Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Panasonic Lumix DMC-LZ1

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 of the debate was Keep. Deathphoenix ʕ 15:34, 17 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Panasonic Lumix DMC-LZ1

it's just another digital camera, nothing notable about it. deprodded with we have articles on other Lumix cameras. I do not think we need an article about every single brand and type of camera Hirudo 19:13, 7 June 2006 (UTC)

• Keep Our digital cameras category contains 117 digital camera articles, and there's an SLR camera category with 93. I feel that as major consumer products from a major company, cameras are notable more often than not. In any case, picking this one out of the blue is pointless. I get 623,000 Google hits for "DMC-LZ1" in quotes. Andrew Lenahan - Starblind 19:43, 7 June 2006 (UTC)
  • What's so special about digital cameras? Why not have a category for toasters, coffee machines and dryers as well then? I can see maybe having an article for the first digital camera, or even the first to cross the X megapixel barrier or similar, but I don't see anything that makes this one stand out.
  • As for the "out of the blue" part, I just stumbled on the page through the "random article" link. -- Hirudo 19:55, 7 June 2006 (UTC)
    • I don't think that article subjects have to be "special", first, best, biggest, or most amazing. WP isn't the Guiness Book or Ripley's Believe it or Not. Rutherford B. Hayes isn't very special either, but his article isn't going anywhere. Digital cameras are certainly notable to the hundreds of millions of people around the world who own and use them, and the very high Google rank shows that this is far from an obscure model. Andrew Lenahan - Starblind 23:05, 7 June 2006 (UTC)
• Keep- Information on digital cameras can be very useful when doing research, e.g. making a buying decision. As to "what's so special...", what's so special about amusement parks, or TV shows, or any of the other zillions of things indexed here? --Rehcsif 20:59, 7 June 2006 (UTC)
• Delete I find it hard to see how the article can be expanded any more than it is at the moment, and the current information is quite indiscriminate as per WP:NOT. Wikipedia is not the place to store information for researching buying decisions, and while wikipedia is not paper, having an article per camera model is well over the top. An article per camera line, maybe, with notes on notable ones within the range, but adding detail right down to size of the LCD display? WP:NOT#Wikipedia_is_not_an_indiscriminate_collection_of_information Regards, MartinRe 00:26, 8 June 2006 (UTC)

There's an awful lot of cameras in Category:Cameras and its subcategopries -- I doubt they're all more notable than this one... --Rehcsif 01:12, 8 June 2006 (UTC)

• Comment I doubt so too, but the existance of less notable articles doesn't necessarily imply that this one should be kept, it could equally mean that no one has got around to afd'ing those yet. Regards, MartinRe 01:19, 8 June 2006 (UTC)

• A single page covering all Lumix models. Similar for other brands. We don't need too much detail, a list of features will suffice. Wikipedia is not your operating manual. -- GWO

• Note: This debate has been included in the list of Japan-related deletions. -- ···日本穣^{? · Talk to Nihonjoe} 17:36, 9 June 2006 (UTC)
• Keep per above discussion. ···日本穣^{? · Talk to Nihonjoe} 17:36, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

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.