Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of British computers

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The result was withdrawn by nom. Primefac (talk) 15:56, 26 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

List of British computers[edit]

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Arbitrary cross-categorization (why British computers? is there something special about them?), failing WP:NOTFAQ point 9. Not sure it has any particular notability; might be better off as a category. Primefac (talk) 19:33, 20 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Keep We have Category:British computers and so, per WP:CLN, a list is valid too. The topic is quite notable as Britain has been a significant pioneer in computing and so the topic passes WP:LISTN. For example, see Early British computers. Andrew D. (talk) 19:41, 20 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]
How can this be arbitrary cross-categorization when this is not a category? At any rate, keep per Category:British computers and WP:CLN, as noted above. The wording of the nomination statement gives one the impression that the editor was not aware that a category existed. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 23:22, 20 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Computing-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 23:22, 20 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Lists-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 23:22, 20 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of United Kingdom-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 23:22, 20 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. Article seems to be worthy of WP:LISTN. Presently it is presented as a stand alone list which could be expanded to something more encyclopedic. Ajf773 (talk) 17:34, 22 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Keep, especially that all items of the list have articles on notable-enough computers. PaleoNeonate (talk) 12:57, 24 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Keep, good historical reasons to have such lists. — Gamall Wednesday Ida (t · c) 12:55, 26 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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