Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/2B1 conference

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 keep (non-admin closure) given lack of delete preferences. Skomorokh 01:41, 7 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] 2B1 conference

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This is an unimportant conferance less than 150 people attended. It appears to have no encyclopedic importance. Ctempleton3 (talk) 05:45, 1 April 2008 (UTC)

The 2B1 conference was a significant milestone in the development of the OLPC project, which is of considerable encyclopedic value. --Iwoj (talk) 06:33, 1 April 2008 (UTC)

*Merge and redirect to the proper page on the OLPC project. In and of itself, the conference doesn't seem notable, although it is certainly notable in regards to it's guiding said project. That is where this information belongs. Celarnor ^{Talk to me} 06:42, 1 April 2008 (UTC)

• Keep. I've added a reference for the Nation1 relation, and now that it has a relationship with more than one such project, I think it should be kept. Celarnor ^{Talk to me} 15:33, 2 April 2008 (UTC)

The conference occurred in 1997 and the OLPC project did not begin to appear publicly until around 2005. From how [this article] recites a tongue-in-cheek history of 2B1 in relation to the OLPC project, I would suggest that the 2B1 article be allowed to live on and evolve its own body of text before being merged. It may hold some useful corollary content to not only the OLPC project, but other projects relating to education, technology and development. Give us a week to flesh out the article. --Iwoj (talk) 07:18, 1 April 2008 (UTC)

• Merge per Celanor. It doesn't seem notable outside of OLPC, but it's definitely an important historic predecessor, so it should be mentioned there. JeremyMcCracken (talk) (contribs) 13:41, 1 April 2008 (UTC)

It would be inaccurate to consider the 2B1 conference a predecessor to the OLPC project. The 2B1 conference informed the OLPC, but it was by no means the sole contributor to the OLPC concept, nor was the OLPC project the only notable outcome of the conference. --Iwoj (talk) 05:42, 2 April 2008 (UTC)

What were some other ones, and where can we find sources verifying this information? Celarnor ^{Talk to me} 06:26, 2 April 2008 (UTC)

Okay, I stand corrected. I couldn't find any other outcomes besides Nation1 and OLPC, despite the many fascinating people who were there. I've merged the text. How do with delete and redirect this page? --Iwoj (talk) 09:10, 2 April 2008 (UTC)

You replace the existing page with #REDIRECT [[OLPC Project#Section you put it in]]. You might want to wait a day or two before actually doing it, however, as someone else might be able to turn something up to demonstrate the notability of the conference that we weren't able to find. Celarnor ^{Talk to me} 09:21, 2 April 2008 (UTC)

• I'm changing to keep, now that the link to Nation1 is there, it wouldn't be appropriate to redirect. Since it's tied to both Nation1 and OLPC, I think it deserves expansion. JeremyMcCracken (talk) (contribs) 15:06, 2 April 2008 (UTC)

As much as I want to agree with you, I can't find anything I can use to relate the two. Celarnor ^{Talk to me} 15:24, 2 April 2008 (UTC)

Never mind, I fail at search. I'll fix it. :P Celarnor ^{Talk to me} 15:28, 2 April 2008 (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.