Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/AMF File Format Element reference

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The result was delete. Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:06, 5 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

AMF File Format Element reference

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This topic is already covered in depth at Additive Manufacturing File Format. Wikipedia is not a reference manual or a how-to guide so this article is unnecessary and redundant. Furthermore the excessive use of HTML formatting leads me to believe that it has been copy/pasted from elsewhere. Biker Biker (talk) 11:23, 28 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I guess the core of this issue is the statement 'perfectly describes the file format'. From a lay person point of view I'm sure you are correct. From an implementors perspective the article is actually quite sloppy. It serves (and rightly so) to provide a high level overview of what the format is about and at a basic level how it works. From an implementors perspective this is simply inadequate. There are numerous questions/details that the article does not provide information on. The reason for the additional page is to fill in those details.Brettsutton (talk) 11:47, 28 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

As I stated, Wikipedia is not a how to guide, which is what you are writing. --Biker Biker (talk) 14:18, 28 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Software-related deletion discussions. —Tom Morris (talk) 14:55, 28 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Delete per WP:NOTMANUAL. --Odie5533 (talk) 17:58, 28 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - Article is a reference manual and does not belong in wikipedia. -- Whpq (talk) 17:08, 29 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. Agree with reference manual interpretation. I believe the subtext here is AMF is not freely available, and the intent is to publish a free version of the specification. WP is not the appropriate place to publish such detail. Glrx (talk) 17:26, 29 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per WP:NOT. Also WP:SNOW. -- samj _in ^out 07:05, 2 September 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.