. Note that the current article also looks like a copyvio of the book source that I found. -- Whpq (talk) 17:32, 6 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Adendum: - forgot to mention that this is also known as the "5-4-3-2-1 rule" as seen here. -- Whpq (talk) 17:36, 6 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Keep This isn't a "How To", nor is it original research since you can easily find mention of this in computer literature everywhere. Dream Focus 20:35, 6 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Timotheus Canens (talk) 02:32, 12 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Keep, rewrite, and move article appropriately, since the topic is extensively covered in RS. Werner Heisenberg (talk) 02:37, 12 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Keep, but not in the present form. See the talk page for a comment. --DThomsen8 (talk) 14:02, 12 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Merge This article is relevant to the history of computation, networking, and the internet, but there is so very little information here. I'm sure a better home for it can be found. - JustinWick (talk) 02:43, 14 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Computing-related deletion discussions. -- Pcap ping 11:06, 16 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Keep and rename per Wphq. Notable principles and rules of thumb have articles here, see Category:Rules of thumb for instance; that's not what WP:NOTHOWTO is about. Discussion about merger should take place on its talk page; given the large number of separate articles this has [3], [4], [5] I'm inclined to think a separate is justified, but a merge in some an article about network topology, could also work [6]. Pcap ping 11:17, 16 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Keep and rename as per discussion above. Use one of the bold text names in the article. — Jonathan Bowen (talk) 23:23, 17 January 2010 (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.