Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Where (SQL) Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Where_(SQL)

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The result was delete‎. And transwiki'd. asilvering (talk) 20:58, 25 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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This content doesn't belong on Wikipedia because it violates multiple Wikipedia policies. I think it'd be plainly inappropriate to have separate articles for each keyword in a programming language, because this would violate WP: INDISCRIMINATE. It's not clear to me why SQL should be treated any differently. Also, anything encyclopedic about the subject probably already appears in Filter (higher-order function): a WHERE clause filters rows on a certain condition. Anything specific to SQL, like how to use it in a query, would likely violate WP: NOTTEXTBOOK, which this article currently does. I think that the article on the aforementioned filter function may make a good redirect target if people would prefer a WP: ATD, and anything that people deem "useful" can go somewhere else like Wikibooks. In any case, I don't believe hosting this content on Wikipedia is appropriate. HyperAccelerated (talk) 20:20, 18 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Comment: To be clear, I think there probably exists a healthy amount of sources that describe what the WHERE clause does. My concerns have less to do with inadequate sourcing and more to do with whether this material is suitable for inclusion in an encyclopedia in the first place. HyperAccelerated (talk) 20:28, 18 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Computing-related deletion discussions. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 21:40, 18 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Delete per WP:NOTGUIDE, WP:NOTDICT. –LaundryPizza03 (dc̄) 10:58, 19 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Delete per not passing WP:GNG. Everything regarding the syntax and specific clauses are stated in SQL syntax and there is no need for its own article. Conyo14 (talk) 18:54, 20 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This article has been imported to the English Wikibooks. JJP_Master (she/they) 20:08, 24 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Great, thanks! HyperAccelerated (talk) 20:55, 24 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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