Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Canon XL-2

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The result of the debate was - kept, could be merged - SimonP 23:48, Jun 15, 2005 (UTC)

Canon XL-2

Advertising Alabamaboy 00:52, 2 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Clean up Advertising but I think the camera does deserve an entry. CAPS LOCK 00:57, 2 Jun 2005 (UTC)
I don't believe we can single out this article for deletion because of the precedents that we've set with other articles. See Canon PowerShot A75, for example. That being said, I'd like to delete a good number of these product entries. Number one, most are hardly notable, and number two, almost all of the products we list are gadget/technology-oriented. I don't think Wikipedia needs to become a shopping mall, but without deleting all the rest of the cruft, what can we do? Weakest of keeps --Barfooz (talk) 01:04, 2 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Keep I see no reason not to have an article here, as long as it is NPOV and not a sales pitch. After all, a Honda Prelude is nothing more than a product to be bought and sold. --Un focused 03:13, 2 Jun 2005 (UTC)
comment sorry guys, didn't mean this to be advertising.--Madkayaker 03:29, 2 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Keep, verifiable, important topic to camera users. Kappa 06:12, 2 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Keep Notable camera. Klonimus 06:31, 2 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Keep and cleanup. I can't imagine a company as huge as Canon Inc. spamming on here. Sounds like fancruft, but a lot of this could be salvaged to turn it into a nice, clean, NPOV article. Jamyskis 11:01, 2 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Invalid anon user vote. Too advertising-y now, but can be salvaged. After all, we have an article on the Texas Instruments TI-30.
- This user just created the above article he references. (one of only three edits) - Tεx τ urε 20:30, 2 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Delete drini ☎ 20:40, 2 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Merge into one article for each series of cameras. Vegaswikian 05:45, 3 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Merge sounds good. R adiant _* 11:17, Jun 3, 2005 (UTC)
Cleanup or merge. Either would be appropriate. Kel-nage 11:20, 3 Jun 2005 (UTC)
Delete or Merge by line/series (IE start with Canon products--if that gets too big, Canon printers and Canon cameras--if that gets too big, then Canon SureShot cameras and Canons PowerShot cameras, and so on...). Having separate articles for each camera model number is like having separate articles for 1998 Honda Prelude with 250hp 6-cyl. engine with 4-speed automatic transmission, 2001 Honda Prelude with 180hp 4-cyl. engine with 5-speed manual transmission, etc. 24.19.145.84 04:34, 4 Jun 2005 (UTC) (User:Niteowlneils, still not logged in)

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