Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Flex print

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 Change to disambiguation page. Sandstein 20:45, 20 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Flex print

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"Flex print" is actually a company and the promotional language is falsely coat-racking on this page i.e. the article is promoting a non-notable product, failing both WP:PROMO and WP:GNG. DrStrauss talk 18:12, 30 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Keep While it is the name of a company, the term is also used generically. I've changed the title to Flex printing. There should be abundant references, but google may not be the way to find them. We needto increase our coverage of technical processes. DGG ( talk ) 19:17, 30 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]
~~Keep~~ Disambiguation: I'm inclined to agree with DGG. The article needs work, but seems to be something worth documenting. Some explanation here (not referring to a specific company name), and several news articles mention flex prints. Looks like there is a separate technique with the same name [1] relating to printed circuit boards, so that should be mentioned. = paul2520 (talk) 19:31, 30 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I changed to recommend changing to be a disambiguation page, as per timtempleton's comments below. = paul2520 (talk) 19:50, 31 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Technology-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 20:07, 30 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Visual arts-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 20:07, 30 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Change to disambiguation page - this article is a mess, and from the edit history you can see that the article creator intended it to be an advertisement for Mutoh plotters.[[2]] It should instead be a disambiguation page. There are at least three different kinds of flex printing. The first, vinyl pattern transfers, should point readers to Flexography. The second, which this article appears to be trying to be about, is PVC sign printing, which should redirect to Vinyl banners. The third, which paul2520 noticed, is for printed circuit boards, and should point to Flexible electronics. TimTempleton ^(talk) ^(cont) 21:17, 30 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Good points, timtempleton. I agree. = paul2520 (talk) 12:05, 31 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Disambiguations-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 21:57, 30 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Redirect to vinyl banner: Even the most basic Google search turned up over half a million hits on this topic, all of which are covered in the vinyl article. The term seems to be so widely used that I would argue it should be a synonym in the lede. Maury Markowitz (talk) 15:00, 31 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 06:04, 6 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 03:22, 13 November 2017 (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.