Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Introduction to cloud computing
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A fork of cloud computing intended for providing more "user-friendly" explanation of the concept. The merge of topics was discussed in March 2012, and the consensus was reached on merging the article, though the author of forked article disagrees both with merge and deletion. As the name of the fork is unlikely search term and Cloud computing article is readily accessible by non-technical users, the fork is not needed and should be deleted per WP:DEL#REASON #5. — Dmitrij D. Czarkoff (talk) 17:20, 21 July 2012 (UTC)
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- While I'm generally a supporter of "Introduction to ..."-style articles on technical subjects (e.g. mathematics or physics), I find it difficult to imagine that the main "cloud computing" article would ever become so technical as to require an introductory counterpart. Comparing the two articles I see few differences between the two: at best the introductory article is more difficult to follow and looks more like a writer's notebook than a fleshed out article. This smells of a plain content fork. Unless the author of the introductory can clearly explain how the introductory article would eventually differ from the main article and why such an introductory article is necessary in the first place, I'm inclined towards deleting the introduction. —Ruud 18:00, 21 July 2012 (UTC)