Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of Internet Relay Chat commands

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The result was keep. Tone 07:36, 25 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

List of Internet Relay Chat commands[edit]

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This is a very weird one, and I'm not even sure if this is the right venue for this, but couldn't find a better one. Right now this page contains a enormous list of IRC commands, but does not indicate why they are notable, as a list, in any way. On the other hand, its an easy look up, and is linked in multiple places across the wider Wikimedia verse, including Mediawikiwiki (see MediaWiki on IRC#Connecting to IRC), indicating there is a clear need and wish for a page such as this to exist. I therefore think the best solution, considering its, at least in my opinion, a non notable list, but is clearly wanted, would be to move it either into the Wikipedia: namespace, or to transwiki it to meta, which would be my preferred solution. -- Asartea ^Talk ^| ^Contribs 11:08, 10 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Computing-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 11:09, 10 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Lists-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 11:09, 10 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Delete Every messenger has commands, and we don't need page for each. ArvindPalaskar (talk) 15:41, 10 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - Does not meet WP:LISTN. Onel5969 ^{TT me} 23:05, 11 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Meets WP:LISTN. [1] [2] [3] [4] IRC is not a "messenger", it's a protocol. This is in principle no different from List of HTTP status codes which is also similarly referenced by RFC documents. – SD0001 (talk) 11:07, 12 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Keep per above keep Madbrad200 (talk) 14:52, 12 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Keep I agree. SD0001 makes a good case. Dream Focus 17:29, 12 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per WP:NOTHOWTO. Ajf773 (talk) 09:31, 15 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 13:41, 17 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. As SD0001 notes, this passes WP:LISTN just as any list of protocols; all of which serve WP:LISTPURP#Information. It is not WP:NOTHOWTO because it is not a "guide" (i.e., there are no instructions to follow). -Tiredmeliorist (talk) 14:58, 18 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

This is a list of commands and how they are used, including a reference to someones work describing them in further detail. How is it not a guide. Ajf773 (talk) 08:34, 19 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]
So you're saying that, because this article references a guide, the entire article should be deleted? That seems a bit extreme, no? If you think the reference violates WP:V, why not WP:FIXTHEPROBLEM instead?

And anyway, as someone who hasn’t used IRC since like 2001, I forget how or where to use these commands. This article does nothing to help me. So if the title included the word "guide" I would take serious issue with that. -Tiredmeliorist (talk) 22:13, 19 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Keep per user:Tiredmeliorist. Christian75 (talk) 07:52, 19 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Keep, as it is a notable list topicJackattack1597 (talk) 16:15, 24 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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