Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/INES (emulator)

This page is an archive of the discussion about the proposed deletion of the article below. This page is no longer live. Further comments should be made on the article's talk page rather than here so that this page is preserved as an historic record.
The result of the debate was keep though the decision is split on whether to keep as is or keep as merge with a more comprehensive article. I would argue to merge this since the current content is a single line. However, that is an appropriate decision for the respective Talk pages and not appropriate for the VfD decision-making process. Rossami (talk) 05:55, 22 Apr 2005 (UTC)

[edit] INES (emulator)

Currently is a one sentence self-promotion for an NES emulator. Zzyzx11 07:11, 2 Apr 2005 (UTC)

iNES is actually pretty well known in the emulation community. Although it isn't as popular now as it once was, iNES and Pasofami were the first usable NES emulators to be developed around 1995-96. Thus, this has some historical significance. A Google search for "+Nintendo +iNES" turns up over 28,000 (!) hits. Although it's currently a stub, I think that it could have some encyclopedic value if a history was provided. Firebug 08:27, 2 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Currently, it reads as a one sentence promo, which is why I marked it as VFD. But as long as someone provides notable, historic, encyclopedic value then it probably will be OK. Zzyzx11 10:27, 2 Apr 2005 (UTC)

I put in this entry because there was a link on the Console_emulator page that lead to the page for International Nuclear Events Scale. Should I have just removed the link instead?

• No, don't remove links to things which deserve an article, but try to write a little bit about them if you're going to make an article. But I vote Keep as a harmless substub. Kappa 12:02, 2 Apr 2005 (UTC)
• Keep. Potential for expansion. Hardware emulators are inherently Wikipedic. --Smithfarm
  • Why are hardware emulators inherently Wikipedic? Carbonite | Talk 18:16, 2 Apr 2005 (UTC)

I've always thought that Wikipedia was known for its good coverage of computer hardware and software. N'est-ce pas? --Smithfarm

• Keep and allow for organic growth Klonimus 18:05, 2 Apr 2005 (UTC)
  • Keep. Second Klonimus.—Boarder8925 21:03, 8 Apr 2005 (UTC)
• Merge into NES emulation as there's very little to say about individual emulators that isn't common to the lot of them. Radiant_* 12:03, Apr 4, 2005 (UTC)
• Merge into NES emulation or something similar for now. —RaD Man (talk) 00:57, 5 Apr 2005 (UTC)

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