Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/MacBook

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 Speedy keep — product now released. _└ ^UkPaolo/_talk^┐ 14:40, 16 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] MacBook

• Delete. Wikipedia is not a crystal ball, and is not a collection of unverifiable speculation, per WP:NOT. Example from page: "The 2028 U.S. presidential election and 2032 Summer Olympics are not considered appropriate article topics because nothing can be said about them that is verifiable and not original research." Nothing can be said about the MacBook that is verifiable. — WCityMike (talk • contribs) 21:28, 11 May 2006 (UTC)
  • It appears I misread the appropriate section of the WP:NOT page. I apologize for the error, and withdraw the nomination. — WCityMike (talk • contribs) 14:46, 12 May 2006 (UTC)
• Keep. Okay, so a page about a future product isn't the most encyclopedic thing out there - but Wikipedia is not a paper encyclopedia. In fact, WP:NOT says that "Individual scheduled or expected future events should only be included if the event is notable and almost certain to take place". And most certainly MacBook meets this criteria. Analysts are predicting it, rumour sites are all over it - and more notably, Apple accidentally leaked the name a few days ago on the iPod page. Thus, it is both verifiable (analysts and Apple, if not rumour sites) - and if we delete this, there are so many other things that could be deleted. I suppose we just wait a week and see what happens. =) --mintchocicecream 23:12, 11 May 2006 (UTC)
• Merge with MacBook Pro - should be sufficient to add a section to that article like "Speculation about MacBook" or similar, with legitimate sources. Aguerriero (ţ) (ć) (ë) 23:15, 11 May 2006 (UTC)
• Keep, here is the excerpt from the WP:NOT page. "Individual scheduled or expected future events should only be included if the event is notable and almost certain to take place. If preparation for the event isn't already in progress, speculation about it must be well documented. Examples of appropriate topics include 2008 U.S. presidential election, and 2012 Summer Olympics. By comparison, the 2028 U.S. presidential election and 2032 Summer Olympics are not considered appropriate article topics because nothing can be said about them that is verifiable and not original research. A schedule of future events may also be appropriate. ". Well documented speculation is allowed for soon to be upcoming events. Speculation about this release has been documented in the article. DanielZimmerman 23:20, 11 May 2006 (UTC)
• Keep - Has several references to a well respected source. Contains information. WIkipedia isn't paper, so let it stay. -- 9cds^(talk) 23:33, 11 May 2006 (UTC)
  • Speedy Keep - It has now been announced and is for sale. -- 9cds^(talk) 13:55, 16 May 2006 (UTC)
• Keep per above Keep comments. ···日本穣^{? · Talk to Nihonjoe} 01:16, 12 May 2006 (UTC)

• Keep per above... unless someone is willing to put up a CFD for this... Paul^C/_T+ 04:29, 12 May 2006 (UTC)

• Keep per DanielZimmerman. Could be useful to someone, and the product is likely going to be released over the next few weeks anyhow. _└ ^UkPaolo/_talk^┐ 07:29, 12 May 2006 (UTC)
• Delete unless/until officially verified. Stifle (talk) 18:32, 12 May 2006 (UTC)
• Speedy keep as withdrawn nomination. Fagstein 21:42, 12 May 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.