Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Pthreads

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. – Robert 03:52, 15 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Pthreads

Wikipedia is not a programming manual. User:Zoe|^(talk) 21:15, 9 January 2006 (UTC)

• Keep. Is this a joke? Lots of APIs have their own articles. Pfalstad 21:25, 9 January 2006 (UTC)
• strong keep. pthreads is probably the most popular threading library out there. The article should be expanded, however. Brighterorange 22:12, 9 January 2006 (UTC)
• Keep. Indeed, WP isn't a programming manual -- and as such the article needs to be expanded, though. History, where used, pros and cons, See Also to competitive ideas, and so on. -- Mikeblas 23:18, 9 January 2006 (UTC)
• Keep (and move to POSIX threads). Very notable. —Ruud 23:58, 9 January 2006 (UTC)
• Keep per excellent arguments above. -- JJay 01:52, 10 January 2006 (UTC)
• Strong keep. Notable. Article should also be renamed to "POSIX Threads" (I haven't done it yet, to avoid confusion). I wouldn't mind removing the example code if that's what you object to. —Quarl ^(talk) 2006-01-10 02:54Z
• keep please this is not a manual Yuckfoo 03:41, 10 January 2006 (UTC)
• Strong keep per above. Werdna648^T/_C\^@ 10:15, 10 January 2006 (UTC)
• Keep — Invalid AfD nomination criteria. — RJH 17:06, 10 January 2006 (UTC)
• Keep, a quite valid topic, though I'd like to see it renamed to POSIX threads and expanded. pthreads is just what linux/glibc calls the things, while other *NIXes might put them elsewhere. But that's a cleanup issue, not an AfD one. --wwwwolf (barks/growls) 19:44, 10 January 2006 (UTC)
• Keep. This is as acceptable as many other programming articles. If you want to get rid of this type of article, I suggest you start a discussion to change policy. —Brent Dax 20:13, 10 January 2006 (UTC)
• Keep Tintin Talk 00:30, 11 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.