Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Spin-up

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. Consensus is clear at this point, after extended time for discussion, and there is no reason to anticipate that relisting will yield a substantially different result. This close in no way forecloses proposals to merge other content into this material, or to merge this article elsewhere. BD2412 T 05:55, 28 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Spin-up

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PRODded by Zxcvbnm (talk · contribs) on concerns that this is largely WP:DICDEF-level material and WP:OR, and fails WP:GNG. I have reason to believe that this is the case, but it was deprodded by Lurking shadow (talk · contribs), who asserted, without further justification, This isn't PROD material. Some content is also about specific products, failing WP:IINFO. Note that some sources also spell it spin up or spinup.

The first source is a manual for a Western Digital product that mentions spin-up only in passing. The second is effectively an informative advertisement from Fujitsu, and is not WP:RS.

Power-up in standby was proposed for merger in September 2014 by Petr Matas (talk · contribs), but no merge discussion was opened and the tag was removed in July 2017 by Klbrain (talk · contribs). –LaundryPizza03 (d c̄) 08:26, 17 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Computing-related deletion discussions. –LaundryPizza03 (d c̄) 08:26, 17 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Effectively a dictionary definition better fit for Wiktionary, and it is not even mentioned in Hard disk drive. ᴢxᴄᴠʙɴᴍ (ᴛ) 08:29, 17 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
~~Comment~~:I very much doubt the assertion that WP:GNG is not met: [1] [2]

are just two sources I found here.Lurking shadow (talk) 09:30, 17 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

That still does not prove that the article will result in anything other than a dictionary definition. I do not see the significant coverage related to hard drives spinning up, in particular, only the term used in random contexts. ᴢxᴄᴠʙɴᴍ (ᴛ) 10:10, 17 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

This might be relevant, but I can't access it. Lurking shadow (talk) 11:12, 17 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Merge Spin-up and Power-up in standby into Hard disk drive and remove excessive detail. Some parts of the text are well written, so we should not throw away its history. Petr Matas 10:57, 17 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Since it is entirely WP:OR or unreliable sources, there is nothing to merge. Regardless of its writing quality, it would need to be 100% rewritten and cited to a reliable source anyway. ᴢxᴄᴠʙɴᴍ (ᴛ) 21:27, 17 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Keep or merge. I rewrote the SSU section and added several reliable references, which were easy enough to find. This is something designers of storage systems with dozens of drives need to consider. Similarly, there are many articles [3] [4] on spin-up and spin-down algorithms and hard drive power management. It seems there is more than enough sourcing out there to support notability of the topic per WP:GNG and thus keeping the article. In the interest of consensus, I would not be opposed to a merge to provide better context. --{{u|Mark viking}} {Talk} 09:26, 18 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Keep given the improvements (and evidence of further scope). Klbrain (talk) 20:40, 18 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
"Improvements" to what exactly? Right now the added content violates WP:INDISCRIMINATE - it gives zero context for being there. ᴢxᴄᴠʙɴᴍ (ᴛ) 21:05, 18 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. Meets WP:GNG and the article is no longer just a WP:DICDEF. Everything else can be addressed without deletion.Lurking shadow (talk) 19:24, 21 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. Looking at the citations presented it does now meet WP:GNG and ought to be kept. Bookworm857158367 (talk) 10:21, 27 May 2022 (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.