Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/.htaccess

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 Redirect to Apache HTTP Server until someone is willing to put in the effort to clean this up and make it policy-compliable. ~ trialsanderrors 06:06, 26 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] .htaccess

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Wikipedia is not a how-to guide. Delete, if not merge to
Apache HTTP Server

• Trim, Merge, and Redirect per nom. yandman 14:20, 17 January 2007 (UTC)
• Trim, merge, and redirect according to yandman. It's true that Wikipedia is not not a how-to guide, so the way that the article is currently written is not appropriate. Moreover, upon trimming it to contain only encyclopedic content, it will surely be a stub, so then adding it into the Apache article and redirecting this page makes the most sense. --LoganK 16:19, 17 January 2007 (UTC)
• Keep and cleanup. The topic is quite notable, but the article needs to be de-crufted. ---J.S (T/C/WRE) 17:54, 17 January 2007 (UTC)
• Weak Keep, or Merge - It's a vaguely likely search term, so the article should point to something, if only a redirect to a section of Apache HTTP Server that details the term. -- Y|yukichigai (_ramble argue ^check)
• Merge to Apache HTTP Server. This reads like a man page, which anyone with the software should have already; and the software could change, meaning our page would be an outdated copy. Although a stub explaining the different uses could be formed let's just put that stub in the larger article. --Dhartung | Talk 19:40, 17 January 2007 (UTC)
• Delete even if can a useful article, wikipedia is not a manual by Snowolf (talk) on 21:17, 17 January 2007 (UTC)
• KEEP THIS ARTICLE, AS IS What you don't realize, is that this is one of the BEST, most complete pages on this topic on the web. If you delete, it merge it or trim it, you will be doing a great disservice to the entire internet. A great many people use this page as a reference. Let's not get hung up on rules...Yes they are there for a purpose, but when a page is THIS useful, let it be. Keep it. As is. by LunaticBeatnik on 13:45, 17 January 2007 (UTC) _{This user timestamp is forged. Actual timestamp was 21:50 17 January 2007}
• Keep and cleanup. --- RockMFR 22:08, 17 January 2007 (UTC)
• Keep but needs cleanup. Very important subject, necessary for internet businesses. Rockstar915 01:41, 18 January 2007 (UTC)
• Merge. This article is not notable outside apache. Only apache server uses .htaccess 121.6.121.33 06:00, 18 January 2007 (UTC)
• Merge and redirect to Apache HTTP Server per Wikipedia is not an instruction manual --Pak21 10:52, 18 January 2007 (UTC)
• Keep per J.smith. Given the number of apache servers out there, I'd say the article is sufficiently notable. Perhaps some of it could be copied to WikiHow. —Disavian (^talk/_contribs) 21:18, 23 January 2007 (UTC)
• keep promote to WP:FA status. Jerry lavoie 01:26, 26 January 2007 (UTC)
• Keep as a notable file that exists to configure many, many websites. The article can be cleaned up to not be a guide, instead detailing the different functionality with perhaps some examples. Pomte 03:34, 26 January 2007 (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.