Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Casio 9860 series

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 keep without prejudice against a future merger into a list article of Casio calculators when one is written. The discussion below reached a rough consensus that we ought to keep some description of this (and most other) Casio calculator series, as the information can be sourced and there exists independent media coverage to make them notable. An eventual merge into a list article may be a better way to present the information, but there is little appetite for outright deletion. Deryck C. 16:36, 11 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Casio 9860 series

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Unsourced, no indication of notability. Essentially a fansite. BoxOfChickens (talk · contribs · CSD/ProD log) 00:54, 27 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Technology-related deletion discussions. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 09:52, 27 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Japan-related deletion discussions. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 11:02, 27 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep - I don't see the problem with keeping articles about individual models/series of electronic calculators from major manufacturers, provided they have substantial content (as this one does). In terms of notability, there are media references to this series of calculators (e.g. [1]). In any event, how is this worse than having an article on an individual model/series of cars? SJK (talk) 06:06, 30 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep The AfDs before with the exception of Casio fx-991ES were about interfaces where as this is about the seemingly newest series of calculators from Casio. --Mr. Magoo and McBarker (talk) 05:59, 3 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep. This AFD and other Casio product AFDs is not a good way to discuss better editing, I mean real editing like a book publisher does, of Wikipedia's coverage of Category:Programmable computers or of Casio products. How about write an essay evaluating the coverage of TI and Casio and HP and Sharp and IBM calculators, and propose how it should all be consolidated into list-articles (perhaps, or whatever), and have an RFC about it. Singling out the Casio ones, or just selected Casio ones, doesn't produce a useful consensus that would stick. Maybe there is less detail about Casio ones than TI ones, and the TI ones should be reduced. Where should we draw a line? And, note that it would be better to redirect this and other Casio calculator articles to a list-article of them, than to outright delete the material. --doncram 00:26, 4 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]
• Redirect to a list or main article. BoxOfChickens (talk · contribs · CSD/ProD log) 00:50, 4 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]
• Redirect if needed. SwisterTwister talk 22:50, 8 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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.