Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Scripting Layer for Android

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The result was withdrawn. — Timneu22 · talk 01:57, 15 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Scripting Layer for Android

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Should be deleted or moved. No third-party coverage or assertions of importance. — Timneu22 · talk 13:36, 12 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Keep: I added third-party coverage sources, including one from InfoQ. However, I created this article because someone created a whole chapter about it in the main Android article. I deleted it from this article, because it had nothing to do there, but I thought that it might be worthy of an article in itself (there are a lot of references on this project, mainly by it's old name, on the web). Hervegirod (talk) 13:59, 12 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- This is a really small article. I'd argue its content should be a section within the main Android article. Am I missing something? — Timneu22 · talk 14:19, 12 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Software-related deletion discussions. -- Jclemens-public (talk) 15:20, 12 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Strong Keep Eminently notable runtime interface for a device where 10's of thousands of Android developers will no doubt be using. scope_creep (talk) 00:13, 13 November 2010 (UTC). Well worth an article.[reply]
- Why isn't it just a section of Android (operating system)? — Timneu22 · talk 00:49, 13 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- Operating systems are large and complex entities. The most complex construct that man has ever built. It would take 10's of thousands of WP articles to describe Android in sufficient detail for the lay person to understand how it works. Therefore a seperate article for this interface is ideal. scope_creep (talk) 02:23, 13 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]
- Scripting Layer for Android is not part of the core Android OS. So I don't think it's would be good to put it back in the main article. It only clutters the already very large Android article there. Hervegirod (talk) 14:08, 13 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Keep per scope_creep's good explanation of the size and significance issues. Andy Dingley (talk) 01:44, 15 November 2010 (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.