Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Olympus E-1 FAQ

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The result of the debate was delete. Joyous 00:06, Jan 12, 2005 (UTC)

Olympus E-1 FAQ

This article has No potential to become encyclopedic since it is a list of FAQs which qualifies under Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not. For this reason it should be deleted. I've already moved what content which seemed usable to the main page, Olympus E-1. The FAQ is, I think, too short and version specific to be worth sending somewhere else. Azikala 10:45, 28 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Comment: This move seems to actually be a cut-and-paste copy. Before deleting the source of this copy, GFDL compliance requires preserving the history in some way. Some ways this can be done are to copy the relevant history to the talk page of the article receiving the information, to make the source article a redirect to the target (ie not delete it at all), or to move the source article to a better name and redirect. There are some other possibilities too. No vote for the moment and probably not until this is resolved. Andrewa 15:42, 28 Dec 2004 (UTC)

I've put a mention of originator and date into the article history during a small edit. The actual material used is so limited (one factual answer to one question from the FAQ) and even rewritten that it could come under fair use, even in more restrictive jurisdiction, but in general I agree that credit where credit is due is a good idea. This seems the best way since it can't be edited out of existence (like a talk page). Does that answer your query? Azikala 23:23, 28 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Delete: DCEdwards1966 17:25, Dec 28, 2004 (UTC)
Delete and forget. Wyss 19:50, 28 Dec 2004 (UTC)
Delete since the material should be already covered on the manufacturer's website or in the owner's manual, no potential here. Jedo1507r 20:16, 2004 Dec 29 (UTC)
Delete. Yet more cameracruft/advertising. Edeans 05:47, 2 Jan 2005 (UTC)

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