The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the miscellaneous page below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the page's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.

The result of the discussion was: Withdrawn . (non-admin closure) Pkbwcgs (talk) 10:05, 6 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Reference desk/Computing/Viruses (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Just like Wikipedia:Reference desk/Computer/Viruses/MajorUpdate, this is also WP:NOTHOWTO. This had a MfD nomination eight years ago which was closed as keep. However, this is just entirely an instruction manual and this is not exempt from WP:NOTHOWTO and this WikiHow page is sufficient enough. This is not the correct place for this content; this is an encyclopedia and not a how-to guide. Pkbwcgs (talk) 15:26, 5 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

• Weak Keep - While the nominator's arguments seem correct, they also seem not to be unrelated either to improving the encyclopedia or improving the reference desk. Wikipedia is not a how-to manual applies to articles and draft articles, not to the Reference Desk, which is largely a place for how-to questions. Maybe a stronger argument can be made for deletion, but, until now, Keep. Robert McClenon (talk) 18:02, 5 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep - Deferring to refdesk regulars whether something in the refdesk (not part of the encyclopedia) is useful or not. — Rhododendrites ^talk \\ 20:06, 5 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep Chide the nominator for not speaking to the rationals in the SNOW keep discussion of Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia:Reference desk/Computing/Viruses, and WP:SLAP him for not even linking it. HOWTOs relating to accessing Wikipedia are exempt from NOTHOWTO. Outdated means sofixit or archive. —SmokeyJoe (talk) 02:32, 6 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Self-trout I forgot to link the previous discussion which was at Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia:Reference desk/Computing/Viruses but I will withdraw anyway. Pkbwcgs (talk) 10:05, 6 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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