Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Multifunction platform

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The result was no consensus. (non-admin closure) b uidhe 03:18, 24 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Multifunction platform

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A ‘ multifunction platform’ is simply a diesel generator, used to power various labour-saving devices in the context of small scale local development projects. This much is just a dictionary definition. The article includes links to a number of instances of the term being used, but there’s little real encyclopaedic content. A general search for the term finds a variety of different an entirely unrelated meanings for the term, but very little supporting this article. My conclusion is that it lacks multiple reliable independent sources and is therefore not notable. Mccapra (talk) 06:58, 3 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Environment-related deletion discussions. Mccapra (talk) 06:58, 3 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Africa-related deletion discussions. Mccapra (talk) 06:58, 3 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. The name certainly isn't great, it sounds like a bit of computing hardware, but the project is both worthy and widespread, and critically it has been discussed by newspapers like the Christian Science Monitor (sounds hokey but is a well-respected publication), technical websites like Tech monitor, commercial companies like AbzeSolar, independent national agencies like the United States Agency for International Development, and independent world agencies like the World Bank. Of course it's also cited by other parts and projects of the UNDP as well, as a long-lived and successful programme. Chiswick Chap (talk) 09:59, 3 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]
I'm having a hard time with this one. On one hand, I'm seeing in several places that MFPs are just diesel engines subsidized through UNDP; elsewhere, it makes them sound like a technological innovation. Is this about a device or the program which distributes them? — Rhododendrites ^talk \\ 05:43, 6 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, b uidhe 19:25, 10 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 04:52, 17 March 2020 (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.