Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/BASIC Atom

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The result was no consensus‎. An ATD can be considered editorially. Star Mississippi 03:56, 27 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

BASIC Atom

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Topic has little to no WP:SIGCOV in reliable sources. The article is an unreferenced stub that has changed little since it was created more than a decade ago. A search turned up Hellebuyck, Chuck (2008). Programming The Basic Atom Microcontroller. Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. ISBN 978-1-4404-7976-2., which is a self-published book, and Kelemen, Michal; et al. (2014). "Rapid Control Prototyping of Embedded Systems Based on Microcontroller". Procedia Engineering. 96: 215–220. doi:10.1016/j.proeng.2014.12.146. which is a short description in a small, defunct engineering journal. I suggest we delete. 〈 Forbes₇₂ | Talk 〉 01:21, 29 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Products and Computing. WCQuidditch ☎ ✎ 04:28, 29 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Weak keep The Physical computing : sensing and controlling the physical world with computers has fairly significant how-to coverage, including an appendix section about the chip, including 41 textual hits for "atom basic". This issue of Nuts and Volts (also mentioned here [1]) has an article by the author of Programming The Basic Atom Microcontroller (archive link: [2]) where he mentions that book which gives it a bit more weight; I wonder if the book meets WP:EXPERTSPS since the author seems to be something of an expert for embedded systems. There are also many passing mentions and/or mentioning it was used in a product in magazines such as Silicon Chip], Elektor Electronics, and SERVO. Skynxnex (talk) 15:45, 2 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I'd agree "Physical computing" book looks like a good source. However, while it's quite likely the programming author has some expertise, there's significant problems with WP:IS, as the Nuts and Volts articles direct readers to buy the Basic Atom through his own website and buy his self published book on the topic. Since most of the sources mention the ATOM in direct comparison to the BASIC Stamp, perhaps readers would be best served by merging any content to there? 〈 Forbes₇₂ | Talk 〉 04:09, 3 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I agree overall and this probably is marginal. Per WP:PAGEDECIDE I could see a partial to BASIC Stamp since the company doesn't have an article either and I'm not sure it should... Hm. Skynxnex (talk) 13:51, 3 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Arbitrarily0 ^(talk) 01:23, 5 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 05:42, 12 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Relisting comment: Final relist.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, NotAGenious (talk) 05:53, 19 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Struggling with WP:GNG, there was a giveaway on hackaday for context. Unsure of a WP:ATD, is there a List of Microcontrollers or something like that? IgelRM (talk) 13:07, 23 January 2024 (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.