Hello editor. You probably came here because you wanted to delete a computer virus article, and are politely posting a notice of deletion. Thanks, but please consider working at a "higher level", by advocating and establishing new policy to govern the inclusion, maintenance, and deletion of computer virus articles.
A significant portion of the computer virus articles are stubs. A vast number of computer viruses are listed, but no article for them exists. Said articles and lists are subject to vandalism, and many others are of unacceptable quality.
Can you suggest some standards for computer virus articles? Are you in a project, like Wikipedia:WikiProject_Malware or Wikipedia:WikiProject_Computer_Security, that is in a position to establish these standards? Please do so, or consider getting involved with others.
In practice, enforcing such standards across Wikipedia is a nontrivial maintenance burden, but a bot or two might help. Certainly, a group of like-minded people is helpful.
Still, there could be some educational value in the shorter virus articles, but I suppose that's a matter of taste. I would claim that a collection of virus articles is worthwhile, though.
So, I think, the way you could be most helpful, is to engage others. Just going off and deleting an article is a missed chance to engage others and increase article quality on a larger scale.
Thanks,
Please help the List_of_computer_viruses stay alive! You seem to have a heavily vested interest in this article. A-Day 23:59, 30 December 2005 (UTC)
Thanks for your vote for the list of computer viruses. Please consider voting similarly for the list of trojan horses as well. Thank you - A-Day 23:54, 31 December 2005 (UTC)
Thanks for your vote for the list of computer viruses. Please consider voting similarly for the list of trojan horses as well. Thank you - A-Day 01:15, 1 January 2006 (UTC)
Thanks for your vote for the list of computer viruses. Please consider voting similarly for the list of trojan horses as well. Thank you - A-Day 00:07, 1 January 2006 (UTC)
You will notice I'm boldly moving virus and trojan articles alike to reflect a more consistent and descriptive naming scheme.
This is required to differentiate biological viruses from computer viruses from trojan horses (and from worms too). Example:
I hope you agree this is much-needed progress. A-Day (c)(t) 04:03, 3 January 2006 (UTC)
I hope it's useful. A-Day (c)(t) 08:18, 3 January 2006 (UTC)
Since you've done so much for expanding and helping with articles on computer viruses and other forms of malware, I do hope you will consider joining the Malware WikiProject! Hope to see you there. --Trafton 22:00, 11 January 2006 (UTC)
A proposed deletion template has been added to the article AIDS (computer virus), suggesting that it be deleted according to the proposed deletion process. All contributions are appreciated, but this article may not satisfy Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and the deletion notice should explain why (see also "What Wikipedia is not" and Wikipedia's deletion policy). You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the ((dated prod))
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to the top of AIDS (computer virus). Superm401 - Talk 11:00, 3 January 2008 (UTC)
A proposed deletion template has been added to the article AIDS (computer virus), suggesting that it be deleted according to the proposed deletion process. All contributions are appreciated, but this article may not satisfy Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and the deletion notice should explain why (see also "What Wikipedia is not" and Wikipedia's deletion policy). You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the ((dated prod))
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to the top of AIDS (computer virus). Dchall1 (talk) 17:00, 2 February 2008 (UTC)
Per the AIDS and AIDS II articles, the AIDS family was the first known family of viruses to use the corresponding file technique to propagate infection. This is worthy of notice. It appears as though you are in a position to remove the importance tag from AIDS. I hope you find this acceptable. A-Day (c)(t) 05:51, 13 February 2008 (UTC)
A proposed deletion template has been added to the article A and A (computer virus), suggesting that it be deleted according to the proposed deletion process because of the following concern:
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I have nominated A-403 (computer virus), an article that you created, for deletion. I do not think that this article satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and have explained why at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/A-403 (computer virus). Your opinions on the matter are welcome at that same discussion page; also, you are welcome to edit the article to address these concerns. Thank you for your time.
Please contact me if you're unsure why you received this message. HamburgerRadio (talk) 06:49, 18 September 2009 (UTC)
Hi,
I am proposing a merger of the AIDS II (computer virus) article with the AIDS (computer virus) article.
I do not agree with the previous requests to delete this virus, and do believe its inclusion on Wikipedia is beneficial. I do not however believe it should have two separate articles for both its variants.
Further to this I believe the AIDS (computer virus) article would benefit from having some additional information on it, as it is a little short.
I know this seems really picky, I am just a merge whore :p.
Please find the discussion page here: Talk:AIDS (computer virus).
Any feedback is appreciated.
Many thanks
Sirkus (talk) 13:52, 13 August 2012 (UTC)
Thanks for your interest Sirkus, and I've noted my position on that talk page. I appreciate your restraint. A-Day (c)(t) 12:00, 17 March 2013 (UTC)
The article Ah (computer virus) has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:
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SL93 (talk) 23:19, 19 October 2021 (UTC)
The article AIDS (computer virus) has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:
No sources, most likely made up, does not give a large credible claim of significance .
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