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The result was no consensus. MBisanz ^talk 00:54, 14 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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Article is not a "topic"... simply a file extension, with the period intact, and some mentions of software that creates files with the extension. Jimmi Hugh (talk) 16:49, 9 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

• Comment: .bmp redirects to BMP file format and .jpg redirects to JPEG. I think redirects have been kept to act like WP:SHORTCUTS. Easy to find for a user. --GPPande talk! 18:04, 9 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment I already considered that of course, however, ".db" is specific to no software, format or system. - Jimmi Hugh (talk) 18:06, 9 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
    • Comment. However the .db extension is widely used by Windows, which is the dominant OS in computing. 23skidoo (talk) 20:11, 9 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
      • Comment Wow, and it's also dominant to computers with monitors... but considering the software that creates .db files is often completely unrelated to the operating system, and the file is infact created on non-windows systems, I don't see your point. Care to elaborate on how that makes sense? - Jimmi Hugh (talk) 10:56, 10 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
• weak keep simply because it's a tiny bit of trivia that people may indeed look up in an encyclopaedia; however, there is the option of anchoring the DB entry in List_of_file_formats_(alphabetical) and then redirecting to that anchor. if anyone wants to do some script work/munging, then you could probably anchor each entry, and auto-create redirects for any file extention that doesn't already have an article. (e.g., .db3) --Dak (talk) 20:38, 9 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

(anchored each entry in the table --Dak (talk))

• Note: This debate has been included in the list of Computing-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 22:11, 9 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
• keepnotable concept, used in widely used software. We don't have articles on others because there' a better way to handle them, but I see the nom's own argument gives a reason why this needs to be a separate article. It might be especially appropriate to have this because of the use of "db" in multiple specific product names, thus giving a reason why user might well want an explanation. The article might perhaps be renamed as ".db file extension" - —Preceding unsigned comment added by DGG (talk • contribs) 00:04, 10 December 2008
  • Comment What's a notable concept? This isn't a concept at all... it's two letters so often applied to the end of file names that it can't be considered popular for one format or categorised to a general file type. I also wouldn't support a redirect to the List of file formats (alphabetical) mentioned above, because having one cruft article yet to be deleted is no reason to create new directs for it. - Jimmi Hugh (talk) 01:06, 10 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
• Redirect to list there's just a definition right now. 76.66.195.159 (talk) 05:58, 10 December 2008 (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.