Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Das Keyboard

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 -- 9cds^(talk) 18:11, 29 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Das Keyboard

NN and unencyclopedic. There are many novelty keyboards out on the market, including ones with Disney and Barbie themes. I do not see how this is different from any other. BigE1977 17:58, 24 June 2006 (UTC)

• Comment: Google receives 307,000 results with the exact term. I'm not so sure if we could keep it and/or rewrite it. --Slgr@ndson (page - messages - contribs) 18:01, 24 June 2006 (UTC)
• Keep. As pointed out by User:Slgrandson there are over 300,000 Google hits (see search here) which is not the case for other "themed" keyboards. While I think the concept itself is silly, it is notable and verifiable. I see no criteria for deleting the article. Ifnord 19:02, 24 June 2006 (UTC)
• Very Weak Keep per Slgrandson. Not 100% convinced that it meets WP:CORP - a better reference than Slashdot would be a help, for starters. Tevildo 19:41, 24 June 2006 (UTC)
• Weak Keep. There are various links for strange keyboards under keyboard but their 'novelty' is dubious. However, this seems to be notable as per Slgrandson. Anand^(talk) 23:57, 24 June 2006 (UTC)
• Das Keep Not much in terms of news articles though, but the New York Times had a writeup. ~ trialsanderrors 00:08, 25 June 2006 (UTC)
• Comment Undecided on this, but if it survives, it needs cleanup, as it reads like an advert with a NPOV veneer - virtually all citations are manufacturer's own claims, the section called "Criticism" simply shills for "Version II" (the fact it's $20 more than the original is hardly appropriate for an encyclopedia), and so on. Be careful with Ghit-counts on this one too, as I believe "das Keyboard" is acceptable German for "the keyboard", and that will distort the count. --DaveG12345 11:47, 25 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.