Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Traveling with asmartphone as a guide

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 DELETE. postdlf (talk) 03:14, 15 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Traveling with asmartphone as a guide

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original research / guide per WP:OR and WP:NOTAGUIDE Melaen (talk) 14:01, 9 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

also see Traveling with a smartphone--Melaen (talk) 14:04, 9 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Delete: This article reads like a guide on how to use a smartphone when travelling, but wikipedia is for encyclopedia articles, not guides or instruction manuals. There are probably some interesting encyclopedic things to say about how smartphones are changing the way we travel, but they would need to be written under a different title and in a totally different style. I can't see a way to make this article meet the guidelines without completely rewriting it.--Physics is all gnomes (talk) 14:12, 9 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Delete as a 'how to' guide. Being useful is not relevant. Dennis Brown (talk) 15:03, 9 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Delete as WP:NOTHOW. Why didn't this get PRODed, creator made no attempt to explain why the template was removed or address the concerns? Bob House 884 (talk) 17:26, 9 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Well the trouble with PROD is they're not actually obliged to do anything, it's just recommended.--Physics is all gnomes (talk) 17:29, 9 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Delete- clearly per WP:NOTGUIDE. And yes, PROD is broken; I do not think it should be OK to remove any good-faith maintenance template without explanation or without making any effort to fix the problem. Reyk _YO! 22:35, 9 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Delete See above. ~~EBE123~~ ^talk_Contribs 22:58, 9 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per WP:OR and WP:NOTGUIDE. Also please see page history of Traveling with a smartphone by the same author. Why can't we simply redirect it to Guide book#Digital world and get it over with? Moocha (talk) 22:09, 14 April 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.