Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Christmas tree machine

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. 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.

The result was delete. Flowerparty^☀ 23:29, 29 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Christmas tree machine

This speculative class of devices is unfortunately not backed up by reliable sources. Abductive (talk) 13:34, 22 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Science fiction-related deletion discussions. -- TexasAndroid (talk) 14:06, 22 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Fictional elements-related deletion discussions. -- TexasAndroid (talk) 14:06, 22 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. Really nothing more than a WP:NEO. Someone just gave a common name to a bunch of different devices in different sci-fi works. Niteshift36 (talk) 15:01, 22 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Delete whiffs of original research Ohconfucius (talk) 15:30, 22 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per Niteshift. The name as such is not widely used in SF. --Pgallert (talk) 18:33, 22 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Merge or redirect into Cornucopia machine, I suppose, if that exists, and if not, Keep. It's not really a NEO; I've seen it used several places. htom (talk) 18:55, 22 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- Sure, it's used, WP:NEO doesn't mean "its only found on Wikipedia". Abductive (talk) 22:30, 22 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Open source cornucopia machine project -- http://reprap.org/bin/view/Main/WebHome; book use -- http://books.google.com/books?id=9H3tHKUFcfsC&pg=PR15&lpg=PR15&dq=cornucopia+machine&source=bl&ots=lRM4vQ2SdX&sig=PVpPBjg9b7E81AjLIaWCmL82pks&hl=en&ei=_kRASoXXEaX0MvmUjGQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=6 ; science blog use -- http://www.scienceagogo.com/news/20050221004054data_trunc_sys.shtml ; it can be argued that Aladdin's Lamp is a cornucopia machine, the idea is very old; this is one of the newer names. Maybe that makes it a NEO. One of these should be an article. htom (talk) 03:10, 23 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Ala Fast, Cheap and Out of Control? Or Rapid prototyping? Abductive (talk) 04:07, 23 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The follow-on to Rapid Manufacturing, I suppose. People are not using "cornucopia" by itself, because the image that word inspires today is much more the woven basket than the magical horn, and the object spoken of is not the magical horn, but an unmagical maker. htom (talk) 17:22, 23 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Delete concur it offends WP:NEO and WP:NOR.Dino Velvet 8MM (talk) 04:08, 23 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Delete No evidence that this is a widely used term and even the one link is broken. I had never seen it in the sense of something where things you want or need appear out of nowhere. I have seen that description for the type of technology one sees on a low budget TV show (for example, the original Star Trek series computers with lots of colorful lights that blink on and off). As Otter notes, a cornucopia (or horn of plenty) is the same concept, and is part of classical myth. Mandsford (talk) 13:41, 23 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The difference is that the mythical horn is magic, while the Christmas Tree Machine, et all, are technology. htom (talk) 17:22, 23 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. Made up term. Doctorfluffy (wanna get fluffed?) 19:40, 26 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Not a made up term unless Charles Stross is editing the article. htom (talk) 22:26, 29 June 2009 (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.