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:: {{user|INSANETAURUS}} just used their first ever edit (though it might be {{user|88.238.58.190}}, who just argued the same thing on my talk) to restore this under the non-rationale [[WP:USEFUL]]. As this isn't a compelling argument, I'll be removing it again in due course: this isn't a reference manual and anyone using it as such would be far better off using the real thing. [[User:Thumperward|Chris Cunningham (user:thumperward)]] ([[User talk:Thumperward|talk]]) 16:41, 3 April 2024 (UTC)
:::I am not 88.238.58.190. Without the attached diagram and the tables, I would have had no starting point for programming my own x86 assembler. Genuine specifications like the System V ABI do not include an example ELF binary, therefore the attached diagram was a very useful ressource. [[User:INSANETAURUS|INSANETAURUS]] ([[User talk:INSANETAURUS|talk]]) 17:09, 3 April 2024 (UTC)
:::: [[WP:NOTGUIDE|Wikipedia is not a reference source]], and anything here which is not directly associated with an ''actual'' source is user-generated and thus no more reliable than a random Wordpress blog. [[User:Thumperward|Chris Cunningham (user:thumperward)]] ([[User talk:Thumperward|talk]]) 21:11, 6 April 2024 (UTC)
:::::The goal of Wikipedia is to benefit its readers. Nothing on the ELF page can be seen as a manual or an article about how to create ELF binaries. I obviously did not soley use Wikipedia to learn about ELF binaries, just as a starting point. Your edit to remove the images and tables on the ELF page made the page less beneficial. I do agree, however, that the ELF page is a bit bloated. [[User:INSANETAURUS|INSANETAURUS]] ([[User talk:INSANETAURUS|talk]]) 15:15, 7 April 2024 (UTC)
:::::: Again, no. [[WP:USEFUL|How useful something is is not the arbiter of inclusion]]. It can just as easily be used as a starting point by ''linking'' to the reference documents rather than by trying to act as a manual in its own right. [[User:Thumperward|Chris Cunningham (user:thumperward)]] ([[User talk:Thumperward|talk]]) 10:03, 8 April 2024 (UTC)
:::::::Trying to act as manual '''≠''' actual manual. Your edit removed the 'Specifications' section even though no one complained about that section. [[User:INSANETAURUS|INSANETAURUS]] ([[User talk:INSANETAURUS|talk]]) 17:22, 8 April 2024 (UTC)
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