Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/How a transistor works

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. 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.

The result was merge to Transistor.  Sandstein  16:59, 15 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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Fails WP:NOT. This website is not wikiHow, it is an encyclopedia, not a how-to guide and this should be deleted. Any content that needs to be merged to transistor can be put there. Boshinoi (talk) 20:55, 10 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep or "Merge" There is nothing in the article that says "do this then do this", so I don't see why it's a "how-to". It isn't a set of instructions. It is, as its talk page suggests, a basic description of transistor operation without going into excessive detail. As to merger, that proposal does not seem to have achieved support, let alone consensus, but clearly there is scope for this level of description in Wikipedia somewhere. --Rodhullandemu 21:06, 10 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

*Keep - agreed, this is not a "how to" article! KEEP! Geĸrίtz (talk) 22:29, 10 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete There may be some useful information here that isn't in Transistor or Bipolar junction transistor. If so it should be moved. This seems like a very unlikely search term, though; anyone wanting to know how a transistor works is likely to go to the main Transistor article first. Rklear (talk) 21:31, 10 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

• Comment ... and find nothing except a link to this article; not even the transfer characteristics graph. --Rodhullandemu 21:40, 10 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Which is why that data, if useful, should be moved to the main article. My point is that, once this is done, keeping "How a transistor works" around as a redirect is not really useful. Rklear (talk) 23:59, 10 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Then you don't mean Delete, you mean Merge. --Rodhullandemu 00:19, 11 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

No, I mean delete. As I said, if there is something in the article worth salvaging (which I don't see), someone should move it. Rklear (talk) 01:30, 11 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Then why say "There may be some useful information here that isn't in Transistor or Bipolar junction transistor. If so it should be moved"? Have you read the article? --Rodhullandemu 01:35, 11 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Yes I have, and there is nothing there that I would move. I would also point out that "merge" implies redirect and, as I said, I think this redirect is pointless. The whole concept of the article is pointless. It amounts to "Transistors for dummies", and the Transistors article should be clear enough. Rklear (talk) 01:41, 11 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete article (but keep content). And don't leave a redirect. Improbable search term, ultimately unhelpful to readers. Bongomatic 02:46, 11 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

• Comment. If the content is kept then the article history also has to be kept as a redirect for GFDL purposes. Phil Bridger (talk) 12:43, 11 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

• comment the article history can be moved to somewhere else, without the redirect from here. 76.66.192.6 (talk) 06:51, 12 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

• Merge content and delete article. An unlikely search term for an excyclopedia. I'm not sure how this exactly affects GFDL, but else there is no reason to keep the article. There are other redirect pages viz. How transistors work, How a Transistor Works, How a transistor work which should all be deleted for similar reasons. ^LeaveSleaves _talk 19:22, 11 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep the information on Wikipedia or another Wikimedia Foundation project. It doesn't matter to me if the information is merged or transferred to Wikiversity or kept in some other way; deletion should be the last recourse, and there's no need to delete this. Fg2 (talk) 20:43, 11 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
• Merge and redirect. First, this article is not a how-to, but discusses two important applications of bipolar transistors in encyclopedic fashion. Second, there's little justification for a separate article, and the title doesn't reflect the contents, so merge to Bipolar junction transistor#Applications, which is underdeveloped and doesn't mention these two applications. Third, a redirect is needed to preserve the history per GFDL. A separate article on Applications of Bipolar junction transistor could be developed in the future, but there's not enough material at this point. VG ☎ 02:03, 12 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

• Merge to transistor. The article does not fall into the purview of a how-to guide as it is not a manual on how make or operate, or other wise provide steps for doing something with a transistor. It is n fact a simplified description of how transistors function, and would make an excellent addition to the transistor article by improving it with content written in a way that is accessible to a borad general audience. The fact that a merge leaves behind a redirect that is an unlikely search term is irrelevant as redirects are cheap, and attribution history is needed for GFDL compliance. -- Whpq (talk) 14:18, 14 November 2008 (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.