The result was merge. I've removed the tag, I'll leave the merge to the professionals. Flowerparty☀ 00:25, 26 May 2009 (UTC) reply
The article subject seems to lack notability. Alastairward ( talk) 21:10, 18 May 2009 (UTC) reply
I don't know about that--it documents an old text-based Star Trek game dating back to the early days of computer games. I think it's worth keeping for its historical value. Peyre ( talk) 23:41, 18 May 2009 (UTC) reply
The nominator has never been involved in this article; has nothing on the talk page; has not even made any statement that anything is wrong with this article; and has simply thrown up a deletion notice. What matter here are the merits of the subject, not the given grievance of its current state: Wikipedia is a work-in-progress, the universe being a moving target, plus if we did decide based on current state the next major change in rules would bring the place crashing down. Unfortunately we now have a time limit and are in a confrontational environment.
Suggestions on how to make that sound less harsh while remaining firm are appreciated. Anyway. The game predates video game journalism, it predates widespread Internet use, it predates graphical displays and, at first, had to print its output. It was written in the first proper programming language. How do we access the article? We'll need to check works about the history of computing - paper ones, probably - and bug relevant wikiprojects or knowledgeable editors. --
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The result was merge. I've removed the tag, I'll leave the merge to the professionals. Flowerparty☀ 00:25, 26 May 2009 (UTC) reply
The article subject seems to lack notability. Alastairward ( talk) 21:10, 18 May 2009 (UTC) reply
I don't know about that--it documents an old text-based Star Trek game dating back to the early days of computer games. I think it's worth keeping for its historical value. Peyre ( talk) 23:41, 18 May 2009 (UTC) reply
The nominator has never been involved in this article; has nothing on the talk page; has not even made any statement that anything is wrong with this article; and has simply thrown up a deletion notice. What matter here are the merits of the subject, not the given grievance of its current state: Wikipedia is a work-in-progress, the universe being a moving target, plus if we did decide based on current state the next major change in rules would bring the place crashing down. Unfortunately we now have a time limit and are in a confrontational environment.
Suggestions on how to make that sound less harsh while remaining firm are appreciated. Anyway. The game predates video game journalism, it predates widespread Internet use, it predates graphical displays and, at first, had to print its output. It was written in the first proper programming language. How do we access the article? We'll need to check works about the history of computing - paper ones, probably - and bug relevant wikiprojects or knowledgeable editors. --
Kiz
o
r 07:47, 19 May 2009 (UTC)
reply