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. Mkdw ^talk 21:31, 5 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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None of these entries mention the term 'Business machine.' Boleyn (talk) 20:16, 29 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Disambiguations-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 20:52, 29 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep. This seems to be somewhere between a dictionary definion (the article largely corresponds to the Merriam-Webster entry) and a broad concept article; there might also be potential for treating this within some other broader article. Regardless, the situation at present is acceptable: we've got a definition of "business machine", and a few examples of types of machines that have been referred to using this term. – Uanfala (talk) 23:02, 29 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Technology-related deletion discussions. – Uanfala (talk) 23:03, 29 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Computing-related deletion discussions. – Uanfala (talk) 23:03, 29 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep. Fairly hopeless article as it stands, but it is open to expansion and improvement. As a historical term and concept, it is easily notable. Many books have been written on the topic (using that exact term) in the 60s, 70s and 80s. As the article says, the term is "somewhat obsolete" so it is of little surprise that the linked articles do not use it. Wikipedia can and should have articles on obsolete technology, organisational systems, and classifications. That is exactly the mission of an encyclopaedia. SpinningSpark 00:01, 30 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep. I'm fine with the page remaining a disambiguation. As this Ngram demonstrates, the term "Business machine" is fairly common; at least as common as Tabulating machine or Accounting machine. BenKuykendall (talk) 03:45, 30 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  • I think it would be better to present this as a list rather than a disambiguation page. That would avoid having to make an exception of the dab guidelines. SpinningSpark 08:51, 30 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep, remove disambiguation tag and change to (stub) article in an appropriate category. Shhhnotsoloud (talk) 09:48, 3 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep in some form per those above. — Godsy ^(TALK_CONT) 22:00, 3 November 2018 (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.