Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Directional microphone

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 delete.--Kubigula (talk) 03:46, 30 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Directional microphone

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Procedural nomination. Wrongly tagged as nonsense speedy. No personal opinion on the matter. Pascal.Tesson 05:23, 22 September 2007 (UTC)

• Delete - I don't think that is the correct definition. It's a definition anyway, and those get send to wiktionary. SolidPlaid 05:31, 22 September 2007 (UTC)

Maybe the definition is incorrect but in any case, this is not material for wiktionary. Pascal.Tesson 05:53, 22 September 2007 (UTC)

• Delete. Not nonsense but clearly incorrect. Except for "omni directional" microphones all microphones have directional characteristics. There is nothing to save here for a future article called Directionality (microphone) - Peripitus (Talk) 13:17, 22 September 2007 (UTC)
• Keep — If the definition is invalid, there sure are a lot of sites using the term: 252,000 ghits, including commercial sales, technical sites and a patent. Whether it makes sense to merge this with microphone is another matter. I think there's enough material available to produce a worthy article. — RJH (talk) 18:19, 22 September 2007 (UTC)
• Delete. Directionality is already discussed in the Microphone article. In practice, all microphones are directional (even those described as "omni" have subtle directional characteristics). The term "directional" does seem to be used in some places to describe mic setups with an intentionally extreme directional character (see Siemens talking about their hearing-aid technology, or here for the term being used to market shotgun mics), but this article is more specific than that. Delete it with no prejudice against recreation as a fork from Microphone should this useage ever attract significant coverage there. Thomjakobsen 18:39, 22 September 2007 (UTC)
• Delete with no barrier to future creation of a valid article about this important topic. This article reads like pure fiction or misunderstanding of technology. Directional microphones have been around for many decades and are very important but do not work as described in this incorrect and unreferenced article. Google hits are completely uninformitive as to the desirability of keeping this article, since they do not disclose websites which have a definition consistent with the mistaken one given here. Edison 03:53, 23 September 2007 (UTC)

Edison, perhaps it might be simplest just to replace the text with a correct stub here and now? Then we'd have a start on article & give at least a little correct information. DGG (talk) 04:32, 23 September 2007 (UTC)

• Delete Strong Redirect: To Microphone array as per 'before you AfD' instructions page. (The nonsense bit was added by 87.160.246.155 as their one and only edit.) In the first world war it was used to locate long range enemy guns. Phased array systems are forever gaining importance. A redirect will help to readers who are uncertain of the correct terms to enter in the search box. High performance radar have used the same principle for many years as have Radio Hams. On page three of this PDF is some mathematical representation's which might enhance the article which has -what I think- is the more descriptive name. [1] After I leave this, I shall add the PDF link to Microphone arrays -as it lacks any references. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Aspro (talk • contribs) 17:31, 23 September 2007 (UTC)

• That appears to be what the article text is about, but I don't think a redirect of its inaccurate title to Microphone array would be appropriate — "directional microphone" has a far more general and widespread connotation that would be better served by a redirect to Microphone#Microphone polar patterns. Thomjakobsen 18:33, 23 September 2007 (UTC)

True. Having had enough time to look through the other articles I agree that this collective term [directional microphones] would be a bad way to create a sub category, as it is based on 'use' rather than 'principle of operation' and thus duplicates main article on microphones.--Aspro 19:21, 24 September 2007 (UTC)

• Merge or redirect to microphone. Worth at least mentioning. JIP | Talk 04:33, 26 September 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.