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Outline of computer engineering

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Completely unnecessary orphaned subarticle/list treated as if it's a parent article. Nothing here that can't be handled by the proper parent article at Computer engineering. Also, headers like "Essence of computer engineering" strike me as pretty POV.WesleyDodds (talk) 09:59, 29 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

  • Comment I've only recently become aware of the outline project, the idea being that an outline page is supposed to be a quick page of basic facts and quick links to more things, kind of like the "micropaedia" that the Britannica has (had?) starting in the 70s. Such pages have potential to be very good navigation aids, such as Outline of Japan. I can't vote a !keep on this one, because it has no context and is more like a list of computer engineering topics. Not a !delete either, because the people on these projects are genuinely interested in making outlines worthwhile. If someone, who can explain computer engineering in terms simple enough for people like me, wants to write an outline, I'd change my mind. Mandsford (talk) 13:51, 29 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Really, all that's in this article can be handled by the main article itself and any nav templates/infoboxes therein. It's basically redundant. WesleyDodds (talk) 20:54, 29 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
The problem is it's attempting to cover the same scope as the proper article (that is, give a comprehensive overview of a subject), but with a list of links in lieu of substantive content. You don't need a separate article for that. Hell, you could accomplsih the same thing with a nav template, and it'd take much less space. More worrisome is the lack of clarity over what is supposed to be the main article, as Outline of computer engineering and Computer engineering both link to one another with the "main article" template. WesleyDodds (talk) 02:39, 30 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep bad page is not a delete argument, give it time to be enhanced. Agree that the difference between this and Computer engineering is not that clear today, it does not give good context and is more like a list, but that does not mean that it should be deleted. --Stefan talk 03:44, 30 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
It's an unnecessary content fork. How honestly do you see this page being enhanced in the future? The best way to enhance it, if any, would be to merge it into Computer engineering and enhance that article. WesleyDodds (talk) 09:42, 30 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
I do not agree, but if that is true why did you ask for DELETION and not merge??? Next time use the {{merge}} and {{merge-to}} templates. --Stefan talk 10:09, 30 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Because there's nothing really to merge. It's a redundant and confusing content fork-slash-list directory. The computer programming isn't all that big to begin with, so there's no reason you need a separate main/daughter/unclear hierarchy article. WesleyDodds (talk) 10:12, 30 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete Based on the discussion above, this doesn't appear to have been created as part of the outline project, nor is there any sign that it would be adapted to that. The premise (a list of Wikipedia articles) doesn't make a very good subject for its own page in any event. Mandsford (talk) 13:25, 30 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep or merge. Wesley, see the Outline of Knowledge for hundreds of other similar pages. If you want to push for them all to be deleted on the grounds of redundancy and confusion, you may want to discuss it with the group working there. +sj+ 14:54, 30 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
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