Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Database seeding

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The result was redirect‎ to Database. Barkeep49 (talk) 01:37, 14 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Database seeding

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A dictionary definition, as far as I can tell. No footnotes, only one of the external links seems relevant but describes "data seeding" instead of "database seeding". Mostly example code with no context given, no explanation of the technique or its purpose or applications; or its development or relevance. Certainly, no expressed claim to notability. mikeblas (talk) 18:12, 6 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Computing-related deletion discussions. Shellwood (talk) 18:13, 6 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per nom. It's certainly 'a thing', but I can't see any possible claim to notability, or anything that could really be said about seeding beyond the dictionary definition. At the very most it might merit a sentence in an article like database as one of the possible steps involved in set up. MCE89 (talk) 00:40, 7 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Redirect: to database. The issue with this article is that it is essentially a bunch of code snippets with little explanation. Since Wikipedia is not a site for hosting documentation, the presence of this article is inappropriate. I did find a couple books that describe what database seeding is and how to implement one. However, these books discuss database seeding through code snippets rather than e.g. a discussion of the history of database seeding. There is source material we could use, but I don’t believe that it’s enough to expand beyond the article beyond a WP: DICTDEF and a bunch of questionably relevant code. I think this AtD gives this concept some deserved presence on the encyclopedia, but I generally agree that this standalone article should not continue to exist. HyperAccelerated (talk) 02:32, 8 January 2025 (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.