Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Big red button

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 redirect to Kill switch. Lot of content seem to be WP:OR. Anyone is free to manually merge content which are well sourced to Kill switch. (non-admin closure) JAaron95 (Talk) 15:55, 25 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Big red button

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Essentially all original research. Most of the references are clearly not reliable sources; maybe the column on the BBC site, but certainly not the jargon file or debian release notes. Has been tagged for improvement for the past 6 years. It's possible some good sources exist, but I didn't locate any in my (admittedly, not very extensive) searching. -- RoySmith (talk) 14:16, 27 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Redirecting to Kill switch seems like a reasonable alternative -- RoySmith (talk) 01:48, 29 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Delete: The BRB is famous geek slang. It may not be "TLA" level famous, but in the 90's the BRB reboot, the BRB panel, all were fun talk, but this is an essay mixed with an article on "leet"/"hacker"/"computer" humor and slang. There is no place for it at Wikipedia, nor Wiktionary that I can see. If the article were pared down to the computer term, it might be inoffensive, but it wouldn't be useful. Hithladaeus (talk) 16:38, 27 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - per nom. Non-encyclopedic content. —Мандичка^YO 😜 17:16, 27 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect to Kill switch, which seems to describe the same thing. (There is also the nuclear term, not discussed in detail here and somewhat discussed at nuclear briefcase, Gold Codes, nuclear football, Nuclear weapons and the United Kingdom#Nuclear weapons control, etc - a centralised article on nuclear launch procedure might be good.) Colapeninsula (talk) 17:20, 27 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Kill switches (E-stops around here) are different. One might regularly use the BRS to turn a machine on or off, but it's bad practice to use an e-stop for this. Some e-stops can easily cost a grand or two in damage if pressed, or pressed at the wrong time. They're reserved for real body-part emergencies. Andy Dingley (talk) 20:03, 27 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

There's significant variation in usage of the phrase, but the article mentions more than once that BRBs are not routinely used for turning machines off and how their use can have strongly negative consequences. But the article also describes some big red buttons as being used as kill switches. So it's a case of overlapping rather than identical meanings, but that doesn't preclude a merge. Colapeninsula (talk) 08:38, 28 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Don't push that button! It seems quite easy to find more sources for this. For example, here's an interesting account of a Senate bill to create a BRB so that the US President could shut down the entire internet! Andrew D. (talk) 17:59, 27 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

See Internet kill switch Andy Dingley (talk) 20:04, 27 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Technology-related deletion discussions. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 19:45, 27 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Computing-related deletion discussions. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 19:45, 27 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Fictional elements-related deletion discussions. North America¹⁰⁰⁰ 19:46, 27 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

keep The BRB is famous geek slang. Physical examples (mostly switches) abound. Conceptual uses of the term have made it as far as the Lieberman senate bill. Andy Dingley (talk) 19:58, 27 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia is not a dictionary; if you want to document slang there are plenty of other websites. Colapeninsula (talk) 08:39, 28 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Delete per Wikimandia & Hithladaeus. GregJackP Boomer! 03:25, 28 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Sandstein 18:45, 6 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

keep Seems to fall under slang and is in common use. Made me think of the Staples easy button. Heyyouoverthere (talk) 07:05, 13 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Spirit of Eagle (talk) 03:56, 14 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Merge At first I thought it was the removal, but it turned out that there is a section Kill Switch. Shad Innet (talk) 04:32, 14 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]
keep, cleanup, or merge if not much can be salvaged. The Jargon File is a reputable source for computer humor. The big red button is a well-known joke. -M.Altenmann >t 16:05, 14 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Keep The big red button was a common used theme for nuclear weapons in many popular entertain media over the years. Its also used for various other things. Reddit got coverage for using it in their recent April Fool's joke. [1] CNET is covering a project that will have a big red button that does whatever you tell it too. [2] Hilary Clinton gave a red button to a Russian diplomat. [3] Red buttons are everywhere. Dream Focus 03:34, 15 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

keep. 173.209.211.145 (talk) 17:26, 15 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - per nom. Non-encyclopedic content, not useful, not funny, not even clear what it's about.Pincrete (talk) 20:28, 22 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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