Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Eight sided scoreboard

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The result was delete. –Juliancolton | ^Talk 00:53, 28 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Eight sided scoreboard[edit]

Fails WP:SYNTH, there may be discussion of individual 8-sided scoreboards, but no independent sources cover the topic as a whole Citius Altius (talk) 13:10, 20 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Delete: Article content covered by article title. This would just turn into a list of eight-sided scoreboards, which serves no encyclopedia purpose. Mr_pand [talk | contributions] 13:17, 20 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete, I can't see how octagonal scoreboards are really that significant, completely aside from their nonnotability. Perhaps a one-line or two-line mention at scoreboard would be reasonable, but nothing here needs to be merged there. Nyttend (talk) 13:36, 20 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. Non-notable differentiation. SpikeJones (talk) 14:35, 20 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Technology-related deletion discussions. -- TexasAndroid (talk) 15:15, 20 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Sports-related deletion discussions. -- TexasAndroid (talk) 15:15, 20 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Weak keep At first glance, a particular variation in a scoreboard would probably not be worthy of its own article. On the other hand, there is some indication "eight+sided+scoreboard"&cf=all that the 8-sided board is a must-have for new arenas and for those that are upgrading, because, as the article notes, it allows a view from any seat in the house. Although these devices are personalized to fit the venue, there aren't that many variations in the boards. They either hang from the center of the ceiling with 4 or 8 sides, or there are one-sided boards that are placed at various locations. All the rest comes down to the amount of electronics used in the display. I don't see much difference between an article about a particular scoreboard or an article about a particular type of artificial turf in a stadium (i.e., Poly-Turf, Astroturf, FieldTurf etc. "Weak" keep because this is a weak article. Anyway, I recognize that this is a new contributor, and welcome to Wikipedia. Mandsford (talk) 15:24, 20 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Merge to an article on electronic scoreboards. Unless a reliable source discusses the eight-sided type in an in-depth way, which could happen. Borock (talk) 16:59, 20 June 2009 (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.