Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/X-ray machine

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 move X-ray generator to X-ray machine‎. Ritchie333 ^(talk) ^(cont) 14:14, 20 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

X-ray machine

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Is this a WP:DICDEF, or a very poorly built disambiguation page? –LaundryPizza03 (d c̄) 18:15, 12 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Perhaps the best thing to do with this article is to move it to draft space. Its topic is notable enough for having a Wikipedia article, but having looked at the article, it seems too concise and basic to constitute a proper article. YTKJ (talk) 20:37, 12 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Science, Technology, and Disambiguations. –LaundryPizza03 (d c̄) 18:15, 12 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Engineering and Medicine. Polyamorph (talk) 19:53, 12 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
What was wrong with the original redirect at Special:Permalink/302277061? The target mentions X-ray machines 8 times, rather belieing the claim at Talk:X-ray generator#Change name to "X-ray machine"? that the target article isn't about X-ray machines. Uncle G (talk) 21:07, 12 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
- Exactly. The real article was moved to X-ray generator, and the redirect it left worked fine for 8 years when someone decided to overlay it with this "article" (which obscures the thing most accessors would be looking for IMO). --R. S. Shaw (talk) 05:28, 13 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
  - That article seems only concerned with medical and security imaging devices. It doesn't deal with other types of X-ray generators, such as Synchrotrons, or applications, such as X-ray diffraction. To my mind, the generator is only the part of the device that generates the x-rays, and this is made rather redundant by X-ray tube. So I would support a move of X-ray generator back to X-ray machine as the WP:COMMONNAME of medical and security X-ray devices. Polyamorph (talk) 07:26, 13 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

A proper Dab seems to be the best thing to do with this. Headbomb {t · c · p · b} 12:42, 13 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect to X-ray. Owen× ☎ 14:12, 13 November 2023 (UTC) Changed after reading comments from Polyamorph. Owen× ☎ 14:56, 16 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Move X-ray generator back to X-ray machine and tag for cleanup, per my comments above and at Talk:X-ray generator. It seems the talk page wasn't moved with the main page, so a history merge may be required there. Polyamorph (talk) 14:28, 13 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Move X-ray generator back to X-ray machine, per Polyamorph's convincing argument. Owen× ☎ 14:56, 16 November 2023 (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.