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Multi-function display

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To me this page looks like nothing but original research. There are better topics to place this content in. <<< SOME GADGET GEEK >>> (talk) 18:13, 18 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

So are you arguing this is OR, or that the content should go somewhere else? If it is OR it should not be put anywhere else, and if it is not OR and moved the history must be retained for legal reasons and the page is therefore not a suitable candidate for deletion. In any case, I don't see that the claim of OR stands up to scrutiny. SpinningSpark 06:07, 20 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Technology-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 18:48, 18 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Computing-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 18:48, 18 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Merge to Flight instruments which is a cute article with its miniature indicators but needs to be updated past the 1940s. Multifunction displays are what current flight instruments look like. The article isn't original research. It comes from the era when references weren't thought necessary in Wikipedia for info in standard books on the subject. I've added a reference to further reading. StarryGrandma (talk) 01:30, 19 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Comment an automated teller machine is mostly MFD to the end user (customer), and that isn't a flight instrument; the infotainment display in a car is also an MFD -- 70.51.200.162 (talk) 04:39, 19 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]
- Comment this should be an industrial design and haptics article, since MFDs are so common with the previoius generation of electronic kiosks (before they were replaced by embedded Android tablets in kiosks) -- 70.51.200.162 (talk) 04:42, 19 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Don't delete as this has lots of inlinks. Possibly redirect/merge. DexDor^(talk) 06:29, 19 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. This is another nomination that has just looked at the current state of an article rather than what the article could be. Instead of asking how can I get this poor page deleted, ask instead, how can this page be improved. It is only deserving of deletion if it is beyond hope of improvement. I agree that MFDs are used beyond aviation and the article could be so expanded, but aviation is a major and important application so it is quite right that the article focuses on this. Book sources confirming this are easily found;

Development of a Synthetic Vision System for General Aviation has an eight page section on the subject
Advanced Avionics Handbook, 2009 has a half-page section and discusses the device on multiple other pages in the book
Aircraft Digital Electronic and Computer Systems has a short section describing them

Additionally, there are numerous journal papers on aviation MFDs; [1][2][3][4]. SpinningSpark 11:02, 19 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Aviation-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 12:43, 19 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. The article looks fine apart from needing more references and possibly expanding a bit more. Stepho talk 22:13, 19 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. Not OR. (@Some Gadget Geek: what looks like OR?). Merging to Glass cockpit along PFD would be better suited than flight instruments, but not urgent either.--Marc Lacoste (talk) 08:56, 20 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Keep, since this is a useful article on a significant topic which simply needs expansion. Furthermore, it can't be merged/redirected to an existing aviation article because MFDs are widely used outside transport (pre-touchscreen ATMs being a common example). --pmj (talk) 13:41, 20 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]