Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of handhelds with Wi-Fi connectivity

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The result was delete. Stifle (talk) 11:00, 3 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Procedural nomination on behalf of Rockneedsasavior (talk · contribs), as it appears Twinkle broke. I assume the rationale is that this is an indiscriminate list.

For my part, I am neutral. —KuyaBriBri^Talk 20:34, 15 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete - "Devices with wifi" is way to broad a category to make a meaningful list. Though some content from the technical information section would be useful at Comparison of tablet PCs. A number of the devices listed in this article would fit in nicely there and aren't there currently. Grandmartin11 (talk) 01:16, 16 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

• Strong Delete with a hat tip to KuyaBriBri for fixing my AfD when Twinkle didn't finish it. This is indeed an indiscriminate list that was relevant in 2004 when it was initially created, but provides no useful information to users, save the technical specs in the second table, which could, as Grandmartin11 suggested, be merged into the comparison of Tablet PCs. -- mitchsurp -- (talk) 23:14, 16 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
• Note: This debate has been included in the list of Technology-related deletion discussions. -- Danger (talk) 05:08, 17 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep The title sounds crazy broad in scope, but this is actually a pretty well-formed, verifiable, and (most importantly) manageable list. It's really not that big; the List of chicken breeds is way bigger, and that's a pretty discriminate topic. If it really gets out of hand, we can always change our minds later. Steven Walling 05:31, 17 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

• Speedy Keep if the nominator cannot find a specific rule to point to. "Indiscriminate list" points to WP:INDISCRIMINATE, which includes the rules

1. Plot-only description of fictional works.
2. Lyrics databases.
3. Excessive listing of statistics.
4. News reports.
5. Who's who.
6. FAQs.
7. Catalogue.

Hand-waving is not suitable for AfD voting, and must not be tolerated in nominations. I'd say WP:NOT#STATS fits the article closest, but that is only a guess, and besides, Nationwide opinion polling for the United States presidential election, 2008, (which is...well, just look at it) is specifically allowed under that rule. Also I note that it is not really that much of a Speedy Keep at this stage, 6 days after the nomination. Anarchangel (talk) 03:47, 22 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Ron Ritzman (talk) 02:42, 23 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete WP:INDISCRIMINATE list of game machines, music players, cellphones, PDAs, tablets, palmtops, etc. There is no linkage between the topics covered on this list besides WiFi, which is not a defining characteristic for these product categories. It should be separate lists for each product category, if such lists were desirable. The concept of "handheld" is very nebulous, hence this is an indiscriminate list, since there are handheld devices that are not any of the categories I mentioned in specialized fields that also have WiFi capabilities, such as WiFi remote controls, WiFi mice, WiFi glasses... 65.93.15.125 (talk) 06:05, 23 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
• Note: This debate has been included in the list of Lists-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 15:03, 23 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep per wp:cln and wp:list. Steven Walling expresses my thoughts exactly. ^walk victor falk ^talk 21:29, 1 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete - even if it doesn't meet the letter of WP:INDISCRIMINATE, it absolutely meets the spirit. I'd suspect that List of handhelds without Wi-Fi connectivity would be a shorter list. - The Bushranger _{One ping only} 05:14, 2 March 2011 (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.