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The result was delete. Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:39, 7 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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non-notable proprietary file extension. Tagged from notability > 2 years. 3rd party sources unlikely due to proprietary nature. Stuartyeates (talk) 05:35, 29 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete, I agree with the nominator, non-notable file extension. Article also confuses filename extensions with file formats. JIP | Talk 06:00, 29 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Photography-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 18:49, 29 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Computing-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 18:49, 29 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep Why does "proprietary" mean that this should be deleted?

Sony is a major manufacturer. A moment's searching shows that there's plenty of use made of this format and web discussion of its ins and outs - it's not a trivial format, it's how Sony's cameras handle RAW. I have neither the time nor background knowledge to research that further into references, but it's enough to show that this has scope for cleanup and isn't a good candidate for deletion. Andy Dingley (talk) 21:31, 29 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

• • I don't think think that it is a good idea to say that this isn't a good candidate for deletion without bringing forth reliable significant coverage. SL93 (talk) 21:36, 29 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete: I found no significant coverage per WP:N. SL93 (talk) 21:36, 29 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.