Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Outline of iOS

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. There is a clear consensus that the article should be kept in some form. If editors wish to pursue a merger into Outline of Apple Inc. then that can be the subject of a subsequent merge discussion. TerriersFan (talk) 00:17, 20 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Outline of iOS

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I removed Apple-related so-called "outline" articles, as they served no function being EXACT repeats of the info on other main topic articles as well as info box templates clearly existing with the same info laid out identically on them too. They featuring absolutely no additional information, no new purpose, and all had the low merit template or similar on them accordingly. All the info on them was already given in exactly the same form on other main Apple-related pages, as should have ben checked before creation by checking pre-existing pages listed on the mass of Apple templates first (see here: User:Jimthing/Apple). Unless there is a clear reason for their existence —when they feature identical info found on another page on the WP— they shouldn't be created. Not all subjects need to have such "outline" pages, when other pages already exist for several years that clearly happen to already do the exact same purpose. --Jimthing (talk) 22:36, 12 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

~~Delete~~ Sorry no explanation whatsoever for this outline to be created. As said, what is the point of this page? When all the info such a page would contain appears on several other places (eg. Apple Inc. page itself). Have you seen the info boxes clearly displayed on the bottom of all Apple-related pages (see here: User:Jimthing/Apple). --Jimthing (talk) 23:28, 12 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Your nomination counts as your delete !vote - you don't get to !vote in addition -- Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 23:47, 12 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. I was going to !vote to delete, but I'd never heard of Outlines before. Having read about them now, I see no reason to delete this. It duplicates information elsewhere, but it appears that's what Outlines do - they just present it in a different way. -- Boing! said Zebedee (talk) 23:51, 12 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Software-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 02:20, 13 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Lists-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 02:20, 13 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Keep Outlines seem kind of lame to a lot of people, but they're allowed on Wikipedia even if they duplicate material, according to WP:Outlines and Wikipedia:CLN. --Colapeninsula (talk) 09:03, 13 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Keep – this subject has plenty of topics to justify an outline. All outlines go through development phases. This outline is a work in progress and awaits further expansion and developments. For examples, see Outline of chess, Outline of canoeing and kayaking, Outline of cell biology and Outline of forestry. The Transhumanist 15:03, 13 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Weak keep - There's no reason to delete this because of WP:OUTLINES, but I'm not 100% convinced that this contains anything that couldn't just be included in the Outline of Apple Inc. article just as well. Outlines being redundant to articles and non-outline-lists is one thing. Being redundant to other outlines? I don't know. I'm leaning towards keeping this, but we should consider just including it in Outline of Apple Inc. - Jorgath (talk) ^(contribs) 18:24, 13 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
OK, as these seem to be allowed then someone can close this. I'd never heard of these "outlines" either, so they need some decent exposure including info on how they came into being on WP. Additionally, can two things be done:

Very many items are missing from the page under each heading — please update ASAP using the navigational boxes I have collated (here: User:Jimthing/Apple).
Prices: as well known, WP isn't just America ;-) — hence don't just use US$ prices, follow good practice and list more of them (a la the side drop menu here: iPad (3rd generation) sidebar). --Jimthing (talk) 20:15, 13 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Merge with Outline of Apple Inc. Everything in this outline is in that one already. If one thing isn't, it can be added. Zach Vega (talk) 00:20, 14 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Please see my previous comment. But in addition to what I said, after looking at this article, I agree with a merge with the "Outline of Apple Inc.", keeping as much of this tree structure in tact as possible. So to be clear, (1) move all this info (copy/paste+edit), (2) close this AfD, (3) set this page ("Outline of iOS") to re-direct to "Outline of Apple Inc." Go ahead and do it. --Jimthing (talk) 21:15, 14 April 2012 (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.