Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of Linux-powered devices

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The result was delete. Big Dom 19:06, 2 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

List of Linux-powered devices

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Okay, this is a complex one.

It doesn't have enough sourcing. Of course some of it is sourced, but still.
This seems more like something that would be a category due to its wide inclusion criteria (hence why this is so long). Given the fact that among other things, it will ultimately and redundantly list every Android phone model on Earth (since they all technically meet the inclusion criteria).
The idea of listing all products that run on a certain class of operating systems is unwieldy, in comparison to a better idea; making articles dealing with and providing encyclopedic information about these topics, like say Linux on mobile devices or Linux on embedded systems, or even Linux on desktop computers.
And one more thing, this is also the same reason why we don't have List of Windows-powered devices, cause that would get insane.

So, is this a valid excuse? ViperSnake151 Talk 23:46, 26 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. I think this fits into criteria for a list that is too broad or general WP:SALAT. Further, I don't believe that the list would provide any encyclopedic value even if categories and subcategories were added to the page. The list doesn't seem to have an informational purpose. Lord Arador (talk) 00:28, 27 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - Per nominator. Rilak (talk) 22:37, 27 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Delete - I don't think this article violates policy directly, but Linux has become sufficiently pervasive to cease being a distinguishing factor. Three hundred million years ago (more or less), List of animals that breathe air might have been a good article, but not now. Ma^t_chups 03:23, 29 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Delete unmanageable and indiscriminate list. OSborn^arf_contribs. 16:14, 29 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Keep and split up into the smaller, more manageable lists such as those suggested in point three above. The content is easily referenced, but it's way too broad a topic for one list. So basically it would turn the article into a "list of lists" as described in WP:SALAT, but the content would be subdivided into less free-wheeling topics. Steven Walling 02:20, 30 March 2011 (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.