Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Nock (programming language): Difference between revisions

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*: @[[User:Walter Görlitz]], ''The article itself doesn't need to indicate notability''. Well yes it does. An article stating only that "George Washington was a good man" would be deletable whereas "George Washington was the first presisdent of the United States" would not. Walter, I expect you were implying that I did not follow [[WP:BEFORE]] to check if the subject is notable. Well yes I did and no it's not. '''[[User:Spinningspark|<font style="background:#fafad2;color:#C08000">Spinning</font>]][[User talk:Spinningspark|<font style="color:#4840a0">Spark'''</font>]]''' 17:18, 9 October 2013 (UTC)

::: Well no it doesn't. I'm sorry you don't understand that basic premise. The article can be about a subject that is notable but not explain it. We could delete it or we could improve it. [[User:Walter Görlitz|Walter Görlitz]] ([[User talk:Walter Görlitz|talk]]) 17:32, 9 October 2013 (UTC)

:::: I understand perfectly that poor articles on notable subjects should be kept. I also understand that people who nominate articles without doing even a cursory check for sources are, quite rightly, given a hard time here (but let me say it again, I did do such a check). However nobody ''has'' to do any checking. Nobody can be ''made'' to rewrite articles. The George Washington example is not a real case. If it existed it would take 10 seconds to find sourcces and 30 seconds to write something notable in the article. It would be perverse to AfD an article that could be fixed in under a minute by anybody. But what about an editor that has written reams of promotional junk about a new variety of yoga? It ''may'' conceivably be notable (but probably not), but if no one takes on a cleanup it is better to delete and give a new editor a clean sheet than to keep an article that is essentially just an advert. '''[[User:Spinningspark|<font style="background:#fafad2;color:#C08000">Spinning</font>]][[User talk:Spinningspark|<font style="color:#4840a0">Spark'''</font>]]''' 18:01, 9 October 2013 (UTC)

*'''Delete''' - No coverage in reliable sources whatsoever. -- [[User:Whpq|Whpq]] ([[User talk:Whpq|talk]]) 16:16, 8 October 2013 (UTC)

*'''Delete''' per nom. [[User:Qwertyus|Q<small>VVERTYVS</small>]] <small>([[User talk:Qwertyus|hm?]])</small> 14:47, 9 October 2013 (UTC)