Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Unset

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The result was merge to Environment variable. Vanjagenije (talk) 19:39, 12 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Unset

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This article's topic is just about the most trivial command in the Unix shell. While Unix shells are the topic of multiple independently published manuals as desired by WP:NSOFT, I doubt that unset is. QVVERTYVS (hm?) 19:07, 27 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Delete Just not sure anyone could come up with anything about this that wouldn't be command line help WP:NOTMANUAL Yasth (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 20:30, 27 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Computing-related deletion discussions. QVVERTYVS (hm?) 19:08, 27 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Keep WP:NSOFT is an essay and so insignificant. The relevant guideline is WP:GNG which this passes. The worst case would be merger with another page such as environment variable; there's no case for deletion. Andrew D. (talk) 22:04, 27 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Where is the significant coverage, then? Which book or other source devotes more than a paragraph to this command? QVVERTYVS (hm?) 22:59, 27 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
- "significant" means reasonably comprehensive. Which is just about every basic unix book. Staszek Lem (talk) 03:57, 4 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Keep - several paragraphs about unset here - clearly it's not quite as trivial as one might assume. Gandalf61 (talk) 15:59, 29 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

That's an open wiki. WP:GNG says that "sources need editorial integrity to allow verifiable evaluation of notability" per WP:RS, not that someone, somewhere found a corner case in Bash and wrote it up anonymously. QVVERTYVS (hm?) 16:13, 29 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Keep as this is a POSIX base command. Schily (talk) 15:28, 1 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Delete and draft & userfy with restarting later as I'm not entirely convinced of actually keeping this, as although it may have potential, there's nothing for signs of a currently better article. SwisterTwister talk 06:18, 3 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Merge/redirect to environmental variable as described above. There is not much that can be written here, but it is certainly a notable concept. Titoxd^(?!?) 01:32, 4 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, — Coffee // have a cup // beans // 03:17, 4 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

keep/merge nontrivial verifiable information. Setting/unsetting must be in one place, for convenience. And this would be "env var" page. Staszek Lem (talk) 03:57, 4 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - we don't need articles on every single OS command, especially commands like this one whose functionality is relatively trivial. Are we going to create articles for every command of every operating system. On my Mac, pressing TAB tells me I've got roughly 3627 commands, we don't need articles on them all. And what about commands for other (less commonly used) operating systems, such as VMS, MVS, VM/CMS, VSE, TPF, OS/400, Netware, VME, OS 2200, MCP, BS2000/OSD? The number of distinct OS commands, across all operating systems, must number into the tens of thousands, even hundreds of thousands. SJK (talk) 10:56, 5 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect to environment variable or delete. I completely agree with SJK and Qwertyus. Our coverage of UNIX commands is bordering on indiscriminate, if not already there. We can't dedicate an article to every single minor command just because it exists and is part of a standard. This is inherited notability. UNIX manuals are just that – manuals. How are we going to create an that doesn't violate WP:NOTHOWTO when our only sources are how-to guides? NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 22:25, 9 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Keep or merge to Environment variable, oppose deletion Here are sources about the subject:
1. Liu, Yukun; Yue, Yong; Guo, Liwei (2011). UNIX Operating System: The Development Tutorial via UNIX Kernel Services. New York: Springer Science+Business Media. p. 253. ISBN 3642204325. Retrieved 2016-02-12.
2. Winsor, Janice (2001). Solaris 8 Advanced System Administrator's Guide. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey: Prentice Hall. p. 437. ISBN 0130277037. Retrieved 2016-02-12.
3. Cooper, Mendel. Advanced Bash Scripting Guide. ru:Рипол-классик. ISBN 5879734420. Retrieved 2016-02-12.
4. Kiddle, Oliver; Stephenson, Peter; Peek, Jerry (2005). From Bash to Z Shell: Conquering the Command Line. New York: Apress. p. 289. ISBN 1430204028. Retrieved 2016-02-12.
Cunard (talk) 07:12, 12 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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