Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Making a usb bootable

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The result was delete. Mark Arsten (talk) 01:52, 5 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Making a usb bootable

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Unabashed (and unreferenced) how-to guide. Not the stuff Wikipedia is intended to be made of. WikiDan61^ChatMe!_ReadMe!! 21:57, 29 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy delete - fails WP:NOTHOWTO miserably. Stalwart111 23:50, 29 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
- User:Stalwart111, just a friendly reminder that WP:NOT violations are not speedy-deletable. Suggest you remove the "speedy" part from your !vote. Ansh6 6 6 04:38, 30 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Ha ha, yes, foiled again! How about regular delete and speedy close given this has a snowball's chance in hell of surviving? What I usually mean is "this should be speedy deleted but unfortunately we don't have a category for silly things and blatant WP:NOT violations that exist contrary to the very purpose of WP, so lets delete this quickly without waiting the full seven days and learn from this by amending speedy deletion policy with a new criteria". Unfortunately, that's a bit long for a bolded !vote. Ha ha. Stalwart111 05:28, 30 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Next time, just use "WP:SNOW delete" or something like that. Ansh6 6 6 06:37, 30 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

829 AFDs and you'd think I'd have learned my lesson! Ha ha. Stalwart111 07:39, 30 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Over 3x the number I've participated in? Tsk tsk... Ansh6 6 6 17:18, 30 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy delete – I nominated it under G11 but it didn't seem to apply. (I also think that A7 should include unremarkable products which don't necessarily fall under G11, but that's another thing.) This is Wikipedia, not Wikihow. — kikichugirl ^inquire 00:53, 30 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
- I'd say it definitely doesn't fall under G11 (spam/advertising) as it doesn't push a certain product or viewpoint. If A7 included this sort of thing, that would be a better bet, but it unfortunately doesn't. I can't really find any other criteria that fit either - better to go through normal deletion channels. Ansh6 6 6 04:38, 30 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Plausible redirect to USB flash drive#Booting operating systems I know I'm against the flow here, but unlike most articles of this type at least it has a possible place it could go. Otherwise, delete as article without much use here. Nate • (chatter) 03:36, 30 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Computing-related deletion discussions. Northamerica1000^(talk) 03:44, 30 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Delete as flagrant WP:NOTGUIDE violation. I figure people could potentially search Wikipedia for these things, but to be honest, they shouldn't and we shouldn't encourage them to. Ansh6 6 6 04:38, 30 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Comment I actually rather like Nate's idea of redirecting. I tried to find a logical redirect target, but didn't find that one. WikiDan61^ChatMe!_ReadMe!! 11:06, 30 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - Wikipedia is not a HOWTO guide. Carrite (talk) 17:36, 3 August 2013 (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.