Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Variable cycle three-stroke engine

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. 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.

The result was delete. Nobody opposes deletion. Sandstein 12:41, 26 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Variable cycle three-stroke engine

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patent spam Graywalls (talk) 22:12, 18 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Technology-related deletion discussions. Graywalls (talk) 22:12, 18 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

The original article made no mention of patents. That came about as a consequence of someone nominating the article for deletion in 2012. The person contesting deletion sourced the article to a patent. This was not the best of choices. I cannot find any good sources addressing this. Uncle G (talk) 17:53, 20 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]
- so, is that a delete or keep or neither? I just searched and there's no credible third party reference to three stroke/variable stroke. Graywalls (talk) 01:19, 21 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]
  - You should have done such a search first, note. And checked the edit history. That's the correct order to do this. Per Project:deletion policy we don't delete things for being patented, but we do delete them if no-one can turn up any good sources documenting the subject in depth. Rationales not based upon putting the necessary work in, do not help towards making that determination. Uncle G (talk) 12:48, 21 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]
  - Read WP:BEFORE. Trackinfo (talk) 03:06, 26 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. It describes a patent and has little encyclopedic value. Szzuk (talk) 08:36, 26 August 2019 (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.