Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/History of Android

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The result was redirect. Several !voters support that, only one objects, the rest don't seem to raise arguments that would negate a redirect. Rlendog (talk) 02:00, 1 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

History of Android

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An unneeded two line excerpt from a 6 paragraph section of an article here. Avenue X at Cicero (talk) 09:19, 24 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Redirect to Android (operating system)#History where there is more info on it than there is in the current article. L888Y5 (talk) 11:21, 24 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Computing-related deletion discussions. — — alf.laylah.wa.laylah (talk) 14:52, 24 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Delete because an article on a topic should include the information on its history. Unless it's a very major topic (like the United States for instance) a separate topic on history is not needed. Steve Dufour (talk) 15:55, 24 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Delete I'd like to read this, and there ought to be scope in such a topic that we can support such an article. However this one very clearly isn't it. Andy Dingley (talk) 15:56, 24 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. I don't think there's even need to bother with a redirect. The topic belongs in the main article and will easily be found that way through any search engine, including WP's own, which also turns up Android version history. Msnicki (talk) 17:50, 24 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Delete There's plenty in the main article, and the history belongs in there. Chiswick Chap (talk) 20:24, 24 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Delete and convert to a Redirect to Android_(operating_system)#History where the topic is adequately covered already and where further expansion should go. PamD 23:04, 25 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Redirect is desirable: may help a reader find the article, and helps deter another future editor from re-creating this without realising where the topic is already covered. PamD 08:00, 26 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Redirect sounds very reasonable, I'd be happy to go along with that. Chiswick Chap (talk) 17:13, 26 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I agree, though deleting it and creating a redirect is probably not a good idea as it may one day become an article again. L888Y5 (talk) 21:37, 30 September 2011 (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.