Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/LOAD "*",8,1

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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 redirect to Commodore DOS, has already been merged. - ulayiti (talk) 12:24, 14 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] LOAD "*",8,1

This article is about a specific BASIC language command on the Commodore 64. While the article contents are correct, I think the subject is far too narrowly defined to warrant a Wikipedia article. Delete. — JIP | Talk 14:51, 8 January 2006 (UTC)

  • Delete There is already a page on the BASIC programming language. Listing every single command is non-encyclopedic. Atrian 15:30, 8 January 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete as per nominator. Doubtful a search query with the article title would ever happen.--MONGO 16:13, 8 January 2006 (UTC)
  • Merge into Commodore 64, or one of its sub-articles. -- Mikeblas 16:35, 8 January 2006 (UTC)
  • Merge per Mikeblas. It's a meaningful historical tidbit for members of a particular generation, but I can't see anyone coming to Wikipedia and typing LOAD "*",8,1 into the search field. --Aaron 19:00, 8 January 2006 (UTC)
  • Merge into Commodore 64 or Commodore 1541, though it's tough to pin down (this same command would be used on the Commodore VIC-20, for instance). I cleaned it up a bit. Crotalus horridus (TALK • CONTRIBS) 20:47, 8 January 2006 (UTC)
  • Merge. Ah, the nostalgia... To tell you the truth, I probably would have typed this in the search box just for the heck of it if you gave me long enough. --Pagrashtak 20:54, 8 January 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete not merge. WP:ISNOT a howto or manual. Just zis  Guy, you know? [T]/[C] AfD? 22:08, 8 January 2006 (UTC)
    • Comment True, but I think that LOAD"*",8,1 is, for lack of a better word, "iconic" enough that it deserves at least a mention. After all, Rm (Unix) has a paragraph discussing rm -rf *, and there was a redirect from rm -rf / (I created a second redirect from rm -rf * just now). Crotalus horridus (TALK • CONTRIBS) 05:52, 9 January 2006 (UTC)
  • Delete, not useful as a redirect. Gazpacho 22:26, 8 January 2006 (UTC)
  • Merge elsewhere. --King of All the Franks 06:49, 9 January 2006 (UTC)
  • Redirect to Commodore DOS. I have already merged the content there (well, not really merged, rewrote the whole thing. See Commodore DOS#File access. --wwwwolf (barks/growls) 21:49, 9 January 2006 (UTC)
  • Redirect to Commodore DOS after wwwwolf's rewrite. It is conceivable that someone of the right "vintage" will search on this string. Sliggy 13:37, 10 January 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.