Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bootloop

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 merge‎ to Booting#Bootloop. (non-admin closure) asilvering (talk) 01:23, 27 July 2024 (UTC)

Bootloop

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There is no substance to the article. In its current state, it's little more than a dictionary entry, to which I feel the need to remind that we are not a dictionary. TrueCRaysball ^💬|✏️ 00:22, 20 July 2024 (UTC)

• Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Computing-related deletion discussions. TrueCRaysball ^💬|✏️ 00:22, 20 July 2024 (UTC)
• Merge and redirect Booting#Bootloop, unlikely to escape being a DICTDEF, no need to delete when it's missing at the target. Widefox; talk 09:46, 20 July 2024 (UTC)
• Keep while I do agree this is likely a WP:PERMASTUB, I do not think it is a dictionary definition. Merging it with booting makes it far harder to find. I think this is a common tech problem that deserves its own article, and it meets the WP:GNG. PhotographyEdits (talk) 09:54, 20 July 2024 (UTC)
  • The redirect would be left behind for ease. Isn't that a WP:USEFUL argument (one not to use in a deletion discussion)? Widefox; talk 14:34, 20 July 2024 (UTC)
• Merge and redirect with Booting#Bootliip per Widefox's rationale, unless the article is expanded to contain more than a dictionary definition and (for some reason) a list of operating systems. Milkk7 (talk) 12:56, 20 July 2024 (UTC)
• Keep I updated the article with a $24 billion example failure. --Ancheta Wis   (talk | contribs) 13:05, 20 July 2024 (UTC)
• Comment I copyedited to be in line with the article / WP:RECENTISM. It is still a stub plus a list of examples. Conceptually, it is a failure subtopic of booting, and there's no need to split that based on size. Widefox; talk 13:45, 20 July 2024 (UTC)
• Merge and redirect to Booting. While an encyclopedic article about bootloops could conceivable be created, I don't think it ever will. If that happens it will be worth splitting it from Booting. Otherwise there's no point. Tercer (talk) 14:49, 23 July 2024 (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.