Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Code page 3846

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The result was Transwiki to Wikibooks:Character Encodings and then delete‎. per Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Code page 668. Optionally merge the prose content to Code page instead of delete if anyone is interested in doing that. Sandstein 11:30, 26 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Code page 3846

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Fails WP: NOTDICT. I can't find any sources that could expand the article beyond the definition of the codepage layout. HyperAccelerated (talk) 05:02, 3 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Language and Computing. WCQuidditch ☎ ✎ 05:32, 3 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Turkey-related deletion discussions. WCQuidditch ☎ ✎ 05:33, 3 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

WP:NOTDICT is not relevant, these articles are about concepts, not words or phrases. The first sentence is a definition, the rest, including the character set, is a description. It's possible that some are not notable, but an alternative would be to redirect to Code page. Peter James (talk) 14:07, 3 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I think you're misunderstanding. We need sources that let us expand beyond the what's currently in the article, which is effectively "this is a code page and this is a copy-paste of its contents." I can't find any reliable secondary sources that would allow us to do that.

I'm not claiming that "Code page 3846" shows up in the Oxford English Dictionary. This distinction between "concepts" and "words or phrases" or between "definitions" and "descriptions" misses the forest for the trees. Maybe I should have cited WP: HOWTO instead, but no matter which policy we use, the argument is the same as nearly any other AfD: the sourcing needs to be improved, or this article should be deleted. HyperAccelerated (talk) 16:15, 3 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

~~Merge with Code page 857 (if kept) or~~ transwiki. Alexlatham96 (talk) 18:39, 3 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Software-related deletion discussions. – The Grid (talk) 19:39, 3 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Merge to Code page or perhaps to another article aggregating all minor code pages. I agree that this page in isolation probably fails the spirit of WP: NOTDICT but all minor code pages together have higher information density and will be a fitting encyclopedic reference, akin to List of Nvidia graphics processing units. Davemc0 (talk) 16:50, 5 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Relisting comment: Any thoughts on the proposal to merge somewhere?
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Just Step Sideways ^{from this world ..... today} 23:40, 10 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Merge with Code page. I agree with above. I see no reason why information about this code page couldn't be added into the main article. As it stands, I don't think 3846 is WP:NOTABLE enough to warrant its own article, but I think a merge could work quite well as there is information that would be valuable to an encyclopedia. Beachweak (talk) 10:09, 11 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Relisting comment: undo close and procedural relist per request to consider transwiki alongside Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Code page 668 bundled close
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, czar 20:55, 18 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Transwiki per the bundled close rationale at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Code page 668. This article is part of the same group. Courtesy ping @Davemc0 and Beachweak for alternative to merger. czar 11:48, 24 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I am fine with a transwiki operation. HyperAccelerated (talk) 14:47, 24 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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